The President of the Senate (who by the Constitution is also the Vice President of the United States) is Joseph Robinette BIDEN (D). The President pro tempore of the Senate is Daniel Ken INOUYE (D-HI). The Senate Majority Leader is Harry Mason REID (D-NV). The Senate Minority Leader is Addison Mitchell McCONNELL (R-KY).
Acre of farmland that a decade ago sold for an average of $2,275 now goes for $8,700. Some banks have responded by becoming more conservative in their loans as farmland values ascend. USDA has predicted more typical weather conditions in 2013 would generate a record corn and soybean harvest.
From USDA Land Values 2015 Summary, published August 2015. Agricultural Land Values Highlights. The United States farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, averaged $3,020 per acre for 2015, up 2.4 percent from 2014 values.he Mountain region had the lowest farm real estate value at $1,100 per acre. The United States cropland value increased by $30 per acre (0.7 percent) to $4,130 per acre from the previous year.