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How the Next Generation of Farmers is Getting Creative with Land Access

Modern Farmer

acre Niwot Homestead in a suburban yard that belongs to a family she found through Nextdoor. “We Whenever issues arise, such as the roaming habits of free-range chickens, they all sit down “as humans” to talk them through and come to a solution together. Relationship-Based Land Stewardship Amy Scanes-Wolfe runs the 1.4-acre

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Holding onto Farmland, One Land Trust at a Time

Modern Farmer

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. million acres of farmland and ranchland through conservation easements. But real estate developers can afford it.

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Can Virtual Fences Help More Ranchers Adopt Regenerative Grazing Practices?

Civil Eats

This herd, however, is not quite as free-range as it appears. based Vence , which was acquired by veterinary pharmaceutical giant Merck Animal Health in 2022, has been slowly rolling out a similar system on larger cattle ranches across the West since 2019. Others push into a strip of bushes, munching through brambles.

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