Alan Bjerga
R.I. farmland most expensive acreage in U.S.
NEW YORK - Ready to quit the city, buy a farm and live out your rural fantasy? Bargains can be found in South Dakota,...
Trump budget plan declares war on ‘war on poverty’ programs
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s budget proposal to Congress calls for eliminating social programs dating to President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty and would...
Cost of raising child in U.S. climbs at slowest pace since...
WASHINGTON – The cost for a middle-income family to raise a child born last year to age 18 is $245,340, a 1.8 percent increase...
Drought seen prompting short-term pause in U.S. farmland gains
WASHINGTON - Farming’s inherent risk, forgotten during years of booming incomes that pushed farmland values to records, may damp enthusiasm for investing even as...
USDA: Farmland values rise, R.I. most expensive
WASHINGTON - U.S. farmland values rose to a record as crop and livestock prices surged and demand for exports jumped.
The average value of all...
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