American Farmland

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

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

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 28, 2024

Understanding farmland market trends is crucial to risk management for landowners, farmers, and ranchers alike. farmland market trends directly affect the equity and borrowing power of rural landowners. Overview of the 2024 Farmland Market The U.S. National Trends Farmland values in the U.S. farmland market.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 1, 2024

Check out our companion piece: How to Start a Backyard or Urban Farm—Whether You Own Land or Not As a renter millennial, I wanted to start farming. This is a common sentiment among many student-loan-saddled millennials and Gen Z-ers who want to work with the land but don’t have land that they own to start gardening or farming.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Recent statistics on American agriculture reveal a decline of 200,000 farms between 2007 and 2022. million farms —to 2 million from 6.8 The marginalization of smaller-scale farms has severe consequences. It’s even worse when the owners of large-scale farms don’t live in or meaningfully contribute to the community.

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Daily Yonder

DECEMBER 4, 2023

You’ll have to ask Farmland Reserve Inc.,” Farmland Reserve Inc., religious organizations don’t have to publicly report their income or assets, including real estate. Farmland Reserve Inc. million acres of American real estate the Mormon church is now estimated to own. real estate.

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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. He tells the overalls-clad farmer—a tired stereotype of America’s agrarians, even if my farming grandfather wore Liberty bibs every day for decades—that he builds houses and neighborhoods. My brother was right. No, the farmer says.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 1, 2024

“Young and beginner farmers who do not have the opportunity to participate in a family transition are especially challenged,” said Charlene Andersen, a farm and food lender with the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund. And the overlapping need for housing on or near the farm compounds search struggles.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The driest period in more than 1,200 years has forced producers in both areas to curtail well water use, fallow farm land, and sell cattle. The commercial real estate investor added that he thinks water districts need to look closely at opportunities to develop new water supplies. “I

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Trimble Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

farm real estate, valued at over $3 trillion in 2023, represents more than 80 percent of the total assets in the U.S. farm sector , making it a key resource that farmers can leverage to build a financially resilient operation. farmland that is rented or leased. lost nearly 142,000 farms from 2017 to 2022.

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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

Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), John Hoeven (R-ND) , and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the bipartisan Farm Ownership Improvement Act , S. 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. 910 in the Senate. Its a win all around.

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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. Why Buy Farm Property? farmland values? So, what does this mean for U.S.

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Agribusiness Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The Kansas City Federal Reserve release an article late in November titled “Farm Loan Interest Rates Rise Sharply “ This is a third quarter survey of farm banks across their region. 2021 farm loan interest rates were the lowest in likely the last 50 years or more. Operating loans were likely 4.5% up to 6%-6.7%

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JULY 28, 2023

Photo credit: Sanctuary Farms This month, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced more than $300 million in awards to 50 projects focused on increasing underserved farmers and ranchers’ access to land, markets, and capital. Summaries of all 50 projects are here.

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Modern Farmer

MAY 28, 2024

“Of 400 farms in our county, only five are organic,” says Matt Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Organics in Hutchinson, Minnesota. 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. Luckily, more avenues for funding exist.

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Agribusiness Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

Expectations for future farm income remains strong, however, the expected net income over these months are less than the expectations from the last three quarters. Farm loan repayments and farm loan demand remains in good shape, however, the expectations on these have shifted down from previous quarters.

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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. Strengthening the Farm and Food System Workforce (Sec. 11205, 12201).

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Agricultural Economics Insights

JUNE 19, 2023

This week we are stepping back to provide some context, especially pertaining to the farm economy. 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.

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Farmbrite

AUGUST 15, 2024

In this blog post, we'll explore what financing looks like for both lenders and agricultural producers and the steps to help you as a farmer find financing and other funding for your farm. Types of Agricultural Financing for Farmers Farm financing comes in various forms to support agricultural operations.

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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. He grew up on a small farm in Marshall County, Tennessee, and lives in Memphis now. Enjoy our conversation about Wendell Berry, the fall of tobacco, and “right-sized” farming, below. Brooks Lamb on his family’s farm.

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Trimble Agriculture

MAY 17, 2023

When you’re thinking about applying for a farm loan, the process can be intimidating at first. 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? How can I set myself up for success?

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National Young Farmers Coalition

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The hearing covered various topics, including the lack of data on farmland tenure, foreign ownership of farmland, and rising land values driven by non-farming buyers. The Issue of corporate ownership of farmland and farm consolidation is very, very important. The Farmland for Farmers Act (S.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), John Hoeven (R-ND), and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the bipartisan Farm Ownership Improvement Act, S.5231 If enacted, the bill would support USDAs efforts to make loan programs work better for farmers, and will help address one of the most critical barriers to farmland ownership: access to capital.

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Agwired

JULY 21, 2023

There’s been a slight reduction in both sales volume and value growth within the ag real estate market. Farmers National Company has released its mid-year land values report with some interesting findings.

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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.

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The Equation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

These farmers span generations and work farms from Texas to South Carolina, and they’ve gathered to talk about the issues facing them. Heirs’ property affects homes as well as farms, but it was a new issue for me. In other cases, they couldn’t afford an attorney to create a will and handle their estate.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

CONTENT SOURCED FROM THE WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL Written by: Dean Mosiman March 17, 2023 In a first for Madison and maybe the country, an investor group wants to create a new neighborhood centered on low-cost housing, farming, racial justice and wealth building. It will preserve farmland and grow food to feed people.

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Tillable

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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. Operator Insights Delve into the intricacies of farm operators and their operations with our Operator Insights report.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

flatland of small, half-abandoned towns surrounded by large, mechanized farms. The farms mostly grow commoditiessoybeans, corn, cotton, and rice. The history of how this happenedhow one of the countrys most fertile farming regions became a knot of poverty, hunger, and racial injusticeis complicated and painful.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In the months before Patrick Brown was born in November 1982, his father, Arthur, lay down on a road near the familys farm to prevent a caravan of yellow dump trucks from depositing toxic soil in his community. Patrick currently operates Brown Family Farms on the land that Byron worked as a sharecropper once he was freed.

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Agribusiness Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Section 2032A allows farmers and ranchers to reduce their farmland value from current highest and best use fair market value to the cash rent value. The five-year average cash rent for comparable ground after subtracting real estate taxes is $250 per acre. The interest rate from the applicable Farm Credit Bank is 5%.

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Agribusiness Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

If the heirs face a taxable estate, they have two options: Pay the estate tax and get a step-up in basis, or Elect Section 2032A on the farmland and get a reduction in the basis (save 40% now and pay 30% or more when sold). This average rent is then multiplied by a factor based on the state the located in.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

DECEMBER 20, 2024

This marks the latest step in the ongoing process of shaping the next Farm Bill. While we now know that the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 will not receive committee or floor consideration, the proposal provides a clear mile marker against which to measure future phases of this long and ongoing Farm Bill discussion.

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American Farmland

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

AFT’s Farms Under Threat: 2040 report, Georgia was identified as one of the states most at risk for the loss of farmland to real estate development.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Surrounded by low-income apartments, senior housing, and the cheerful hum of an elementary school playground, We Grow Farms is an unlikely yet central landmark in West Sacramento. Leased through the West Sacramento Urban Farm Program , the regenerative urban oasis attracts nearby residents, students, and plenty of honeybees.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

APRIL 2, 2025

Last month, National Young Farmers Coalition member Sedrick Rowe, a young, first-generation, Black farmer traveled from his organic peanut, watermelon, sunflower, and hemp farm in Albany, Georgia to Washington, D.C. All of this is happening with the backdrop of an outdated Farm Bill, which initially expired in September 2023.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

JUNE 25, 2024

The lake once spilled its water into the Everglades, but, beginning in the early twentieth century, a dike was built along its southern shore to protect local farms. A sprawling reservoir, built south of Lake Okeechobee, could store (and clean) some water before it was sent on to farms and cities and to Everglades National Park.

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