ATTRA

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has hired Jim Molenaar as its farmland access and succession teams coordinator. In this newly created role, Molenaar will advocate for and guide farmers and ag landowners through the succession process, bringing in additional outside team members that are necessary for success. ”

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 22, 2023

American Farmland Trust (AFT) released “Smart Solar” policy recommendations for state and local governments to keep land in farming and strengthen farm viability as the U.S. builds out solar.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 11, 2023

American Farmland Trust (AFT) announced a new “Land Transfer Navigators” program in partnership with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Services (USDA NRCS) that will help exiting farmers and landowners retire with confidence and help new, beginning, and underserved farmers gain secure, equitable land access.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Despite having nearly a billion acres of prime farmland and a population of only 330 million people, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversubsidizes the production of corn and soybeans, which are used for livestock feed, ethanol, and to create sugars, starches, and oils that end up in highly processed foods. The number of U.S.

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Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Farmers need a team who are collectively well-informed about local and regional conditions, including the location of farmland, methods for finding it, and the relevant policy landscape,” Brice said. This keeps active farmland in active agriculture and can sometimes ease the burden a brand-new, startup faces,” Brice said.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

OCTOBER 4, 2024

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. High land prices and lengthy approval processes for DFO loans often put young and beginning farmers at a severe disadvantage.

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Trimble Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

farmland that is rented or leased. At the same time, the number of farms and farmland in the U.S. During that same period, an estimated 20 million acres of farmland went out of production. This data highlights the growing need for farmland ownership to be accessible for young farmers. has been in decline.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Department of Agriculture, only 1 percent of farmland in the United States is organic. Making the switch from conventional farming practices to organic is a three-year process, and comes with a series of steps. According to the U.S. But he explains that yield loss and administrative work can discourage them from transitioning.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 7, 2024

The immense counterweight to all of these restrictions is that land use laws are in place for a reason: to protect the integrity of farmland. Across the country, millions of acres of farmland have been lost over the last 30 years, due to development and other forms of land conversion. And we’re not alone.”

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The Equation

APRIL 27, 2023

Though I love sazón and Goya’s seemingly unlimited products, hearing her only able to connect to her gastronomical ancestry through a company founded by Spanish immigrants making highly processed, high-sodium products was kind of heartbreaking.

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ATTRA

APRIL 16, 2024

By Cody Brown and Darron Gaus , NCAT Agriculture Specialists Carbon Farm Planning is a rewarding process for producers and conservation planners, as we “dig deep” and find all the potential carbon sinks and soil health practices that can be implemented across the landscape. To answer that question, we use a tool called COMET-Planner.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With more than 40 percent of American farmland projected to change ownership by 2035, the next farm bill will determine who has access to farmland and technical support—and, therefore how resilient, just, and inclusive the farming landscape is. We need something that can really facilitate the whole process,” said Martin Bey.

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 2, 2023

Farmland is disappearing and the average age of the farmer is on the rise—do you have a farm succession plan in place? If the farmland, equipment, equity, and retirement funds total more than the exemption limit, heirs may be required to pay a 40 percent tax. Creating a farm succession plan is a complicated process.

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Agric4profits

MARCH 5, 2025

It clearly shows all the physical structures on the farmland. In general, farm surveying is the process of measuring the relative position of natural and man-made features on the earths surface and plotting these measurements… Read More » Farm Survey: Definition and Importance

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Agricultural Economics Insights

JUNE 25, 2023

by Brent Gloy and David Widmar When you write and speak about farmland values, you inevitably get variations of the question, “Should I buy the farm?” And when farmland values soar, those questions come in even more frequently. 1) Is farmland a good investment? higher future farmland values).

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Civil Eats

MARCH 5, 2024

An estimated 500,000 to 900,000 acres of irrigated farmland will likely be taken out of production to satisfy state-level groundwater laws by 2040. The worry is that fallowed farmland, especially in the eastern Central Valley where it is turning to desert, could generate more dust leading to more PM2.5 in the air. For example, PM2.5

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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. The process of enacting eminent domain is called condemnation. What Is Eminent Domain? Be a proactive buyer.

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Todays Farmer Magazine

MAY 24, 2024

Ashley McCarty, MFC executive director, says a rigorous process will be used to choose the winner, with an external committee considering such criteria as voluntary stewardship practices, collaboration with conservation partners, innovation, leadership, outreach and education.

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Wisconsin Farmers Union

OCTOBER 21, 2024

After 30 years of clean energy siting research, Hatlestad noted there are 2 factors pivotal to a project’s success A Fair community engagement process - which includes early and consistent interactions with trusted community stakeholders that engage them in the planning process. They can also think outside of the box. 715-492-0329

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Unfortunately, delays in the federal appropriations process for FY 2024 and a risk of government shutdown threaten timely passage of the 2023 farm bill. This is on top of record-high farm debt, higher borrowing costs, higher break-even levels and likely downward pressure on farmland asset values due to higher interest rates.

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American Farmland

OCTOBER 25, 2023

AFT’s Farmland Information Center has a great portal to resources to help farmers and ranchers get started with this process. With farming being one of the most dangerous occupations in America, hopefully others can learn from this tragedy around how important farm estate planning is.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

We don’t have much access to a lot of good farmland. Tomika Bell sorting produce at Choctaw Fresh processing facility. We’re not actually disturbing our soil, which is our way of taking care of our land. I feel like the Farm Bill could help us a lot by getting a lot of our land back.

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Trimble Agriculture

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Here’s a high-level case study of what the soil testing process is like with AgAmerica: The landowner had an introductory call with AgAmerica’s soil testing partner to answer all questions. Correspondence with Experts, Advisors, or Consultants: Any correspondence or communication with professionals involved in the valuation process.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Even though organic farming makes up less than one percent of US farmland , it’s still a multi-billion-dollar industry. Becoming certified organic, however, is not an overnight process for farmers. For farmers who use more conventional methods but are interested in transitioning to organic, the process can take years.

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Agribusiness Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

For farmers the most valuable asset included in the estate planning process is typically farmland. Whether the farmland is owned outright or is in a partnership or LLC, if a non-controlling interest (50% or less) is being transferred or included in an estate, valuations discounts may be applicable.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 26, 2024

We don’t have much access to a lot of good farmland. Tomika Bell sorting produce at Choctaw Fresh processing facility. We’re not actually disturbing our soil, which is our way of taking care of our land. I feel like the Farm Bill could help us a lot by getting a lot of our land back.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Photo credit: Oisakhose Aghomo Forging Pathways to Land Access for BIPOC Farmers in Georgia Emerging tools are helping young and beginning BIPOC farmers find farmland and navigate the confusing legal process needed to acquire and manage it.

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ProAg

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Another issue top of mind is the tax issues that come with buying farmland with a growing crop. Things like purchase price allocation and deduction timing could muddy the process. This could lead to massive changes for producers at the start of 2026. It is important producers are up to speed on these evolving tax codes.

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NASDA

JANUARY 25, 2024

We urge you to continue to support America’s farmers and ranchers and oppose cuts to crop insurance during this year’s budget process.

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ATTRA

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Tomatoes: Versatile Crop : Tomatoes can be sold fresh, used for canning or sauce-making, or even processed into other products, offering flexibility for small farmers. Storage and Preservation : Peppers can be stored for longer periods than leafy greens, reducing the pressure to sell quickly and allowing for value-added processing.

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Modern Farmer

JUNE 30, 2023

Prime farmland, it attracted countless farmers, including the Black farmers seeking to fulfill the promise of “40 acres and a mule” that followed the American Civil War. But the process hasn’t always come easily. The process of extracting the fermentable sugars out of sweet potatoes is not an easy one.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 3, 2024

farmland expected to transfer ownership in the next two decades, it’s a discussion that needs to be had sooner rather than later. farms has fallen below two million, with total farmland acres dropping to 880 million—the lowest since 1850. According to the 2022 ag census, family farms still dominate U.S.

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ATTRA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Farm and Ranch Enterprise has installed an in-conduit hydropower system that integrates sustainable energy production with advanced center-pivot irrigation technology across its 7,700 acres of irrigated farmland. The energy is used to power onsite farming operations.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 8, 2024

” He eventually bought a mill from a grain farmer who went out of business, but finding the other equipment necessary for both farming and processing grain was an ongoing struggle. Prior to that, they had all either harvested by hand, an intensely laborious process, or hired someone with a combine.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

MARCH 25, 2024

Reality quickly set in as I realized that, as a child of a working class family who grew up in the heart of the recession, I couldn’t access what I needed to operate a successful small farm business: financial support from my family, pre-existing capital, or accessible farmland. I accepted the fact that I couldn’t afford to own farmland.

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Trimble Agriculture

MAY 15, 2024

The farmland market is historically strong, and home values in agriculture-heavy states are rising rapidly. The Implications of Rising Property Tax for Rural Landowners High land values seem like a good thing, but the downside is that when the value of farmland goes up, the taxes farmers pay on that land also go up.

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SILT

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

I’m very pleased with the process our board went through to find and hire Breanna. Founded in 2015, by two dozen leaders in agriculture, development and planning, SILT’s mission is to preserve Iowa farmland for sustainable table food farming, ensuring that future generations of Iowans can access affordable farmland and the food it can grow.

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