Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Farmers Weekly Farmers across much of the country have been counting the cost of Storm Babet, with images of damaged infrastructure and unharvested maize and vegetable crops submerged in flood water suggesting it will be significant.

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Maize Farmland Acre Crop 198

Modern Farmer

APRIL 8, 2024

Without farmland to grow crops or ranchland for livestock, we don’t eat. Conserving farmland underpins a stable local food supply. The ATF predicts that more than 300 million acres of farmland and ranch land could change ownership within the next two decades, with some of it transitioning out of agriculture use permanently.

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Farmland Acre Real Estate Ranching 122

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The farm safety net, which includes commodity support programs and federal crop insurance, is a fundamental component of any farm bill. These programs primarily benefit a limited number of commodity producers, leaving behind many farmers, including small, beginning, and specialty crop farmers. In 2023, there were 239.7

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Farming Farming Acre Farmland 64

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Despite having nearly a billion acres of prime farmland and a population of only 330 million people, the U.S. Our governments misplaced prioritization of growing and exporting low-value crops, which primarily benefits the corporations dominating our food system, is reflected in Americas public health. The number of U.S.

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Food Production Crop Farming 133

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The tribe only owns roughly 27,000 acres of its 120,000-acre reservation, after U.S. government actions directly or indirectly led its farmland to pass into non-Native hands— mostly white farmers. The Winnebago Tribe spent nearly $10,000 per acre, on average, to buy back 340 acres of ag land. So they lost it.”

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Farmland Acre Food Farming 127

Western FarmPress

JULY 18, 2023

Crop acres shifted according to the last USDA report, which has made farmers slow down on making purchasing decisions.

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Farmland Acre Crop 98

Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

Its 2,800 acres—the first protected habitat for the wild relatives of crops in the United States—now shelter not just a single pepper but at least 45 different species. Forest Service to identify and collect other wild relatives of crops in this area. In the U.S. Arizona is the third driest state in the U.S.

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Seeding Crop Agriculture Agriculture 144

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Some of the most pristine farmland in California can be yours, at least by proxy, in just a matter of minutes. farmland, makes to prospective financiers. AcreTrader is just one of many companies launched in the past decade that facilitate the sale of farmland, which has increasingly become a staple in investor portfolios.

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Farmland Real Estate Orchard Water Rights 145

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The acreage is going down, too: There are about 879 million acres being farmed, down slightly from the 900 million acres growing crops or feeding animals in 2017. There are fewer farmers and less farmland, but due to consolidation, there has been an increase in income for the remaining farmers. Today, there are around 1.89

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Family Farming Farming Farming Ranching 94

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 4, 2024

Using farmland for solar panels, especially in the agriculture-heavy Midwest, is fraught with controversy. There has also been little research conducted in the Midwest, the heart of agriculture, where farmland is gold. The remainder of the crops will be planted in the spring. I think that’s worth working on.”

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Crop Production Science Agriculture 134

ATTRA

MARCH 25, 2025

Among the report’s findings: subsidies received by farms mostly support production of crops that do not directly feed Nebraskans while food insecurity is rising in the state. Between 2017 and 2022, Nebraska lost nearly 2,000 farms and 1 million acres of farmland. However, farmers sold at least $16.6

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Agwired

JANUARY 8, 2025

This statewide initiative focuses on soil health across 12,000 acres of commercial farmland, covering over 20 unique crops. The collaboration between MyLand and Texas A&M AgriLife Research is aimed at advancing agriculture and addressing global challenges.

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Farmland Acre Crop Agriculture 49

Trimble Agriculture

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Despite a global economic slowdown, farmland prices remain on the rise. Over the past ten years, farmland prices have increased nearly 40 percent. farmland market is so strong and what factors are influencing its growth. Farmland Prices in 2023 In the U.S. More than 75 percent of farmland in the U.S. That is a 7.4

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Farmland Real Estate Pasture Acre 59

Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This was because traditional farming systems allowed the field to be a habitat for the vast range of species which used to coexist in the understory of crops or grasslands, without unduly compromising productivity. Last year we produced an acre of carrots for schools in West Wales, using no chemical fertilisers or pesticides.

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Food Production Farmland Farming 78

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Consumption of crops or animals grown on PFAS-contaminated land puts humans at high risk of illness. Songbird Farm (Photo credit: Jenny McNulty) Maine had been spreading what is called sludge on its farmland and fields since the 1980s. The state later discovered, however, that the sludge contained harmful PFAS.

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Farming Farming Farmland Crop 145

Wisconsin Farmers Union

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

corn product and has increased the price of corn by about 30% and other crops by about 20% annually (Lark and Stevens agreed with this. It is likely that the ethanol industry has supported an increase in corn-growing acres, estimating it to be about 1% of the corn acres in the U.S., about 300,000 acres from 2002 to 2014.

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Acre Production Crop Greenhouse 52

Agwired

OCTOBER 31, 2024

farmers are using a new solution to treat soil compaction – a problem that affects over 68 million acres of farmland and significantly reduces crop yields. Three years of independent field trials have confirmed significant yield boosts of up to 34 percent in a multitude of crops, with an 86 percent win rate.

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Soil Compaction Yield Technology Acre 49

Daily Yonder

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Early in the summer of 2018, a nonprofit few Nebraskans have heard of bought a 22,613-acre chunk of land in Garden County. Box in Salt Lake City, picked up another 3,331 acres of county land, buying it from a Colorado investment company. You’ll have to ask Farmland Reserve Inc.,” Farmland Reserve Inc.,

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Ranching Real Estate Farmland Acre 111

Todays Farmer Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

Missouri landowners, agricultural lenders, rural appraisers and others with firsthand knowledge of acreage transactions are invited to respond to the annual Missouri Farmland Value Opinion Survey. Respondents of the 2023 survey said they expected land prices to increase in 2024, particularly in the western region of Missouri.

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Farmland Acre Pasture Ruralism 52

Tillable

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

producers manage 80% of the country’s farmland. Increasing Land Ownership Among Top Producers In Illinois, the top 20% of producers acquired 150% more farmland than all other producers combined in recent years. Here are five critical trends reshaping agriculture and how CamoAg’s insights can position you for growth.

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Marketing Agriculture Agriculture Distribution 52

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A range of issues plague the current system, including corporate consolidation , farmland concentration in the hands of non-farmers and foreign buyers , pollution and animal welfare issues , as well as soil erosion and the poor treatment of migrant workers.

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Farmland Production Farming Farming 121

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 30, 2023

Perhaps that image is informed by articles on “cheap” and abundant farmland in the far north or articles on how climate change opens opportunities by increasing the number of Alaska’s growing days. In 2021, the USDA listed the average value for an acre of farmland in California at $13,860. The 2017 U.S. In Florida, it’s $7,300.

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Farming Farming Farmland Acre 98

DTN

MARCH 21, 2024

Change is coming, but slower than we need Compared to the 2017 census, no-till practices and cover crops were up but not at the rate needed to keep pace with climate change. Cover crop acres increased to 18 million total acres, a 17% increase, but when compared to total farmland, this represents only 6% of 300 million acres.

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Acre Biofuel Ranching Crop 103

UnderstandingAg

JUNE 20, 2024

The image was taken on June 2, 2022, right after planting, but before the typical row crops were growing. There's 270 acres inside that red boundary (so consider that when determining perspective and the percentage of area-wide coverage comparatively. Can you see how different, and "out of place" it seems to be on this image?

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Fertilizer Crop Acre Farmland 115

Modern Farmer

MARCH 12, 2024

Today’s beginning farmers are passionate about growing nourishing foods, diversified crops and building soil; yet because of astronomical real estate costs, most farmers are unable to purchase land on which to operate. Across the country, farmland is being lost to development at a rate of more than 2,000 acres per day.

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Farming Farming Farmland Real Estate 122

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Peppered throughout some 500 acres of charred pastureland, he found sizable patches of grass left unscathed by the blaze. The fire burned right around them,” says the 73-year old rancher and owner of Diamond B Ranch, noting the intact areas—some as big as a quarter acre. That’s the fight I’m in,” Balthazar adds.

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Plantation Pasture Acre Ranching 125

Food Tank

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Sorghum flour has local roots, as the crop sorghum is grown and harvested at farms all across the Great Plains. These farms use regenerative agriculture practices to produce successful yields of sorghum , a crop that can diversify typical crop rotations and provide some of the same soil health benefits of cover crops.

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Crop Food Agriculture Agriculture 116

Food Tank

APRIL 29, 2024

Under the New Deal Farm Bill, a farmer faced with low corn prices could switch to another crop or even idle a portion of farmland in exchange for financial support. The incentive to grow corn under the Wall Street Farm Bill is so strong that processors like Cargill have sought out new uses for the crop.

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Family Farming Acre Farming Farming 98

ProAg

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

America’s crop insurers are committed to building on the foundational principles of crop insurance to strengthen the farm safety net and offer more risk management products to more farmers. million crop insurance policies, which protected more than $205 billion worth of crops and livestock. Farmers spent $6.8

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Crop Acre Farmland Livestock 52

Modern Farmer

MAY 28, 2024

His 2,500-acre family farm is patchwork across 40 miles of land the family owns and leases, and grows organic corn, soy, wheat and specialty crops such as beans and peas. I n the first year, the farm grew yellow peas as a transition crop and had a hail event that wasn’t covered by crop insurance in Minnesota.

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Agriculture Agriculture Acre Farming 129

Daily Yonder

AUGUST 13, 2024

Spread across more than 1,900 acres, the 180 MW Madison Fields project will be one of North America’s largest test grounds for research into agrivoltaics — essentially farming between the rows on photovoltaic solar projects. One big issue is what crops can work well for large-scale utility projects. Soybeans are one example.

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Farming Farming Forage Acre 98

Tillable

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Hurricane Helene's Impact on Agriculture: A Closer Look at Crop and Landowner Damage In the wake of Hurricane Helene, many in the agricultural community have been taken aback by the widespread damage across key farming regions in the Southeast.

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Crop Agriculture Agriculture Acre 52

Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Outside of Charleston, South Carolina, in the picturesque marshes of the Kiawah River, sits more than 100 acres of working farmland. Seasonal crops rotate through expansive pastures, cattle graze the rich sea grasses and several colonies of bees hurry about their business. Tiny Timbers is a small agrihood in St.

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Farmland Food Farming Farming 128

AgriLife Today

AUGUST 17, 2023

of Arizona will seek to improve soil health across 12,000 acres of commercial farmland in Texas to enhance quality of life and economic return for farmers. Texas A&M AgriLife Research, MyLand Company Inc. Research efforts over the.

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Farmland Acre Agriculture Agriculture 93

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

APRIL 15, 2024

Farm safety net subsidies reward an industrial farming model that contributes to climate change, soil erosion, and farmland consolidation in agriculture. This week is the Farm Bill for All Farmers Week of Action: Conservation Not Consolidation. We’ve made calling and emailing your lawmakers as easy as possible.

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Farming Farming Farmland Crop 101

SILT

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Story County Supports Farmland Preservation Initiative Story County Board of Supervisors Approves Resolution of Support for Circle Our Cities Initiative West Branch, IA — The Story County Board of Supervisors has approved a resolution in support of the Circle Our Cities initiative from the nonprofit Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT).

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Farmland Food Acre Farming 40

Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Waving fields of wheat once stippled the sunny lands of San Diego County, but higher-value crops supplanted it more than a century ago. On a sparkling spring day in March, Ellis and a crew of volunteers gathered at Rio Del Rey Farm to pull weeds from rows of experimental dry-farmed wheat crops.

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Grain Seeding Farming Farming 138