Seek new farm opportunities in 2024
Western FarmPress
MAY 6, 2024
Finance First: Consider all aspects of expanding acres, adding specialty crops or starting a new ag business.
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World Agri-Tech
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
This latest financing will be used to complete product development of the company’s first carbon-neutral biological nitrogen fertilizer, including initial scale-up fermentation and formulation as well as greenhouse and field trials in the U.S. and internationally.
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World Agri-Tech
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
This latest financing will be used to complete product development of the company’s first carbon-neutral biological nitrogen fertilizer, including initial scale-up fermentation and formulation as well as greenhouse and field trials in the U.S. and internationally.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Since 2012, Gail Taylor has built healthy soil, provided hundreds of local families with fresh tomatoes and turnips, and fostered community on less than an acre at Three Part Harmony Farm in northeast Washington, D.C. Gail Taylor and D’Real Graham at Three Part Harmony Farm, their one-acre farm in Washington, D.C.
ATTRA
AUGUST 8, 2023
A year after its launch, the Regenerative Agriculture Financing program announced that 83% of participating farmers who completed program requirements met environmental standards for fertilizer efficiency and soil health practices, while also meeting or exceeding national crop yield benchmarks. interest rate rebate.
Food Tank
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The official theme of discussions here in Baku yesterday was Finance, Investment and Trade, and for me, one thing is clear that I hope policymakers at the negotiating tables here are listening to: Meaningful financial investments in smallholder and family farmers are the only way to build a future that nourishes people and the planet.
DTN
MARCH 21, 2024
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. As Emma Fuller at Fractal Agriculture pointed out, “at the current rate, it’d take us 90 years to achieve cover crop adoption on 50% of corn and soy acres in the U.S.”
NASDA
JUNE 9, 2023
EPA’s program objectives for the GGRF: to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants; to deliver benefits to American communities, particularly low-income and disadvantaged communities; and to mobilize financing and private capital to stimulate additional deployment of greenhouse gas- and air pollution-reducing projects.
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.
Trimble Agriculture
JULY 3, 2024
farms has fallen below two million, with total farmland acres dropping to 880 million—the lowest since 1850. Download Your Free Farm Legacy Roadmap More Adaptable Financing Options At AgAmerica, we empower farmers with custom loan solutions that address short-term pain points while planning for long-term financial resilience.
Ohio State University
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
A variety of topics were discussed such as Ohio farm finances, farm labor, the upcoming farm bill, commodity markets, and livestock production. Seungki Lee, and Dr. Chen-Ti Chen) discussed their current research and outreach projects that are of interest to the Ohio Farm Bureau.
World Agri-Tech
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The new financing, co-led by BMO Impact Investment Fund and S2G Ventures , will propel Sound toward profitability and support the launch of bioinspired nutrient efficiency solutions that empower growers to achieve healthier soils, thriving crops, and climate-friendly farming practices. After reaching 2 million acres in the U.S.
Trimble Agriculture
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
During that same period, an estimated 20 million acres of farmland went out of production. This lack of innovation has limited access to capital and made it difficult for young farmers to secure adequate financing for large land purchases. Monitor Finances and Seek Professional Guidance: Financial readiness is key to land ownership.
Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
They farm on 130 acres of the land on which her father and grandfather had raised hogs. Photos courtesy of Wendy Johnson) To date, Johnson has planted 6,000 trees on 20 acres of their fields, with plans to double the number of trees. Johnson felt called back to the land in 2010 after living in California for 18 years.
Daily Yonder
JULY 12, 2023
But they receive less than 2% of global climate financing. Teague added that 95% of the world’s farms are small-scale, but they only receive 2% of climate financing. And they’re doing all this now without access to significant external financing.” And we need them to keep doing this good work,” she said.
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.
Trimble Agriculture
AUGUST 9, 2023
A 2022 study estimated an average of 2,000 acres of farmland are lost each day. Financing Your New Agritourism Business As the nation’s leader in financial services for rural America, we help agribusinesses of all kinds to grow and succeed. Preserving Farmland Agricultural land is disappearing.
Daily Yonder
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Farmers need finances to cover not only land, but equipment, infrastructure, and operational needs. …It One of the NBFs Andersen worked with had financing needs to acquire a property. Business planning is offered in tandem to ensure long-term viability. She even placed an ad in the local newspaper.
Modern Farmer
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Working with Viva Farms and Dirt Capital Partners, an agricultural investment company , Farias now has locked in a financing deal that puts him on track to own a parcel of land a few miles away from Viva Farms, within just a few years. Viva Farms owns or leases over 100 acres in Washington state.
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. Click the link below to learn more about our spectrum of financing solutions.
Modern Farmer
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
acre farm in Escondido, near Camp Pendleton, in between tours. After ending his service in 2006, Archipley and his wife established Archi’s Acres , an organic hydroponic farm that supplies basil and other specialty crops to local restaurants and stores. Inside the Archi’s Acres greenhouse.
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. Now it’s focused on feeding its neighbors with support from across the city.
World Agri-Tech
DECEMBER 22, 2023
NewLeaf Symbiotics, global leader and pioneer of pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs (PPFMs), announces the fully funded close of its series D financing round, totalling $45 million. NewLeaf gained tremendous growth over the past three years with its PPFM technology, significantly increasing in product shipments for corn and soy acres.
Agwired
OCTOBER 27, 2024
As part of their ongoing support for farmers facing tough economics, Pivot Bio has announced a lower price for PROVEN® 40 microbial nitrogen in the 2025 growing season paired with a 0% financing program. “We We understand the evolving financial dynamics that farmers are facing,” said Chris Turner, Pivot Bio chief commercial officer. “We
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 the Delta, it is around 1 percent, and those farms cover, on average, less than 100 acres. Today Peebles has expanded to 2,000 acres, all organic. today it is less than 2 percent.
Food Tank
AUGUST 13, 2024
But the organization has larger ambitions: By 2030, they aim to transform 1 million farms, plant 1 billion trees, sequester 18 million tons of carbon dioxide, regenerate 8 million acres of land, and achieve food security for 5 million people. Roa believes that SHI is “on track” but she notes that they need more partners to get them there.
Agribusiness Blog
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Let’s look at an example: Sally and Jim over their farm career have acquired 1,200 acres of good farmland in Indiana. Also, the Senate Finance Committee may decide to restrict the amount of annual gifting that can be done by farmers. This could substantially increase the amount of gift or estate tax value.
ATTRA
JANUARY 24, 2024
In this episode of Voices from the Field , NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Felicia Bell talks with beginning farmer Violet Keys about the journey that took her from a career in the military to beginning Synergy in the Garden, a 6-acre urban agriculture operation in Jackson, Mississippi.
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.
Trimble Agriculture
OCTOBER 4, 2023
But, considering cropland values climbed more than 30 percent from 2021 to 2023 alone, investment cost can be prohibitive without the right financing. In the past three years, cropland value increased by $1,300 per acre. Why Buy Farm Property? Of that lost land, 4.4 Supply of arable land per capita has declined by 0.5
Food Tank
MARCH 7, 2024
We believe that an inclusive approach for systems-wide transformation must balance global and local perspectives, incorporate place-based innovation, foster collaboration between top-down and bottom-up approaches for policy and finance, and integrate modern science with traditional knowledge and practices.
Trimble Agriculture
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
In response to this, cash rents increased to an average of $307 per acre in 2023, increasing as much as 5.8% Get Unparalleled Agricultural Finance Insights AgAmerica offers a range of flexible financing options that can be tailored to fit the evolving needs of farmers, ranchers, and rural landowners nationwide. in the Corn Belt.
Trimble Agriculture
JULY 17, 2024
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. Learn more about our flexible financing solutions that can be customized to support your diverse needs. farming sector was $543.1
World Agri-Tech
JANUARY 23, 2024
Existing investors Entrée Capital, Jesselson, and Peregrine Ventures also participated in the financing round. The company’s solution has already helped execute more than 50,000 hours of autonomous farming activity across 150,000 acres of crops in California and Washington, USA. Source: PRNewswire.
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. Matters are much the same in the US.
Agwired
JUNE 27, 2024
Through the USA Rice and Ducks Unlimited decade-long Rice Stewardship Program , we have built a field team of partners who have worked on more than 1,000 rice farms spanning nearly one million acres, improving agricultural and environmental performances. Biolevel Ltd. ,
Civil Eats
AUGUST 29, 2023
He’s still in the livestock business—cows, chickens, and goats all graze across Good Wheel’s 42 acres. Increasingly, it also means projects that work with very large farms to implement practices such as cover cropping and reduced tillage on tens of thousands of acres of Midwestern corn and soy. it doesn’t work.”
Agricultural Economics Insights
MAY 13, 2024
One of the more peculiar trends in farm financing is that the effects of sharply higher interest rates were somewhat offset by longer repayment periods. At more than $130 in 2023 and 2024, the expense is 73% (+$58 per acre) than in 2021. Farm Machinery Interest Expense Index, 1977-2024. Data Source: AE.ag.
Daily Yonder
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
His 50-acre farm sits in the bend of the meandering Lamoille River in northern Vermont. Despite their efforts, Marchant’s River Berry Farm quickly lost upward of 10 acres of crops, with lettuce and summer squash suddenly swimming in the flooded fields. He watched its banks warily as a steady downpour soaked the landscape.
Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Her approach is that new conservation, finance, opportunities that are directly accessible to tribes should be decided upon. And so, this is exciting because it’s able to add to what they already do, with some of the work around climate finance as well, says Kirkwood. Mary Oxendine. Courtesy of Mary Oxendine. Ahn Heka Spa.
The Lunatic Farmer
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
They had attended my address earlier in the day and were brimming with questions about labor, moving animals, and finances. Commodity productivity per acre is down across the board, driving prices up. The highlight for me was meeting with 11 young coffee growers. But they are now.
Sustainable Food Trust
OCTOBER 25, 2023
Stream Farm , a 250-acre farm in Somerset, was established in 2002, based around a share farming structure. As the flock grew, he struggled to find a rental opportunity due to the amount of competition in the area, and additionally, affording the high rents and financing the stocking of the farm was a challenge.
Agritecture Blog
JANUARY 30, 2023
David shares that one of the highlights of his career was leading an international consulting team in Beijing, China where his team created a 1,500 acre wholesale produce market and village masterplan.
Sustainable Food Trust
MARCH 13, 2024
Last week saw the inaugural session of this 12-month programme, immersed in nature on a 170-acre farm in Somerset. It brought together established regen farmers, new farmers looking to transform their land and practices, alongside innovators and others shaping wider corporate and finance action.
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