March 27, 2020
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$10,500 per acre: Statewide average unchanged for excellent quality farmland
Farmland values in the Prairie State remained stable through 2019 despite extreme swings in the commodity market. The findings were released in the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers annual farmland values survey.
“Farmland remains a stable, safe investment in volatile times as we’ve seen
so recently. Our survey data shows the farmland price trends in the state continues to exhibit a stable pattern with little deviation from a year ago,” said David Klein, First Mid Ag Service vice president and Illinois Farmland Values Survey and Conference chair.

Planting plans: Survey finds fewer acres than anticipated
A nationwide producer survey found both corn
and soybean planted acres expected to be the third largest ever, but not to the levels expected. Allendale Inc. conducted the survey across 30 states, including 11 states representing 80% of
the nation’s corn, soybean and wheat production.

Record-setting cow tops 78,000 pounds of milk: Persnickety dairymen focus on minimizing stress
A perfect ration doesn’t guarantee high milk production in a dairy herd. “There is no secret to high milk production,” said Pam Selz-Pralle, who owns Selz-Pralle Dairy with her husband, Scott. “It’s what the cow tells you.” The Wisconsin dairymen are the owners of Selz-Pralle Aftershock 3918 that holds the first and second place milk record for mature cow on the Holstein USDA National Leader List.

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