Category Archives: Farming business

Bet the farm: Cropland prices soar 20%

By doris | Published: January 19, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Corn Belt was the real estate place to be in 2010. Land prices in the states centered on Iowa grew at a 15% to 20% clip, annualized, over the last six months of the year, according to Creighton University economist Ernie Goss.                   Prices were sent soaring [...]

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Study shows wind farms don’t hurt home prices

By doris | Published: December 3, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com DENVER – Wind farms have no measurable effect on nearby property values, according to a government report published Wednesday. In the latest study, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory spent three years examining nearly 7,500 sales of homes in 10 communities near two dozen wind farms [...]

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Ohio Fire Wipes out Health-Food Livestock Business

By doris | Published: January 3, 2009

Full Story At ABC News  Authorities in Ohio say a fire has destroyed a four-barn complex and killed hundreds of animals raised for a natural food business. The blaze at the northwest Ohio town of Oregon killed 150 goats and more than 300 chickens, plus rabbits and geese. Fire Chief Bill Wilkins says the cause [...]

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