The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Local Wednesday, September 11, 2019
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Adam Scales
(812) 354-8488
adam.scales@infarmbureau.com
www.tri-cap.net 812-482-2233
TRI-CAP is pleased to announce
that Stacy Kalebjian, TRI-CAP
Head Start Lead Teacher from
Newburgh, has been selected
as recipient of this year's
Golden Employee Award!
Pregnant...
or think you are?
Call:1-877-257-1084
or Locally Call:
1-812-354-2814
• Free pregnancy testing
• Free counseling and info.
on pregnancy options.
• Confi dential counseling
for women & men who are
suff ering from post-abortion
syndrome.
• Residential Care
• Health and assistance referrals.
• Training and education.
• Assistance in getting baby and
maternity clothes
washpcc@sbcglobal.net
www.washingtonpregnancycenter.com
AREA HAPPENINGS
Celebrate Recovery–Will meet every Monday at 6
p.m. at the River of Life Church, 342 E. CR 300 N., Pe-
tersburg. For more information, contact Pastor Jim at
812-354-8800.
Free Clothing Bank–Oak Grove Church in Oakland
City offers a free clothing bank each Tuesday 9 -11 a.m.
(Oakland City time) for everyone. They carry new and
used clothing. Location is on Morton Street, just past
Chuckles. Come to the gymnasium door located at the
back of the church.
Women's Cancer Support Group–The Lange-Fuhs
Cancer Center at Memorial Hospital and Health Care
Center offers a support group for women who have had
cancer of any type or are currently undergoing can-
cer treatment. Sessions are the third Tuesday of each
month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Lange-Fuhs Cancer
Center Conference Room, located at Memorial Hospital
and Health Care Center's Dorbett Street entrance. For
more information about the "Women's Support Group,"
visit www.mhhcc.org and click on "Classes & Events,"
or call The Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center at 812-996 -7488.
Winslow Alcoholics Anonymous – will meet ev-
ery Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Call 812-789 -8535 for location
of the meeting.
Al-Anon meeting – Meetings are each Wednesday at
11:30 a.m., located at 424 W. 7th St. in Jasper. For more
information, call 812-887-0349.
Narcotic Anonymous – Every Wednesday at 7 p.m.
at River of Life Fellowship Church.
Odd Fellows IOOF Pacific Lodge #175 meeting–
the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. All area
members are encouraged to attend.
Otwell Ruritan–will have its monthly meetings the
second Monday of each month at 7 p.m.
Pike Lodge #121 F&AM regular stated meet-
ing–the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. All
area Masons are invited to attend.
Jefferson Township Community Center of Ot-
well–will have its monthly meetings the first Monday
of each month at 6:30 p.m. All members are urged to
attend.
"Creating Hope" For Cancer Patients–Memori-
al Hospital and Health Care Center is offering Creat-
ing Hope® sessions on the first and second Tuesday of
each month from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. These sessions are de-
signed for cancer patients, their families and caregivers.
Art materials and an instructional book are available
at each session. No previous art experience is needed.
Creating Hope® sessions are free and are held in the
Lange-Fuhs Cancer Center Conference Room located at
the Dorbett Street entrance of Memorial Hospital, 800
West 9th Street in Jasper.
For more information about this class, visit Memo-
rial Hospital's website at www.mhhcc.org and click on
"Classes & Events," or call The Lange-Fuhs Cancer Cen-
ter at 812-996 -7488.
Perinatal Loss Support–Expectant parents who
suddenly lose their child often experience a wide range
of emotions and grief. Memorial Hospital and Health
Care Center offers "Perinatal Loss Support" to assist
those who have experienced the loss of a child (con-
ception to one month of age) through the grieving pro-
cess, and provide an atmosphere of confidentiality and
comfort.
For more information about Perinatal Loss Support,
contact Theresa O'Bryan, Pastoral Care, at 812-996 -
0219 or tobryan@mhhcc.org.
Pike-Gibson Retired Teachers Association—
Will meet for lunch and a meeting on Thursday, Sept.
12 at 11:30 a.m. EDT/10 :30 a.m. CDT at the Village
Inn. Lunch will be served at noon EDT. Guest speaker
for the meeting will be Marlis Day, who will talk about
"A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Being an Au-
thor." There will be election of new officers. Come and
invite other retirees to join. Remember socialization is
key to a long, happy life in retirement.
Purdue Extension Pike County News
Purdue's annual land rent survey
By David Ackley
Ag. and Natural
Resources/4-H Youth
Development Educator-
Pike County
Throughout the year, ma-
ny individuals ask what the
"going rate" is for farmland
rental prices. That is a diffi-
cult question to answer. The
rate fluctuates and is high-
ly dependent on the individ-
ual farm ground being dis-
cussed. That is why when
asked, Purdue Extension
provides a range of values
based on the annual Purdue
Farmland Value Survey and
stresses the importance of
not simply utilizing the val-
ues given. Instead, landlords
and tenants are told the fi-
nal rental amount will need
to be adjusted based on nu-
merous items including the
size of the field, drainage,
soil fertility, ease of access
for farm equipment, and
much more.
As a whole, the 2019 Pur-
due Farmland Value Survey
found the average value of
bare Indiana cropland slight-
ly decreasing. The average
value of bare Indiana crop-
land ranged from $5,405 per
acre for poor quality land (a
0 percent change from 2018)
to $ 8,212 per acre for top
quality land (a 5.3 percent
decrease from 2018). The
average corn yield for poor
quality land was 147 bushels
per acre and 204 bushels per
acre for top quality land.
The 2019 survey average
for Indiana cash rent de-
creased. On average, cash
rents ranged between $166
per acre for poor quality
land and $249 per acre for
top quality land. Cash rents
decreased by 1.2 percent
for poor quality land and 4.6
percent for top quality land
since June of 2018.
The value for farmland
moving out of agriculture
(transition land) increased
this year. The survey re-
vealed there was a 0.6 per-
cent increase in the aver-
age value of transition land
since June of 2018. The aver-
age value of transition land
in June 2019 was $13,245 per
acre. The average value of
recreational land increased
by 3.7 percent since June
of 2018. The average value
of recreational land in June
2019 was $ 3,673 per acre.
It is important to note that
transition and recreational
land values are quite vola-
tile and have a wide range
of values.
For individuals in our area
it is probably of more impor-
tance to look at the results
for the Southwest Region.
The Southwest Region (con-
sisting of Clay, Daviess, Du-
bois, Gibson, Greene, Knox,
Martin, Owen, Pike, Posey,
Spencer, Sullivan, Vander-
burgh, Vigo, and Warrick
Counties), had cropland val-
ues that ranged from $4,408
per acre for poor quality
land and $ 8,167 per acre for
top quality land. Cash rents
for the Southwest Region
varied from $134 per acre for
poor quality land to $233 per
acre for top quality land (av-
erage quality land was $181
per acre). For the Southwest
Region, cash rent values de-
creased from 2018 to 2019.
The average corn yield for
poor quality land was 144
bushels per acre and 220
bushels per acre for top qual-
ity land in this region.
To obtain your own copy of
the 2019 Purdue Farmland
Value Survey, contact your
local Extension Office or go
to: