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Who's buying rural Southwest real estate?

Western FarmPress

Is it farmers and ranchers or foreign or domestic investors buying land in the rural Southwest?

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Southwest land values up: COVID played a role

Western FarmPress

Economists point to COVID for playing a significant role in rising rural real estate prices. Learn more about land values in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, and what's hot in the land market.

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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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Rurbanization: It's Time To Make Cities More Rural

Agritecture Blog

As more people pour into metropolises—urban populations are projected to double in the next three decades, according to the World Bank —scientists like Bousselot are investigating how designers and planners can ruralize cities, greening roofs, and empty lots. What we should probably focus on is resilience overall.” “The

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A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NSAC welcomed the pragmatic Senate bill, the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024 (RPFSA) , as an important step toward completing a bipartisan farm bill reauthorization this year. There are several dedicated rural partnership investments with the potential to dramatically increase support for regional food enterprises.

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Opinion: In American Agriculture, Size Matters

Modern Farmer

When farms are continually consolidated—when there is one 5,000-acre farm in a community, for example, instead of 50 100-acre farms—fewer people remain in rural areas. Small and midsized farmers are being forced out, with consequences for rural communities. They also face pressure from real estate development.

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

Daily Yonder

Then, two years later, it added still more land in this rural Nebraska county tucked between Chimney Rock and Lake McConaughy. religious organizations don’t have to publicly report their income or assets, including real estate. million acres of American real estate the Mormon church is now estimated to own.