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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

It’s a great gateway crop,” says Don DiLillo, owner of Finest Foods in Huntington, New York, for ushering in a new breed of novice farmers. Given the cost of Long Island real estate, the space efficiency is “one of the great benefits of [farming] microgreens,” says DiLillo. Plus, he adds, “I can do farm chores in my pajamas.”

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2025 Farmland Market Insights: Is Now the Right Time to Buy?

Trimble Agriculture

In 2024, farmland values increased by five percent for total farm real estate, with an increase of 4.7 Farmers were encouraged by higher crop prices in December and January, and fewer were worried about falling prices. Unlike gold, farmland can also make you money while you own it through crop or livestock sales.

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JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.

Civil Eats

It’s just the expansion of the Real Estate Investment Trust [REIT] business model into farmland,” said Taber. It’s basically like a mutual fund for real estate.” This investment vehicle was established by Congress in the 1960s, opening the doors to large-scale real estate investments for smaller investors.

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A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NSAC welcomed the pragmatic Senate bill, the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 (RPFSA) , as an important step toward completing a bipartisan farm bill reauthorization this year. improving irrigation efficiency, restoring pasture, cover cropping, or nutrient and pest management).

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Rurbanization: It's Time To Make Cities More Rural

Agritecture Blog

As more people pour into metropolises—urban populations are projected to double in the next three decades, according to the World Bank —scientists like Bousselot are investigating how designers and planners can ruralize cities, greening roofs, and empty lots. What we should probably focus on is resilience overall.” “The

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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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Who’s Buying Nebraska? After Shopping Spree, Mormon Church Is Top Land Purchaser

Daily Yonder

Then, two years later, it added still more land in this rural Nebraska county tucked between Chimney Rock and Lake McConaughy. religious organizations don’t have to publicly report their income or assets, including real estate. million acres of American real estate the Mormon church is now estimated to own.

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