Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 9, 2023

Educating visitors, preserving farmland, and sharing agricultural heritage were named the top three most important benefits—but there are so many more. Preserving Farmland Agricultural land is disappearing. A 2022 study estimated an average of 2,000 acres of farmland are lost each day.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 3, 2024

farmland expected to transfer ownership in the next two decades, it’s a discussion that needs to be had sooner rather than later. farms has fallen below two million, with total farmland acres dropping to 880 million—the lowest since 1850. According to the 2022 ag census, family farms still dominate U.S.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 28, 2023

In addition, over the last decade, farmland prices have doubled nationwide and risen far higher in areas with pressure due to real estate development or commodity prices. Every piece of land purchased as a result of this project will be ushered through a three-pronged approach to increase farmland ownership by underserved farmers.

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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. In the past three years, cropland value increased by $1,300 per acre. farmland values?

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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. ecosystem is Mad Capital , a private investment firm that finances regenerative farmers. One of four branches of the MAD! And they’re ready to fund more farmers.

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Agribusiness Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

However, most of the wealth of farmers is tied up in entities holding farmland, not the actual farm operation. Let’s look at an example: Sally and Jim over their farm career have acquired 1,200 acres of good farmland in Indiana. Most of us assume that these new rules would not apply to farmers.

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Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

When Jeff Broberg and his wife, Erica, moved to their 170-acre bean and grain farm in Winona, Minnesota in 1986, their well water measured at 8.6 Lee Tesdell is the fifth generation to own his family’s 80-acre farm in Polk County, Iowa. Des Moines finances its removal system from its roughly 600,000 ratepayers. ppm for nitrates.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The food system bears a disproportionate impact on communities of color, ranging from the farmworkers struggling to feed themselves even as they harvest the nation’s produce to the BIPOC farmers who are often shut out from crucial financing and other resources. Here is our best food justice reporting this year.

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Trimble Agriculture

JUNE 5, 2024

Whether it’s been in your family for generations or you’re blazing your own path of ownership, AgAmerica is leveling up the way rural land financing is done to provide capital and counsel that keeps farmland in the hands of American families for generations to come. ” Mike D.,

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 17, 2024

farms decreased by nearly seven percent, falling below two million, and total farmland fell by two percent. Farm Consolidation Trends Source: 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture Notably, the only category of farms that saw growth in 2022 was those with 5,000+ acres, with an increase of just over 1,600 farms. farming sector was $543.1

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

If we took 5 percent of the acres and diverted them into almost anything that wasnt a commodity, its literally an additional $2.5 In 1920, Blacks owned or operated 14 percent of all farmland in the U.S.; In the Delta, it is around 1 percent, and those farms cover, on average, less than 100 acres. today it is less than 2 percent.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 24, 2024

But the reliance on utility-scale solar, which requires hundreds to even thousands of acres of land for panel installations, has sparked questions regarding the magnitude of land use requirements. Between these two extremes sits community solar, a rapidly expanding midpoint promoted by recent legislation across many US states.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

During that same time, production has grown, as only farms of more than 200 hectares (approximately 400 acres) have increased in number. According to the recently released 2022 Census of Agriculture , the largest four percent of US farms (2,000 or more acres) control 61 percent of all farmland. Yes, they do.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

At her 6-acre Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon, Schreiner employs traditional ecological knowledge to cultivate regional first foods —foods consumed before European colonialization—and passes that expertise down to Native American youth. Spring Alaska Schreiner, owner of Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon.

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The Counter

APRIL 27, 2022

They’d take a few hundred acres of both leased and family-owned central-Texas farmland—land that for decades had grown row crops of corn and cotton—and give it “what it wants back,” he said. Here’s how the U.S. government actively discourages it. Hunter’s not alone in wondering how to have it all, climatically speaking.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It was founded in 2013 in the Champaign-Urbana area by a group of researchers, students and farmers that were interested in exploring how perennial agriculture and agroforestry could benefit Midwestern farmlands. The organization focuses on Illinois and Wisconsin but also does support work in Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and Indiana.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

For every acre planted in winter cover, the conservation district would pay the farmers $50. Faribault County farmer Tim Perrizo was able to pay for a custom aerial cover-crop seeding for one of his 70-acre fields. Tilling 1,000 acres three times in the spring takes a lot of time. billion sales ; Chevron posts a 36.5

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

million to buy three parcels totaling 222 acres off East Buckeye Road, east of Interstate 39-90. “It It will preserve farmland and grow food to feed people. “It It will preserve farmland and grow food to feed people. It will restore 70 acres of wetlands and create hiking and skiing trails for residents.” “The

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World Agri-Tech

AUGUST 2, 2024

In 2023, United States farmers were collecting data on 72% of all available farmland. Inspired by tools like Stripe & Plaid in finance, Twilio in telecom, or Nylas in communications, Leaf built a product that allows farm and agriculture companies to focus on creating value for their customers whilst smartly managing their resources.

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Trimble Agriculture

MAY 17, 2023

Land Ownership – To qualify for a land loan, you must own or plan to buy 25 acres or more. With singular expertise in the ag finance space, we can help you gather the necessary documents to put your best foot forward. When obtaining a farmland loan, there are a variety of factors that impact your credit score.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I lived around farmland and was surrounded by farmers,” says Tim. “I Today, Tim and Joanne manage WR Grazing in collaboration with Doug and other family members on 3000 acres of land. In 2019, they ran a series of crop trials on 20 acre paddocks to experiment with different crop mixes.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

AUGUST 14, 2023

Young Farmers and the American Farmland Trust (AFT) are excited to partner with Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) on the bipartisan Farmer to Farmer Education Act (S.2614) We’re excited to welcome National Organizing Director, Kelsey Watson, and Finance Coordinator, Okra Kyser, to the Young Farmers team!

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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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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 31, 2023

For example, Michigan State University’s Center for Regional Food Systems , an NSAC member, will lead the Great Lakes Midwest Center alongside four key partners – Chicago Food Policy Action Council, Northwest Indiana Food Council, Food Finance Institute, and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Food Systems.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 24, 2024

Ardeo was matched to farmland through the B.C. In Ontario, the Fair Finance Fund has a national fund for BIPOC candidates, because those candidates weren’t able to get their loans from the traditional lenders. So, in my mind, one of these big policy shifts is understanding that bigger isn’t always better.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Othow went to law school to learn more about the financing and regulation of solar power, and after gaining real-world experience with Strata Clean Energy in Chapel Hill, she struck out on her own with EnerWealth in 2017. acres of a 65-acre property, and the developments she’s seeking to start this year will range from 6 to 30 acres.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

As with all programs, NSAC will continue to analyze the RPFSA’s CSP provisions, including a proposed one-time CSP subprogram focused on enrollment of up to 500,000 acres of native or improved pasture land used for livestock grazing in the Lower Mississippi River Valley to address water quality issues leading to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

APRIL 11, 2024

We are at a critical moment in our One Million Acres for the Future campaign for equitable land access. We have immense gratitude for the work that Holly has led to transition farmland more equitably to the next generation, and to change policy to better serve young, beginning, and BIPOC farmers.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

40 Acres & A Mule Project , United States 40 Acres & A Mule seeks to acquire Black-owned farmland to be used to celebrate and preserve the history, food, and stories of Black culture in food and farming. The food system cant change overnight, but the flow of finance can, says Dharshan Wignarajah, CPIs UK Director.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Coalition worked with partners and Senators to introduce bi-partisan legislation to direct FSA to establish a pre-approval and pre-qualification pilot program for Direct Farmland Ownership loans this Fall, the Farm Ownership Improvement Act (S. The approach to addressing speculative ownership of farmland misses the mark.

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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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Trimble Agriculture

APRIL 3, 2024

Many of these farmers do not have a succession plan in place , leaving the future ownership of trillions of acres of farmland in question. “It’s been a transition challenge,” Riggs said of his own experience inheriting the family farm. farmland market. Like, hey dad, I’m forty.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

To make way for those industrial fields of palm trees, some 30,000 acres of rainforest were cut down, a swath of destruction that one Indigenous leader called an act of “eco-genocide.” He marveled at the efficiency of the African oil palm, which can produce five times as much edible oil per acre as corn or soy.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 26, 2024

Now you have [farm bill-funded] conservation programs that come out of the Dust Bowl and are now being used to finance hog confinements, a fact that Civil Eats has reported on extensively. Farmland is worth over $23,000 an acre right now in Iowa. Cars are moving to batteries; that’s going to happen.

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Daily Yonder

AUGUST 2, 2024

Darcy Maulsby, a fifth-generation Calhoun County, Iowa farmer, has been speaking with farmers in her area for years to get a policy around foreign ownership of farmland in the books. There is no policy concerning foreign ownership of farmland in the Iowa policy book, according to Maulsby. million in revenue and $31.7

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 14, 2024

ARC and PLC payments are made not according to a farm’s real-time planting, but historical base acres. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) views historical base acres as a safeguard against farmers “planting the program,” or planting commodities according to projections each season specifically to trigger payments.

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