Land News
Farmland is an essential resource for American agriculture. As stewards of the land, farmers and ranchers strive to maximize per-acre value while prioritizing soil health, water conservation and wildlife management. A key indicator of the financial health of the farm sector, farmland values can be influenced by commodity prices, land quality and other factors.
Perfectly preserved and pickled for 100 years, who was the woman found in red velvet on a Mississippi Delta farm?
A family faces bankruptcy and almost $1 million in H-2A fines, with no proof of wrongdoing beyond the walls of a single agency.
While not necessarily new, market factors and growing awareness are putting the spotlight on residual soil fertility deductions.
“This is one of the saddest things I’ve seen in American agriculture in my lifetime,” says Bill Peter. “It ends with glass and metal covering millions of acres.”
A new country song is hitting home for farm families, showing what it’s like to keep a farm in the family through four generations.
Self-sufficiency in rural America? “No,” says Chad Cane. “More like targeting and potential jail time.”
“It’s sickening what the government can get away with,” say David and Debbie Ross. “We’ve done nothing wrong and we want a jury of our peers to hear the evidence. All of it.”
Who owns the Heartland? New data reveals more than half of principal landlords having never farmed and a third now aged 75 or older.
The market appears to be firm, but high quality farm land sets itself apart from medium or low quality.