AlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 4,1983
Farmland value drops second consecutive year
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
value of U.S. farmland declined
again last yean At $744 per acre,
the average value was down 6 pet.
from the $789 value n( a year
earlier, 6% pet. below e record
$795 average of two ye ago.
This also marked th nly fourth
time in a half a cent y that far-
New records set by Jerseys
Throughout the years, the Jersey
cow has proven herself to be an
efficient, profitable producer of
milk and fat, and this year is no
exception. Rapid genetic im
provement and better
management practices have
helped set a new all-time high
breed average for both milk and
fat. The 1982 DHIR lactation
average is 12,064 lbs. milk and 578
lbs. fat.
These figures, released by The
American Jersey Cattle Club,
Columbus, Ohio, are based on a
305-day, 2X, mature equivalent
basis. There were 37,684 cows
included on official DHIR test.
The top five states in the nation
for milk production with five or
more herds on test were:
Alabama: 1,318, No. Cows; 14,024,
Lbs. Milk; 639, Lbs. Fat; Maine:
839, No. Cows; 13,639, Lbs. Milk;
644, Lbs. Fat; California; 1,584,
No. Cows; 13,256, Lbs. Milk; 671,
Lbs. Fat; Oregon; 1,166, No. Cows;
13,235, Lbs. Milk; 663, Lbs. Fat;
Virginia: 403, No. Cows; 12,966,
Lbs. Milk; 609, Lbs. Fat.
Top Individuals - Butterfield
Expo Samantha is the President’s
Cup Winner for 1982. Bred by
Roger Mabry, Bentonville, Ark.,
and owned by Daniel Neil Austin,
Thorton, W. Va., "Samantha”,
Excellent-91%, produced 28,450
lbs. milk and 1,648 lbs. fat in 305-
days at six years, 11 months of age.
Her 365-day record totals 32,482
lbs. milk and 1,865 lbs. fat.
Basil Lucy Minnie Pansy is the
Leading Living Lifetime Producer
for milk and fat for the fifth con
secutive year. "Pansy”, Ex
cellent-91%, has produced 271,556
lbs. milk and 13,211 lbs. fat in 4,764
days. That equals 57 lbs. milk and
2.8 lbs. fat for every milking day of
her life. "Pansy" is the only Jersey
cow in history to complete three
records over 30,000 lbs. milk in 365-
days. She is owned by the William
H. Diley Family, Canal Win
chester, Ohio.
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mland values have shown a decline
and the first time since 1933 that
their value has declined two years
in a row.
A check of records showed farm
land values declined steadily from
1921 through 1933, but later
declines were reported only in
1939,1950 and 1954.
A breakdown shows that the
88%, is the second leading living
lifetime producer for milk with
199,760 lbs. milk and 9,015 lbs. fat
produced in 3,668 days. That gives
'‘Nancy" a daily average of 54.5
lbs. milk and 2.5 lbs. fat. She is
owned by Joseph M. Regh, Fern
dale, Calif.
The second high cow for lifetime
fat production is Edyvean SurviUe
Marsha, Very Good-88%. In 3,490
days, “Marsha" has produced
9,947 lbs. fat and 194,050 lbs. milk,
for a daily average of 2.9 lbs. fat
and 55.6 lbs. milk. She is owned by
Walter H. Brown, Hughson, Cahf.
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largest declines were reported in
the Corn Belt States values were
down 13 pet. in Indiana, lowa and
Missouri and down an average of
12 pet. throughout the Com Belt
States.
Values rose in only Texas (up 3
pet.), Florida (up 2 pet.), the New
England States (up 2 pet.),
California, North Carolina and
Virginia (all up 1 pet.) from a year
earlier.
Here’s the state-by-state
breakdown of value changes in the
past year: Farmland increased
from $636 to $649 per acre in Maine
and from $1,087 to $1,109 per acre
in New Hampshire. It moved up
from $7Bl to $797 per acre in
Vermont and from $1,707 to $1,741
per acre in Massachusetts.
It moved up from $2,804 to $2,860
per acre in Rhode Island and from
$2,634 to $2,687 per acre in Con
necticut. But it was off from $786
per acre to $770 per acre in New
York. And though it fell from $3,118
to $3,056 per acre in New Jersey,
farmland values there still
remained the highest of all states.
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They also declined from $1,332 to
$1,279 per acre in Pennsylvania;
from $2,416 to $2,174 per acre in
Maryland. They remained un
changed from a year earlier, at
sl,6s9per acre in Delaware.
Values declined from $1,192 to
$1,109 per acre in Michigan; from
$1,073 to $1,019 per acre in
Wisconsin; from $1,197 to $1,065
per acre in Minnesota; and from
$1,297 per acre in Ohio. They were
off from $1,715 to $1,492 per acre in
Indiana; from $1,940 to $1,727 per
acre in Illinois; from $1,802 to
$1,568 per acre in Iowa; and from
$872 to $759 per acre in Missouri.
Land values declined from $436
to $414 per acre in North Dakota;
from $291 to $271 per acre in South
Dakota; from $626 to $563 per acre
in Nebraska; and from $585 to $544
per acre in Kansas. They were up
from $1,040 to $1,050 per acre in
Virginia; from $1,284 to $1,297 per
acre in North Carolina. But off
from $996 to $966 per acre in
Kentucky; and from $972 to $923
per acre in Tennessee. They
remained unchanged at $829 per
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acre in West Virginia.
They declined from $9lB to $863
per acre in South Carolina; from
$842 to $Bl7 per acre in Georgia;
and from $922 to $876 per acre in
Alabama. But they were up from
$1,432t0 $1,461 peracre in Florida.
They declined from $l,OOO to $920
per acre in Mississippi; from
$1,104 to $983 per acre in Arkansas;
and from $1,511 to $1,481 in
Louisiana. Values fell from $696 to
$661 per acre in Oklahoma, but
moved up from $576 to $593 per
acre in Texas;
Values declined from $254 to $236
per acre in Montana; from $753 to
$7OO per acre in Idaho; from $l7O to
$162 per acre in Wyoming; from
$419 to $4ll per acre in Colorado;
from $2ll to $2OO per acre in New
Mexico; from $294 to $279 per acre
in Arizona; from $590 to $561 per
acre in Utah; and from $282 to $268
per acre in Nevada; and from $6ll
to $5BO per acre in Oregon.
But they remained unchanged at
$BBB per acre in Washington; and
moved up from $1,905 to $1,925 per
acre in California.
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