Civil Eats

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Thats because so much rice is grown around the world: Roughly 11 percent of all arable land is devoted to this crop, a daily staple for half the people on Earth. In November, her farm in Alexandria achieved a milestone by harvesting its first full acre of rice after three years of smaller trials, marking their best harvest yet.

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Trimble Agriculture

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Buying farmland is like investing in gold—and farm property loans can help you do it. People sometimes refer to farmland as an investment in gold, plus a coupon,” says Bruce Sherrick, professor at the University of Illinois. Land Value – Historically increasing year-over-year. farmland values? Of that lost land, 4.4

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In China, for example, research shows that plastic field covers keep the soil warm and wet in a way that boosts productivity considerably; an additional 15,000 square miles of arable land—an area about the size of Switzerland—would be required to produce the same amount of food.

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The Lunatic Farmer

JANUARY 18, 2024

Farmland values will collapse by 40-80 percent. The outcome for individual regions and farms depends on the land’s alternative uses, amenity value, and policy choices that are made. By 2035, 60 percent of the land currently used for livestock and feed production will be freed for other uses.

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