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

Daily Yonder

a nonprofit owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon church, has been quietly buying up ranch land in Nebraska’s Sandhills for the past three decades. religious organizations don’t have to publicly report their income or assets, including real estate. real estate.

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How the Next Generation of Farmers is Getting Creative with Land Access

Modern Farmer

Investing in Real Estate as a Means to Farm Jamie and Doug Wickler were engineers, but the 2008 crash made them reconsider career paths. They had bought their home in 2013, and they secured their first rental property in 2017 (when real estate was more affordable) with help from family and friends.

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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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Sizing Up a Pond On a Property webinar scheduled for March 6

AgriLife Today

AgriLife Extension program provides pond-related information and considerations for real estate agents and those in the market to buy The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present the webinar “Sizing Up a Pond On a Property” March 6 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

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Holding onto Farmland, One Land Trust at a Time

Modern Farmer

The ATF predicts that more than 300 million acres of farmland and ranch land could change ownership within the next two decades, with some of it transitioning out of agriculture use permanently. But real estate developers can afford it. The land is first appraised without any conservation restrictions placed on it.

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Building a Case for Investment in Regenerative Agriculture on Indigenous Farms

Civil Eats

For three generations, Fanny Brewer’s family has been ranching the same land in South Dakota’s Ziebach County. They’d like to use more regenerative ranching practices, including adaptive, multi-paddock grazing, on more land and help prove that those practices are worth investing in. Encompassing part of the 1.4-million-acre

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How Do the Five C’s Affect the Farm Loan Application Process

Trimble Agriculture

Collateral : Pledged real estate asset used to secure the loan. At AgAmerica, we place a big emphasis on collateral, specifically agricultural land—farms, ranches, recreational properties, and timberland are all considered. We deal in real estate, but we also deal in relationships.