First Mid Ag Services Highlights Importance of Absentee Landowners During National Agriculture Month
March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024
BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, March 20 -- First Mid Bancshares issued the following news release:
According to the USDA Agricultural Economic Research Service and the USDA 2015 Census of Agriculture, Illinois boasts 27 million acres of farmland, with 15.88 million acres, or almost 60%, owned by absentee landowners (owners who don't operate or live on the farmland). As the largest manager of absentee-owned farmland in the state, First Mid Ag Services, a division of First Mid Wealth Man . . .
According to the USDA Agricultural Economic Research Service and the USDA 2015 Census of Agriculture, Illinois boasts 27 million acres of farmland, with 15.88 million acres, or almost 60%, owned by absentee landowners (owners who don't operate or live on the farmland). As the largest manager of absentee-owned farmland in the state, First Mid Ag Services, a division of First Mid Wealth Man . . .