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Weekend reading: Farm Action’s analysis and policy recommendations

Food Politics

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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U.S. Farmland Market Outlook for 2024 

Trimble Agriculture

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. In 2021 and 2022, farmland values increased.

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New Black-Owned Freight Farm in Rural Minnesota to Tackle Food Insecurity, Health Inequities

Daily Yonder

A new initiative seeks to increase the number of farmers of color through a new freight farm to be placed in rural Minnesota. In February, Route 1 will place its first freight farm in the rural community of Loretto, population 650. “We We have concerns around hunger in America,” Jordan told the Daily Yonder.

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2024 Farmland Market Trends At-A-Glance 

Trimble Agriculture

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.

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Farm Stops Create New Markets for Small Farms

Civil Eats

A farm stop sells food on consignment from nearby small and medium farms, landing it somewhere between a grocery store, a farmers’ market, and a food hub. They are also distinct from a farmers’ market, which requires farmers to either be there for sales or hire someone to sell for them. Farm stops can change the equation.

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USDA Announces $300 Million in Awards to Support Access to Land, Capital, and Markets for Beginning and Undeserved Framers

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

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. Today, just 1% of farmers in the United States identify as Black.

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New Report Notes the Global Struggle Over Farmland and Food Sovereignty

Food Tank

It finds that land ownership is being consolidated in the hands of a few powerful actors, squeezing out smaller farmers, pastoralists, Indigenous Peoples, and others who rely on traditional farmland. Expansion and encroachment are further contributing to the problem, as farmland is used for non-agricultural purposes, such as mining projects.