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).
The crash was especially severe in Iowa, where the value of the state's farmland plunged from $2,147 an acre in 1981 to a low of $787 five years later, a drop of 63 percent. A third of the state's farms went out of business.
Land Values and Rental Rates The 2013 land values report from the USDA listed the average value of Illinois farmland at $7,800 per acre, an increase of 16.4 percent from the average value of $6,700 per acre in 2012.and Values and Rental Rates The 2013 land values report from the USDA listed the average value of Illinois farmland at $7,800 per acre, an increase of 16.4 percent from the average value of $6,700 per acre in 2012.