Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Aaron LaPointe sits behind a desk in the Little Priest Tribal College’s library basement in Winnebago, Nebraska, ready to speak to a class in a new program he helped develop: diversified agriculture. government actions directly or indirectly led its farmland to pass into non-Native hands— mostly white farmers.

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 28, 2024

Understanding farmland market trends is crucial to risk management for landowners, farmers, and ranchers alike. As agricultural land values continue to rise in 2024, farmers and ranchers are navigating a landscape marked by both opportunity and risk. Overview of the 2024 Farmland Market The U.S. farmland market.

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Trimble Agriculture

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

farmland market has remained remarkably resilient for the last several decades—but will it last? But with fewer government payments and a softening commodity market, landowners might be wondering what this means for the future of farmland prices and cash rents. Cash Rents In general, cash rents rise when farmland values rise.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 28, 2024

Regenerative agriculture in practice looks different depending on the unique situation of the farm, and so does the funding for it. But the farm developed a partnership with Mad Agriculture , which helps farmers get access to the resources and knowledge they need to implement regenerative practices. One of four branches of the MAD!

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Daily Yonder

DECEMBER 4, 2023

You’ll have to ask Farmland Reserve Inc.,” Farmland Reserve Inc., The Mormon Church now owns about 370,000 total acres of zoned agricultural land in Nebraska. religious organizations don’t have to publicly report their income or assets, including real estate. Farmland Reserve Inc. And that 1.7

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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. Oregon agriculture is a part of my identity. The next farm bill can fix this. Photo courtesy of Carly Boyer.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 15, 2024

The agricultural industry is a dynamic and ever-evolving sector that is no stranger to change. Often agricultural lenders find themselves facing a unique set of challenges and opportunities when trying to offer financial help to farmers. Agri-Real Estate Loans These loans allow borrowers to use the value of their land as collateral.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Despite significant efforts to support new and beginning farmers (NBFs), substantial challenges persist in the agricultural sector, the foremost being land access. For these NBFs, fast-paced pressure from within the real estate market can reduce their chances of finding agricultural land they can afford.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The song tells the story of a farmer who is approached by a real estate developer. In fact, there have been a flurry of songs about farmland loss, and resistance to it, released over the last year. In it, farmland is turned into a subdivision, a sign of “progress.” This time, I pulled the lyrics up and read along.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 1, 2024

It’s no secret that the agricultural industry is facing multiple converging challenges including an urgently looming generational shift. According to the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture , the average age of a farmer is 58, with organic farmers coming in slightly younger at 52. Only 8 percent of the United States’ 3.3

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Trimble Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Land ownership is a crucial milestone for young farmers, representing stability, investment, and a future in agriculture. Rising land prices, limited availability, and financial barriers pose significant challenges to young farmers seeking to secure their place in the agricultural community. farmland that is rented or leased.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 28, 2023

The awardees – which include many National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) members – proposed national, regional, and local projects that cover 40 states and territories including Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Today, just 1% of farmers in the United States identify as Black.

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Trimble Agriculture

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Owning farmland is becoming increasingly competitive, but not entirely out of reach with the help of a custom farm ownership loan. farm real estate values have increased nearly 40 percent. Why Use a Farmland Ownership Loan? farmland is leased. farmland is owned by people who are 65 or older.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

MARCH 10, 2025

If enacted, the bill would make loan programs work better for farmers and help address one of the most critical barriers to farmland ownership: access to capital. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop and pilot a pre-approval or pre-qualification process for Farm Service Agency (FSA) Direct Farm Ownership (DFO) Loans.

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Agribusiness Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

The KC Fed released their quarterly agricultural condition report last week. Farm real estate loans show the same trend with actual rates a little lower than farm operating loans and the average rate looks close to 5.00-5.25%. In this post we will review the major trends from the report.

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Agricultural Economics Insights

JUNE 19, 2023

Figure 2 plots the average fixed interest rate on farm real estate loans since 1991. While farm real estate loans briefly exceeded 6% in 2018, the last time they exceeded 7% was in 2008. While farm real estate loans briefly exceeded 6% in 2018, the last time they exceeded 7% was in 2008.

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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. farmland values? This means that when interest rates fall, farmland values tend to rise more quickly.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

(September 28, 2023) – Yesterday morning, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing titled “Foreign Ownership in U.S. Agriculture.” addresses the critical issue of speculative investments in agricultural land. The Farmland for Farmers Act (S. The hearing, chaired by U.S.

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Daily Yonder

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Brooks Lamb is a writer, and the land protection and access specialist at American Farmland Trust. Photos provided) Olivia Weeks, The Daily Yonder: Can you talk a little about your upbringing and how it led you to a career in agricultural advocacy? In other words, I know the joys and discomforts of agricultural life.

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Agwired

JULY 21, 2023

The National FFA Organization has announced the 16 finalists for its 2023 top achievement awards : American Star Farmer, American Star in Agribusiness, American Star in Agricultural Placement and American Star in Agriscience. There’s been a slight reduction in both sales volume and value growth within the ag real estate market.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Instead, the Parker district has forged an estimated $880 million deal with ranchers in Colorado’s most agriculturally productive region to capture and store water from the South Platte River during rare periods when supply exceeds demand. Such accords have already led to economic and environmental disaster across the West.

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Tillable

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In the dynamic world of agriculture, having the right information at your fingertips can be a game-changer. Whether you’re an ag lender, engaged in farmland real estate, or operating an agribusiness, the ability to identify and engage new customers is paramount.

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The Equation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In doing research on this piece, I got a sponsored ad link on Google pointing me to resources for how to force the sale of real estate in my state of Florida. Our agricultural system has exploited Black and Brown labor since before this country was a country, and that practice is frankly still very much alive.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

On May 1, 2024 – after months of stalled farm bill negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill – Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a detailed section-by-section summary of her farm bill proposal. NSAC will reserve final assessment until the full legislative text becomes available.

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Trimble Agriculture

MAY 17, 2023

As one of the leading lenders in the agricultural space, AgAmerica hears many overlapping questions from those seeking a farm loan, including: What are the requirements for a farm loan? To help get you started, we’ve collected the answers to the most common farm loan requirement questions we see in the agriculture sector.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 recently passed by the House Agriculture Committee does not serve the new generation of farmers and ranchers in this country. Just before midnight on May 24, 2024, the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture voted on the bill. The committee considered the bill in a 13.5-hour

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

It’s being proposed for an area of mostly wetlands and open agricultural land on the Far East Side. It will preserve farmland and grow food to feed people. Cooperative urban farming means that all residents work together and contribute to the agriculture and other spin-off businesses’ success,” she said.

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Tillable

JUNE 30, 2023

What Technology lessons can ag lenders learn from the home mortgage industry Although the home mortgage market and farmland mortgage market are very different, there are many things that ag lenders can learn from the home mortgage industry. Although a lot can be learned from the home mortgage space, Agricultural lending is very different.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

World Wildlife Fund, an organization with a longstanding interest in how agriculture affects the planet, is pushing one idea it thinks would benefit not just the Delta but the country as a whole: Delta farmers could start growing more food that people actually eatspecialty crops, such as fruits, vegetables, and other high-value foods.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy. I was young, I was in my 20s.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI). Earlier this year, the House Agriculture Committee released their version of the Farm Bill, focusing on the macro economic needs of the agricultural sector and threatening food access and climate action.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

After six years of enriching the soil and cultivating neighborly relationships, however, We Grow Farms is up against an insurmountable challenge facing many farms and pastures across the state: the real estate market. Together, BIPOC growers own less than 2 percent of all farmland in the country.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

APRIL 2, 2025

Senate Agriculture Committee. He shared about the barriers he has faced as a farmer who did not inherit farmland in accessing capital, credit, the farm safety net, and more. agriculture, causing significant uncertainty and economic insecurity for producers. to testify before the U.S.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 25, 2024

The purpose of this project was made clear in the region’s new name: the Everglades Agricultural Area, or EAA. Among the most pressing issues was the self-defeating nature of the canals in the Everglades Agricultural Area. But he was not convinced that Everglades restoration depended on farmland. The blooms put a $2.7

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