HIGHLIGHTS

Farmland Rent Survey Now Available

The Barron County UW-Extension Office is often looked to by landlords, tenants, and ag professionals for advice and information about land rental rates. To get more accurate cash rent data for Barron County, the Barron County UW-Extension Office conducts a cash rent survey each year. Results of the 2008 survey indicate that the average cash rental rates for cropland in Barron county increased $44 per acre in 2007 to $50 per acre in 2008.

The survey indicated that cropland rent in Almena, Barron, Clinton, and Stanfold townships tended to be higher than the county average during 2008. Cash rents were generally below the county average in Arland, Prairie Farm, Stanley, and Vance Creek townships.

Nearly 300 responses were received for the 2008 farmland rent survey. The survey indicates trends or the "going rate" for land rent and is not meant to establish, determine, or set rental rates. These survey results should be used only as a guideline when discussing land rental rates. Actual cash rental rates should be based on projected returns, soil quality, previous cropping history and herbicide applications, and the working relationship between landlord and tenant.

View the Barron County 2008 Farmland Rent Survey . . . Cash Rental Rates for Farmland 2008

Wisconsin Energy Assistance

Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program http://www.homeenergyplus.wi.gov/

Focus on Energy Residental Assistance
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Public Service Commission-Consumer Information
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With an office in each Wisconsin county, Cooperative Extension develops practical educational programs tailored to local needs and based on university knowledge and research.

County-based Extension educators are University of Wisconsin faculty and staff who are experts in agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, natural resources, family living and youth development.

Extension county-based faculty and staff live and work with the people they serve in communities across the state. Extension specialists work on UW System campuses where they access current research and knowledge. Collaboration between county and campus faculty is the hallmark of Cooperative Extension in Wisconsin.