Agricultural Economics Insights

JULY 31, 2023

The farmland market in the second quarter of 2023 continued the transition that began earlier in the year. Farmer buyers are busy planting and tending the new crop, while investor buyers are waiting to purchase the farm clear of any existing leases. Recent Data Table 1 summarizes recent farmland reports.

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ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2025

I want to grow crops that are calorie- and nutrient-dense, and store well, like beans, winter squash, sweet potatoes, and dent cornbut these require a lot of land. With these crops in mind, my farming partner and I have started the journey to transition part of our land to tractor farming. Another barrier is knowledge. and Lewin, P.

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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. One difficulty unique to EnerWealth is the complicated landscape of ownership that’s often associated with Black farmland.

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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. I n the first year, the farm grew yellow peas as a transition crop and had a hail event that wasn’t covered by crop insurance in Minnesota.

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Daily Yonder

DECEMBER 4, 2023

You’ll have to ask Farmland Reserve Inc.,” Farmland Reserve Inc., Farmland Reserve Inc. The church doesn’t plan to continue expanding its ranching operation, the spokesman said, but it may buy row crop land to lease to local farmers. The church is remarkably untransparent about its finances,” Brunson said.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 28, 2023

Background Land access is one of the biggest challenges for young and beginning farmers all across the country – whether small-scale dairy farmers in New England, livestock and grain producers in the Midwest, or specialty crop producers across the South. Today, just 1% of farmers in the United States identify as Black.

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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. Cash Rental and Crop Share – Generating income by renting your land to other farmers for planting.

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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. Agroforestry is a sustainable land management approach that can be integrated into existing traditional crop and livestock systems.

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DTN

MARCH 21, 2024

Change is coming, but slower than we need Compared to the 2017 census, no-till practices and cover crops were up but not at the rate needed to keep pace with climate change. 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.

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Farmbrite

JUNE 1, 2023

Farming also includes marketing your goods, managing finances and employees, keeping up with technology —and that's just the beginning. Here are some options for financing your farm and getting access to land ownership: The government's Farm Service Agency provides loans to new farmers for land ownership.

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Civil Eats

MAY 1, 2024

Those tiles, which were first installed in the mid-1800s and have now largely been replaced with plastic pipes, ultimately allowed farmers to grow crops on land that was once too wet to farm. The annual crops and drainage tile started to create this leaky system.” Fertilizer as Poison The U.S. Neighbors need to work together.”

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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. What happens if I experience financial hardship? ” Mike D.,

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 24, 2024

farmland as a way to diversify and increase revenue streams. For instance, precision ag data can help farmers apply fertilizers and pesticides more accurately, leading to better crop health and reduced input costs. Land Use The rapid expansion of renewable energy projects raises concerns about the conversion of farmland.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In 2018, the farm expanded and moved to the current high-desert property, which, in addition to growing crops such as peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, garlic, and herbs, also houses an Indigenous seed bank and a new community kitchen called Niqi Native Kitchen. “I Spring Alaska Schreiner, owner of Sakari Farms outside Bend, Oregon.

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Trimble Agriculture

MAY 1, 2024

Is eminent domain threatening your farmland? When farmland is in the way of public construction projects like highways and utilities, the government may enact the power of eminent domain to take the land. All they see is crops growing on the land; they don’t see that it is prime ground in the path of development.”

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 24, 2024

And unlike utility-scale solar, where ratepayers finance large solar projects via new line items on their utility bills but do not necessarily see the savings, community solar subscribers directly benefit from solar savings—similar to how a home-owned array benefits an individual household.

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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. See full series Back around 2011, Jonathan Cobb and his wife, Kaylyn, had what he calls a “simple game plan.”

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Tillable

MARCH 26, 2024

farmers and ranchers, the companies plan to streamline management and accessibility of datasets from multiple sources to deliver actionable insights and improve current capabilities for tracking farmland values and appraising properties. By combining CamoAg’s software platform with American AgCredit’s decades-long expertise working with U.S.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 10, 2024

improving irrigation efficiency, restoring pasture, cover cropping, or nutrient and pest management). Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) mandatory funding is increased from $80 million to $130 million per year. Conservation practices eligible for EQIP include structural, vegetative, and management practices (e.g.,

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

MAY 20, 2024

It also removes the guiding purpose of ensuring farmland is usable by the next generation. Yet, without defined priorities or target recipients, the program may inevitably lend itself to financing large-scale operations rather than serve as a new capital product for small, scaling, or new local operations. 7503, 7123).

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As it reads now, the bill fails to prioritize equitable farmland access, divests from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and strikes climate provisions that would assist farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for extreme weather events. The Farmland Access Act (S.2507)

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World Agri-Tech

AUGUST 2, 2024

In 2023, United States farmers were collecting data on 72% of all available farmland. Crop insurance, seed & chemical, biotech, AgTech, cooperatives, and other companies all use farm data to improve their existing services and offer new products. The funding round included participation from all existing investors.

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RR2CS

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Rotational Grazing, Multi-Species Cropping, Relay Cropping, and the Future of Digital Collars for Cattle. I lived around farmland and was surrounded by farmers,” says Tim. “I In 2019, they ran a series of crop trials on 20 acre paddocks to experiment with different crop mixes.

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Trimble Agriculture

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Repayment might be an issue, as well as farmers ability to grow certain crops or rebuild cattle herds due to the high costs of borrowing.” ” Dede Jones, Texas A&M University The good news is the value of farmland has also gone up by 42 percent, helping offset the farmers debt-to-asset ratio.

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Trimble Agriculture

MAY 17, 2023

With singular expertise in the ag finance space, we can help you gather the necessary documents to put your best foot forward. A strong farm business plan should include a description of the farming operation, including the type of crops or livestock, the size of the farm, and the markets served.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 11, 2023

One way to reduce agricultural chemicals is planting cover crops in the Fall after the cash crop is harvested. Winter cover crops could mean using less fertilizer and herbicide in the Spring. According to the authors, there are three ways to eliminate cover crops: 1) herbicides, 2) rolling and crimping, and 3) tillage.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Perfectly square patches of farmland cover the entire southeast of the state. We met with four inspiring farmers who are going against the grain (pun intended – Nebraska’s main crop is corn) and adopting regenerative agriculture practices. If only my attempts at patchwork quilting looked as neat as this, I thought.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

It will preserve farmland and grow food to feed people. The project’s planners, Bt Farms Foundation , is a diverse team led by Black women with expertise in design, landscape architecture and urban planning, urban agriculture, ecology, geography, real estate, finance and engineering.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

MARCH 25, 2024

Whitney is an owner and operator of JW Farms and Ranch, a family-owned agricultural producer with lot stock operations in southern Oklahoma and farmland in eastern Colorado. And have there been changes in the availability and cost of financing, uh, over that period of time?” For example, how do you?

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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. American Farmland Trust (AFT) , United States AFT is dedicated to protecting and preserving farmland and ranchland in the U.S.,

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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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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A report earlier this month found that while small, family farms produce a third of the world’s food, they have received less than 1 percent of international financing aimed at expanding climate-smart agriculture. The storms can also destroy crops and harm livestock. What Role Does Farmland Play?

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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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Farmbrite

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The tangible results of growing crops or raising animals, along with the opportunity to work outdoors and engage with nature, can be fulfilling. The tangible results of growing crops or raising animals, along with the opportunity to work outdoors and engage with nature, can be fulfilling. Your passion for your product is key to this.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JUNE 14, 2024

Photo credit: USDA, by Lance Cheung Strengthening Crop Insurance With only 13 percent of farms insured against worsening floods, droughts, and other disasters, the next farm bill must take steps to expand access to the federal crop insurance program. The FFNSA takes some steps in this direction, and a couple steps back.

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Trimble Agriculture

APRIL 2, 2025

billion for farmland conservation programs. Despite initial concerns, the $10 billion in economic relief aid for farmers who experienced losses during the 2024 crop year is now officially available through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP). This caused confusion on the future of nearly $19.5

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Spoor’s mission was to get Ocho Sur’s crop certified as deforestation-free, but exactly what that means depends on when you start the clock. Oil palm, as he rightly noted, can sequester more carbon than such annual crops , though studies have found it absorbs less than half that of a standing forest.

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