73 Acres of Illinois Farmland Sell for Over $17,000 per Acre
Here’s a quick look at three farmland transactions that transpired in summer 2024 in Illinois and Iowa. 73.49 acres in Bureau and Stark County, Illinois Price: $17,200 per acre Date: July 25, 2024 Productivity Index: 141 Twelve tracts totaling 856.59…
Allis-Chalmers 440: Fashionably Late — Sort Of
Photo: Aumann Vintage Power Whenever an Allis-Chalmers 440 shows up on an auction, it always grabs my attention. Granted, this one is prettier than most, but otherwise is no different. At any rate, the way these tractors came about is…
IH 660: Big Red
Photo: Aumann Vintage Power The IH 660 was a hoss. No two ways about it. When it was brand new in 1959, it was the biggest farm tractor IHC had ever built. So, if that’s the case, why don’t you…
Origins of the PTO
Photo: Wisconsin Historical Society The concept of extending the power of the tractor to implements is as old as the tractor itself. As early as 1885, an article in Farm Implement News magazine revealed a reaper being chain-driven by a…
SAGE Event Center to celebrate grand opening
A grand opening dedication ceremony will celebrate the new SAGE Event Center on Nov. 15, 2024, in Boardman. It features a 15,000-square-foot expansion of the original facility. The Port of Morrow is celebrating the new SAGE Event Center, a 15,000-square-foot…
BLM plans prescribed burns in parts of SW Idaho, SE Oregon
A firefighter from BLM’s Boise District lights piles of previously cut juniper trees. Several similar burns are planned for this winter and spring. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct prescribed fires from through May in southwest Idaho…
Utah sues federal government over control of 18.5 million acres
U.S. Supreme Court Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Email Print Save After years of controversy, Utah is challenging federal control of unappropriated public lands within the state, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to address whether the federal government can hold those lands…
Bentz introduces own version of Owyhee protection bill
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore. A bill that Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., introduced Nov. 1 would designate fewer Owyhee Canyonlands acres as wilderness compared to existing legislation. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both D-Ore., in late 2019 first introduced…
Farm groups congratulate Trump, ask him to get to work
Former President Donald Trump has been reelected. Farm group leaders Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his return to the White House and immediately had suggestions for what he could accomplish for agriculture in his second term. American Farm Bureau President…
Yakama Nation seeks $40 million from energy developer
The Yakama Nation suggests it receive $40 million to compensate for damage to tribal resources if a company builds a pump-storage power plant at a former aluminum plant site in south-central Washington. The Yakama Nation suggests a company hoping to…