Farmland
After Tim Thomas’ property was searched up to his doorstep by state officials on multiple occasions, he filed a federal lawsuit.
Lust, larceny, and massive sheds. Steve Snow collared a ring of shed poachers red-handed.
The federal government asserts power over at least 96% of all private land in the U.S.
Farmers are still in the driver’s seat, but the direction of land values in the months and years ahead relies on one major factor: how long low profitability for row crop farmers persists.
Jim Rothermich of Iowa Appraisal joins the Top Producer podcast to share what he’s tracking in farmland auctions.
Farm Credit Services of America and Frontier Farm Credit released their benchmark farmland values report showing a 2.4 percent decline in cropland values.
Rural Kansas landowner Scott Johnson says the state’s demand for surprise, no-warrant access to his property is a violation of the Bill of Rights.
Headwinds in interest rates, inflation and commodity prices seem to have little impact on land values, though single-digit decreases in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio have been reported.
The three Sproule sisters from Grand Forks, North Dakota, have cooked up something grand for the forks of America — a high-fiber, pre-biotic pasta that in just a few years has grown to become a very successful business.
Flory and his AgriTalk co-host, Davis Michaelsen, joined Clinton Griffiths on the podcast, which offers a candid, behind-the-scenes review of the week’s stories that Farm Journal journalists are covering or following.
An Iowa farmer has turned tragedy into triumph, protecting the crash site where the iconic Buddy Holly died in a cornfield.
Bizarre tales from the world of ag and rural America are a specialty for Chris Bennett, but Tyne Morgan and Clinton Griffiths have a few of their own to share, and Unscripted is the perfect place to do it.
Jim Conlan contends Swampbuster regulation is compelled conservation—all government stick and no carrot.
Farmers who are feeling bewildered by the glacial progress of the next farm bill should know they’re not alone. “There are a lot of people who are confused about the process, including me,” says AgriTalk host Chip Flory.
Welcome to Wyman Atwood’s unlikely tale of obsession, deceit, and an astounding 50,000-marble haul.
Nathan Casburn tells a hellish opioid tale of loss and survival on the farm: “Never, never believe that it’s too late.”
Finding skilled labor is a major challenge. However, there are strategies farmers can use to make their operations more attractive workplaces. And here’s the good news—it doesn’t necessarily require offering higher pay.
Reid Weiland makes investments and sets outcomes for his farmland that pay back with environmental, yield and long-term metrics.
On the second episode of Unscripted, a new podcast hosted by AgDay’s Clinton Griffiths and U.S. Farm Report’s Tyne Morgan, Chris Bennett provides a behind-the-scenes look at how he finds such amazing stories.
State officials in Tennessee cannot conduct warrantless searches of private property, a court ruled May 9.
In one bizarre blink, guano ruled U.S. agriculture and the world.
“If we step back and look at what that means for farmland, we’re taking our energy production system from highly centralized production facilities and we have to distribute it,” says David Muth.
David Muth of Peoples Company Capital Markets, the Investment platform for Peoples Company, shares how institutional investors have reacted to higher interest rates on their land investments pursuits.
Government officials claim power over entrance, searches, and surveillance on private land with no restrictions.
Jeremy Bennett was prosecuted for denying the state entry to his private business.
In the study, Iowa farmers, custom operators and farm managers shared their average pricing for common agricultural services such as tillage, spraying and fertilizer application.
Roger Reaves forged the most astounding farm life of modern times. Row crops to moonshine to marijuana to cocaine, he was the highest paid narco-pilot in history.
Sold: Integrity for the price of 12 cedars and a single oak in farm country.
William Christman, 19, saved his family’s farm and paid with his life.
Lust or greed, trespassers are drawn to farmland by deer sheds. Private property is no barrier to a shed thief.