Farmland

While overall economic activity expanded slightly since late February, ag sector concerns remain due to income prospects and weather.

Foreign investors with an interest in agricultural land in the United States are required to report their land holdings and transactions to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

There’s not a day that goes by, when farmers aren’t thinking about how to leave the land better than we found it.

From sale trends to who’s buying, panelists covered a myriad of hot topics during the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers’ recent Land Values Conference.

Farmers were more optimistic about the ag economy in March, according to the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.

Republican legislators in Kansas advanced proposals aimed at preventing individuals and companies from China and other U.S. adversaries from owning farmland or business property.

After a run where farmland sale prices over a three-year period increased by double-digit percentages across the board, prices steadied a bit in 2023.

The Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers annual survey not only digs deep into farmland values across the state, but also expectations and trends.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest about $138 million of financial assistance from President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act in new climate-smart conservation easements.

Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a long list of bills into law at the close of the state’s 2024 General Assembly.

Illinois landowners could be eligible for $5,000 in free soil analyses and consultation with a University of Illinois research team in exchange for participating in a historic project seeking to learn how soils have changed over 120 years.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can sign up for the general Conservation Reserve Program through March 29.

World agriculture has undergone significant transformation over the past six decades.

Like much of the news anymore, the initial numbers from the Census of Agriculture were accurately reported, quickly downplayed — or even worse, ignored — by most Big Ag groups and then just pushed aside.

A guidebook for farmers, agricultural advisers and conservation professionals seeking in-depth information on carbon markets has been published by American Farmland Trust.