USDA pegs irrigated crop land values up; non-irrigated down in Washington

Washington Ag Today August 11, 2011 In its recently issued 2011 Summary of Land Values the U.S. Department of Agriculture says cropland in Washington state overall increased 3.6 percent in value this past year to average 19-hundred-60 dollars an acre. However, the movement of values is different when broken out by irrigated versus non-irrigated.

While irrigated cropland in Washington increased 10.6 percent in value to average 52-hundred dollars an acre for 2011, USDA reports that non-irrigated cropland in the state dropped 4.3 percent in value to average 11-hundred dollars an acre.

The USDA survey found pasture land value in Washington unchanged from 2010 at 820 dollars an acre.

Now this from Stockland Livestock.

“This is Jack McQuinness here at Stockland Livestock in Davenport. Market closed stronger on Monday on the weigh up cows and bulls. Probably three to four dollars higher. Top of 80 dollars with the bulls topping out at a dollar a pound. Next week another good run of cattle, over one thousand head. Great time to be selling both feeders and weigh up cows and bulls. Stockland Livestock in Davenport thanks for listening. Thanks for your business.

Thanks Jack.

I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net.