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Few acres change hands this fall

Western FarmPress

Despite the drop in land transactions at present, the real estate industry expects sales to pick up by year-end.

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A More Resilient Future for Texas Agriculture

American Farmland

million acres projected to be converted to real estate development by 2040. In 2022, AFT’s Farms Under Threat research indicated that Texas has the highest concentration of threatened agricultural land in America – with 2.2

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Finding Farmland For Your Farm

Farmbrite

Takeaways: Use real estate websites and agricultural land listings such as www.LandAndFarm.com , www.Zillow.com , and www.Realtor.com. Check out specialized agricultural real estate websites like www.farmandranch.com and www.AcreValue.com. Takeaways: Find a real estate agent who specializes in agricultural properties.

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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 Investing in Real Estate as a Means to Farm Jamie and Doug Wickler were engineers, but the 2008 crash made them reconsider career paths. When the Wicklers bought their properties in 2017-2020, real estate was significantly cheaper.

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Five Factors Driving Farmland Prices in 2023 

Trimble Agriculture

Farm real estate will likely become a nearly $3.5 farm sector, real estate accounts for $4 of every $5 in assets. In 2023, farm real estate increased across the board, with higher average percentage increases for U.S. In 2023, farm real estate value rose $280 per acre to an average of $4,080.

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These Nebraska Tribes Are Buying Back Farmland and Attempting to Reverse History

Modern Farmer

The tribe only owns roughly 27,000 acres of its 120,000-acre reservation, after U.S. In the past five years, three Nebraska tribes—the Winnebago, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska—have bought a combined 3,000-odd acres of farmland that was once theirs. But that reality is starting to change.

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Opinion: In American Agriculture, Size Matters

Modern Farmer

When farms are continually consolidated—when there is one 5,000-acre farm in a community, for example, instead of 50 100-acre farms—fewer people remain in rural areas. They also face pressure from real estate development. million acres. The marginalization of smaller-scale farms has severe consequences.