Prices being paid for farmland across Illinois have seen a softening of from 2.0 percent to 4.1 percent according to the Midyear Land Values Snapshot Survey done by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.
Clean up continues at the scene of a weekend fire that destroyed the offices of a Logan County business. The fire started early Sunday morning at Central Illinois Ag, a local Case IH dealership in Atlanta. Fire officials say a passerby on the interstate spotted flames just after two a.m. Dozens of local and neighboring firefighters came out to battle the blaze, but it still took hours to get it under control.
Orthman Manufacturing has added two new members to its growing dealer support network. Kyle Frazier is a regional product specialist for the Midwest, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin; Paul Hartness has been named territory manager for North and South Dakota and Minnesota.
A.C. McCartney Farm Equipment Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase Kuhns Equipment Co. Mt. Sterling, Ill., Massey Ferguson dealership location.
High commodity prices and lack of good farmland for sale have kept prices paid for Illinois farmland on its continued upward trek, according to the report issued at the 2011 Illinois Farmland Values Conference held here today.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
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