Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) tracks changes in farmland values closely. This week, FCC published its Mid-Year Land Values report, and in it, puts overall average growth of Canadian farmland in the first six months of 2023 at 7.7 There were pullbacks in the rate of growth in some provinces — B.C., Ontario, and. Read More

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Its a rare sunny day in January, and about a dozen people gather on a farm in Snohomish County, Washington. The farmer, Brett Aiello of Reconnecting Roots Farm, wants to suppress the weeds around some newly planted fruit trees without disturbing the soil, and hes enlisted some help. Let’s prove that this works.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 12, 2024

Canadian farmland values increased at a lower rate in 2023 compared to 2022, but still posted a double-digit average increase at 11.5 per cent in 2022, according to the FCC Farmland Values Report. The highest average provincial increases in farmland values were observed in Saskatchewan, Quebec, Manitoba and.

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 11, 2023

Urban sprawl is a real threat to farmland long-term in many areas of Canada and the U.S., but our attitude about developing farmland littered with hypocrisy. As I see it, farmers are in the land business as much as the food production business and that is the reality we tend not to discuss openly. Historically, Read More

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Farmers Weekly The Environment Agency stands accused of hypocrisy and negligence over its failure to maintain watercourses to prevent farms from devastating flood damage.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

APRIL 1, 2025

House and Senate by Representatives Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13), Zach Nunn (R-IA-03), Joe Courtney (D-CT-02), Don Davis (D-NC-01), Eric Sorenson (D-IL-17), Jill Tokuda (D-HI-02), and Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-02), as well as Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) , to support young farmers and ranchers in accessing farmland.

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Agric4profits

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Institutional control refers to measures implemented to manage exposure to contaminants on farmlands where remedial action does not meet agricultural safety standards.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 17, 2025

The average value of Canadian farmland continued to climb in 2024, increasing by 9.3 per cent increase reported in 2023, according to the 2024 FCC Farmland Values Report. per cent increase reported in 2023, according to the 2024 FCC Farmland Values Report. per cent, less than the 11.5 per cent, less than the 11.5

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Real Agriculture

MAY 5, 2024

The FCC Farmland Values Report showed increases for 2023, raising land affordability challenges for farm operations. Generally, the cost to rent farmland is lower than financing, making it a worthy alternative to support cash flow and minimize financial risk.

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Farmers Weekly As many as two-thirds of farmland ponds in England and Wales have been lost though drainage and in-filling, while those that remain are often shaded and tree-covered and do very little to support wildlife.

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Trimble Agriculture

APRIL 15, 2025

farmland market has a history of strong stability and performance. In 2024, farmland values increased by five percent for total farm real estate, with an increase of 4.7 farmland market and increased competition for land use toward the end of 2024, but there is still a lot of debate on the future of farmland market values.

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The Lunatic Farmer

APRIL 14, 2025

I've been in Iowa the last couple of days doing a farm consult and then a homestead summit. Savage whose book Agritopia tackles the crop insurance/farm subsidy program. Our farm has gullies left over from erosive plowing, but by 10 feet down you hit solid rock. One of the other speakers was D. It's heartbreaking. Not so Iowa.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 28, 2024

The FCC Farmland Values Report showed increases for 2023, raising land affordability challenges for farm operations. Generally, the cost to rent farmland is lower than financing, making it a worthy alternative to support cash flow and minimize financial risk.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

. – Today at the 2023 National Association of State Departments of Agriculture annual meeting, NASDA members adopted policy to protect farmers’ right to farm. The USDA Economic Research Service reports the number of farmers and acres of land in farms is on a downward trend. had 2 million farms in 2022, down from 2.2

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Caff

JANUARY 7, 2025

Every year, our community honors individuals, farms, and businesses who are making a positive difference in California. She founded Nova Farming to empower marginalized communities, connecting people to sustainable farming and food systems while consulting globally in countries like China, Colombia, and Nigeria.

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Trimble Agriculture

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Farm income is expected to take a turn in 2025, after two years of consecutive decline. agricultural economy faced financial headwinds in 2024, but new USDA farm income projections indicate that net farm income will increase in 2025, largely due to the substantial rise in government payments. Its no secret that the U.S.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Farmers Weekly Yorkshire tenant farmers Robert and Emma Sturdy are celebrating after winning a three-year battle against a large-scale solar panel development on their farm. North Yorkshire Council has refused consent for a solar farm and battery storage system on tenanted farmland run by the Sturdy family in Old Malton.

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Food Tank

MARCH 31, 2025

American Farmland Trust (AFT) is raising money to support farmers and ranchers affected by recent federal funding losses or delays.The goal is to provide 200 farmers a grant each up to US$10,000. Now in its fifth year, the Brighter Future Fund has helped more than 400 farmers across the United States and over 50,000 acres of farmland.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Farm Action , an organization devoted to stopping corporate agrocultural monopolies and building fair competition in rural America, has issued a short report, Balancing the US Agricuiltural Trade Deficit with Higher Value Food Crops. The current situation: Most American farmland acreage is dedicated to animal feed and fuel production.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It summarizes the highlights: Number of farms: 1.9 million (down 7% from 2017) Average size: 463 acres (up 5%) Total farmland: 880 million acres of farmland (down 2%), accounting for 39% of all U.S. Average farm income: $79,790. Farms with sales of $50,000 or less: 1.4 million (74% of farms); they sell 2%.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Even as inflation continues to grow and increasing borrowing costs have put pressure on farm incomes, farmland values across Canada rose 7.7 per cent in the first half of 2023, according to Farm Credit Canada’s Mid-Year Land Value report. Gervais.

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Western FarmPress

MARCH 19, 2025

No Farms, No Food is a campaign of the American Farmland Trust, representing the organizations mission to preserve and protect agricultural working lands.

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Global Agtech Initiative

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Indoor farming shows great promise in tackling today’s biggest agricultural challenges. The post Vertical Farming: Will Warehouses Become the New Farmland? appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Southwestern Ontario is home to some of Canada’s most productive farmland. In recent years, land values have climbed to dizzying heights with competition for top acres driving sales for some farms into the $40,000-per-acre range. Read More Southwestern Ontario is home to some of Canada’s most productive farmland.

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Western FarmPress

JUNE 14, 2024

Farmland value is the largest part of a farmer’s net worth, accounting for 80% of the average farm balance sheet.

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Sustainable Food Trust

APRIL 1, 2025

Our food & farming reviews of 2025 are here what’s been cropping up this past year and worth watching? One Last Farm Director: Nikki Dodd Where to watch: Details of upcoming screenings will be available here. One Last Farm is the story of Yew Tree Farm the last working farm in Bristol, England.

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Modern Farmer

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Because farming is so central to our nation’s identity—and its idea of itself—this future can feel fraught. In 2012, the USDA forecast that most (70 percent) family farms would transfer hands over the next 20 years. Will family farms as we know and love them survive, and how do the ones that are thriving now do it?

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Unlike much of the United States, where farming slows or halts during winter due to cold temperatures and snow, Florida’s mild climate allows for year-round cultivation. Agritourism Potential : “U-Pick” strawberry farms can be a popular attraction, offering additional revenue through entrance fees and on-site sales.

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Farmers Weekly As many as two-thirds of the farmland ponds in England and Wales have been lost though drainage and in-filling, while those that remain are often shaded and tree-covered and do very little to support wildlife.

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Western FarmPress

DECEMBER 30, 2024

President Randy Kron says the organization is advocating for a change to the farmland tax formula.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 31, 2025

The word farm was once equated with images of sun-kissed green fields in rural areas. Not only are farms moving closer to urban areas, but theyre also getting creative in how and where they grow produce. Vertical farms take advantage of old buildings and state-of-the-art greenhouses to produce food in a small amount of space.

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Real Agriculture

MAY 18, 2023

Tucked into the Ontario Progressive Conservatives’ Bill 97 is a proposed change to severance allowances of farmland that the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) says could make siting of livestock farms much more difficulty.

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American Farmland

MARCH 19, 2024

Today, American Farmland Trust (AFT), a national nonprofit that helps to keep American farmers on their land, launched a new U.S. Farmed certification and packaging seal for products that derive at least 95 percent of their agricultural ingredients from farms in the United States.

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Western FarmPress

JUNE 3, 2024

South Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers says retaining farms and preserving farmland is a must for growing and strengthening South Carolina agriculture.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Ecosystem services are the benefits provided by nature and managed by farmers on their farmland. For example, soil and vegetation on farms remove carbon from the atmosphere, regulate hydrological flows, and shelter pollinators who pollinate crops. Farmers manage these subsidies of nature on their farmland, free for the public.

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Modern Farmer

APRIL 8, 2024

Nate Lewis and Melissa Barker knew that Oyster Bay Farm was for them. “It Situated in Olympia, Washington along the shores of Puget Sound, the fertile land and waterfront views make the farm an ideal spot. Without farmland to grow crops or ranchland for livestock, we don’t eat. It ticked all the boxes,” says Lewis.

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American Farmland

AUGUST 6, 2024

The post American Farmland Trust Releases Bi-Lingual Land Transfer Training Curriculum: A Toolkit to Support Farm and Ranch Transfers appeared first on American Farmland Trust.

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