Farmland values rise sharply in Iowa amid strong prices
Iowa farmland values climbed as average good land prices rose to 8330 per acre in the six months ending Sept 1 2011. The six month gain was 12.9 percent with a 32.6 percent increase since Sept 2010. Higher commodity prices and low long term rates boost demand across all nine districts.
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Hertz Farm Real Estate Services
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City plans widening 74th Street NE impact on residents
In Cedar Rapids an old country road on 74th Street NE is slated for conversion into a 37 foot concrete city street with curbs gutters and sidewalks. City officials propose funding two thirds from citywide funds and one third via assessments on nearby homeowners for a two phase project costing 3.85 million dollars.
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Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
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Poverty rise and more U.S. youth live with parents
Census data show poverty reaching a half century high in 2010 and median household income falling for the third year. The number of young adults living as doubled up with family rose from 19.7 million in spring 2007 to 21.8 million in spring 2010 amid slow job markets.
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the Gazette
Kevin Leicht
University of Iowa
Iowa Social Science Resource Center
Leicht
Poverty rate climbs with 46 million in US poverty
Census Bureau reports 46 million Americans lived in poverty last year, with the poverty rate rising faster from 2007 to 2010 than in any three-year span since the early 1980s.
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Census Bureau
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