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LAND VALUES AND CASH RENTS 

 

ARIZONA 

 

The 2019 Arizona average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $3,800 per acre. This is an increase of 0.5 percent from 2018 and 0.8 percent from 2017. The average value of cropland and irrigated cropland was $7,600, down 0.1 percent from 2018. Pasture values were not published for Arizona to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 

 

Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in Arizona was $249.00 per acre in 2019. Average cash rent for pasture was $2.00 per acre in 2019. 

 

COLORADO 

 

The 2019 Colorado average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $1,570 per acre. This is an increase of 0.6 percent from 2018 and 1.9 percent from 2017. The average value of cropland was $2,160, up 2.9 percent from 2018. The average value of irrigated cropland was $5,100, up 1.0 percent from the previous year, and the average value of non-irrigated cropland was $1,370, unchanged from the previous year. Pasture values were up 1.2 percent from 2018 at $845 per acre. 

 

Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in Colorado was $151.00 per acre in 2019. Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland was $29.00 per acre in 2019. Average cash rent for pasture was $6.10 per acre in 2019. 

 

MONTANA 

 

The 2019 Montana average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $915 per acre. This is a decrease of 0.1 percent from 2018 and 0.2 percent from 2017. The average value of cropland was $1,040, up 2.0 percent from 2018. The average value of irrigated cropland was $3,010, up 0.7 percent from the previous year, and the average value of non-irrigated cropland was $835, down 0.1 percent from the previous year. Pasture values were up 1.9 percent from 2018 at $680 per acre. 

 

Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in Montana was $82.00 per acre in 2019. Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland was $27.00 per acre in 2019. Average cash rent for pasture was $6.60 per acre in 2019. 

 

NEW MEXICO 

 

The 2019 New Mexico average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $570 per acre. This is an increase of 0.9 percent from 2018 and 2.2 percent from 2017. The average value of cropland was $1,550, down 1.9 percent from 2018. The average value of irrigated cropland was $4,190, unchanged from the previous year, and the average value of non-irrigated cropland was $475, up 1.3 percent from the previous year. Pasture values were up 5.8 percent from 2018 at $417 per acre. 

 

Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in New Mexico was $136.00 per acre in 2019. Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland was $17.50 per acre in 2019. Average cash rent for pasture was $2.80 per acre in 2019. 

  

  

 

UTAH 

 

The 2019 Utah average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $2,420 per acre. This is an increase of 4.8 percent from 2018 and 8.5 percent from 2017. The average value of cropland was $3,970, up 3.7 percent from 2018. The average value of irrigated cropland was $6,360, up 3.2 percent from the previous year, and the average value of non-irrigated cropland was $1,400, up 6.1 percent from the previous year. Pasture values were up 6.9 percent from 2018 at $1,240 per acre. 

 

Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in Utah was $108.00 per acre in 2019. Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland was $24.00 per acre in 2019. Average cash rent for pasture was $4.30 per acre in 2019. 

 

WYOMING 

 

The 2019 Wyoming average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was $740 per acre. This is an increase of 1.9 percent from 2018 and 3.9 percent from 2017. The average value of cropland was $1,520, up 2.0 percent from 2018. The average value of irrigated cropland was $2,430, up 1.7 percent from the previous year, and the average value of non-irrigated cropland was $840, up 0.5 percent from the previous year. Pasture values were up 2.5 percent from 2018 at $575 per acre. 

 

Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in Wyoming was $81.00 per acre in 2019. Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland was $16.00 per acre in 2019. Average cash rent for pasture was $4.40 per acre in 2019. 

 

UNITED STATES 

 

The United States farm real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, averaged $3,160 per acre for 2019, up $60 per acre (1.9 percent) from 2018. The United States cropland value averaged $4,100 per acre, an increase of $50 per acre (1.2 percent) from the previous year. The United States pasture value averaged $1,400 per acre, up $30 (2.2 percent) from 2018. 

 

Average cash rent for irrigated cropland in the United States was $220.00 per acre in 2019, $5.00 more than the previous year. Average cash rent for non-irrigated cropland in the United States was $127.00 per acre in 2019, up $2.00 from the previous year. Cash rent for pasture in 2019 averaged $13.00 per acre, up $0.50 from the previous year. 

 

For a full copy of the Land Values and Cash Rents reports please visit www.nass.usda.gov. For state specific questions please contact: 

 

Arizona – Dave DeWalt  1-800-645-7286  New Mexico – Longino Bustillos 1-800-530-8810 Colorado – William R. Meyer 1-800-392-3202  Utah – John Hilton   1-800-747-8522 Montana – Eric Sommer 1-800-835-2612  Wyoming – Rhonda Brandt  1-800-892-1660 

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Watch out Thor and Captain America, local grandmas, grandpas are proving that you are not the only superheroes in town.   Local seniors who dedicated their lives to giving back to others are receiving SUPERHERO treatment this year for National Senior Citizens Day, August 21st.  

 

The folks at Visiting Angels, a national in-home senior care company with a local office, are surprising some of our community’s most amazing SUPER SENIORS  during the week leading up to and on  National Senior Citizens Day.    

 

This will be a fun, visual story as we surprise local seniors, with Superhero capes, badges, shields and more!  Why go to the theater to see the Avengers gang, when you can see real life superheroes in your own back yard!

 

WHO ARE “SUPER SENIORS”?

 

Research shows 50 million Americans  are over the age of 65 and as SUPER SENIORS they’ve survived some of the most trying and exciting times of the last century. 

 

Superman may leap tall buildings in a single bound. Wonder Woman may lasso the truth, but they got nothing on  SUPER SENIORS  who stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War II, marched for equality during the civil rights movement and put the first man on the moon.   

 

HOW WILL THEY BE HONORED?

 

Follow along as local Visiting Angels caregivers will throw celebrations of cosmic proportions, awarding local SUPER SENIORS with tools for superhero strength at the age of 70, 80, 90 and beyond!  

 

Visiting Angels SUPER SENIORS Celebration

 

 

SUPERHERO ‘CAPE’ – Visiting Angels will hand out superhero capes to SUPER SENIORS for the courage they’ve exhibited through their decades on earth.  Hear their stories! Some have survived heart ache, sickness, and the death of loved ones but as survivors, they’ve conquered all the hardships life throws at them!

• • • Visiting Angels caregivers are in seniors home daily and provide comfort and supervision to keep seniors safe and enjoy life at the best of their abilities.

 

SUPERHERO ‘SHIELD’ -  SUPER SENIORS will be awarded shields as a  weapon to fight off the challenges of growing older,  like the risk of falling in their homes or nasty germs that can make them very sick due to weaker immunity systems.  

 

• • • Visiting Angels caregivers protect seniors for hurting themselves, whether it is helping them get ready for the day without falling, managing medications or guiding them from room to room, Visiting Angels protect seniors daily.

 

 

SUPER FOODS FOR SUPER SENIORS  - Caregivers will deliver SUPER SENIORS a basket of super food that would include grains like brown rice, quinoa, that reduce spikes in blood sugar and vegetables like broccoli or cauliflower that are rich in disease fighting properties and herbs and spices including garlic that is a known as nature’s best immune system booster.

 

• • • Visiting Angels caregivers help seniors plan and prepare meals, they help them maintain a healthy diet which is super important since seniors have weak immune systems

 

SUPER HERO ‘BADGE’ or medals  -  Caregivers will pin badges or medals on local SUPER SENIORS to show they are warriors in a world that has experienced much upheaval in their lifetimes. (Some have lived through  the Great Depression, several wars, political unrest, etc.)  These seniors have remained happy and grounded through it all because they are true survivors.

 

• Visiting Angels caregivers are often simply companions, helping seniors enjoy fun activities so they stay happy and socially engaged.

 

 

We invite you to join us as Visiting Angels dispatches local troops to honor SUPER SENIORS for an entire week (August 14 – 21) leading up to National Senior Citizens Day.

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Hi James,
 
With August being Child Support Awareness Month and the U.S. having the seventh highest child poverty rate among economically developed countries, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s States with the Most Underprivileged Children as well as accompanying videos.
 
In order to bring awareness to the condition of underprivileged children throughout the U.S., WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 26 key measures of neediness. The data set ranges from share of children in households with below-poverty income to child food-insecurity rate to share of maltreated children.
  

States with the Most Underprivileged Kids

1

District of Columbia

 

11

Arizona

2

New Mexico

 

12

Arkansas

3

West Virginia

 

13

South Dakota

4

Mississippi

 

14

South Carolina

5

Louisiana

 

15

Oregon

6

Alaska

 

16

Florida

7

Oklahoma

 

17

Kentucky

8

Alabama

 

18

Georgia

9

Indiana

 

19

Montana

10

Nevada

 

20

Tennessee

 
Key Stats

• New Mexico has the highest child food-insecurity rate, 24.10 percent, which is 2.5 times higher than in North Dakota, the state with the lowest at 9.80 percent.
   
• Mississippi has the most infant deaths (per 1,000 live births), nine, which is 2.3 times more than in Massachusetts, the state with the fewest at four.
   
• West Virginia has the highest share of children in foster care, 1.76 percent, which is 6.8 times higher than in Virginia, the state with the lowest at 0.26 percent.
   
• Texas has the highest share of uninsured children aged 0 to 18, 11.00 percent, which is 7.9 times higher than in Massachusetts, the state with the lowest at 1.40 percent.
   
• Kentucky has the highest share of maltreated children, 2.21 percent, which is 13 times higher than in Pennsylvania, the state with the lowest at 0.17 percent.

To view the full report and your state or the District’s rank, please visit: 
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-states-underprivileged-children/5403/

According to a recent study from SmartAsset, people working in Weber County have among the best access to workplace benefits in Utah. The new study from the New York financial technology company measured the unemployment rate and cost of living in each county as well as the percentage of the population securing health insurance and retirement funds through their employer.

 Additional study details including the methodology and interactive map can be found here: https://smartasset.com/retirement/401k-calculator#Utah