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.
Farmland currently appears to be something akin to a modern-day gold rush. It can’t be bought up fast enough, while per-acre prices fetched for recent sales set record high after record high.
How much power do game wardens possess without a warrant or probable cause? A hunting club lawsuit is heating up over the bounds of government access to private land.
Long-term land leases aren’t popular in the core of the Corn Belt, but are in other production areas in the U.S., as well as around the globe. John Phipps weighs in on the debate, along with other factors at play.
How can you make your annual landlord discussions more productive and enjoyable? Heed this advice from Chris Barron.
AFBF President Zippy Duvall told members this week he will continue to press for policy that progresses agriculture, citing AFBF’s work on changes to the White House’s “America the Beautiful” plan as an example.
New Record $26,000/Acre Iowa Farmland Sale, Record Amount of Land Could Flood Market in Next 60 Days
A piece of farmland in Johnson County, Iowa, brought $26,000 per acre. One land appraiser expects the historic run in farmland values to slow as a record amount of land could enter the market in the next 60 days.
Here’s what to consider if you are weighing a land purchase.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is proposing to list the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act. The chicken’s habitat spans parts of five states, including Colorado, Kansas and Texas.
Share data, strengthen relationships with farmland lease annual reports.
Randy Dowdy’s soil death is no mystery, insists the Georgia producer, and now a federal inspection report appears to back his claims of soil damage on record-breaking farmland due to pipeline construction.