Farmland news
American Farmland Trust and ADM are launching the next season of a program that supports Illinois farmers and the environment.
Indiana farmland acres decreased between 1.5% and 2%, about 350,000 acres, from 2010 to 2022, according to a report from Indiana State Department of Agriculture.
Farmers continued to have concerns about the ag economy — especially future expectations, according to the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.
U.S. Department of Agriculture announced counties in Illinois are accepting applications for the Emergency Forest Restoration Program to address tornado and severe storm damage.
What would you do if you had $330,000 to spend on anything you wanted? That is the amount of money his family’s medium-sized farm in southwest Iowa has lost to soybean cyst nematodes over the last 10 years, said Scott Kay.
Berkeley Boehne and his brother, Vaughn, raise corn, soybeans and wheat on their DeKalb County farm, where they also feed pigs and operate a custom manure application business.
Agricultural producers should make an appointment with their local Farm Service Agency office to complete crop acreage reports before the applicable deadline after planting is complete.
In spite of fluctuations in commodity prices, farmland values remain steady, said Howard Halderman, president of the Halderman Farm Management and Real Estate Services, during a webinar.
Quint Shambaugh, principal of Pinion LLC, discussed the agronomics and economics of tile drainage during a webinar hosted by Halderman Farm Management and Real Estate Services.
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County and McHenry County College’s Center for Agrarian Learning are presenting the documentary, “Common Ground.”
On the South Side of Chicago, students learn to work on Rivian electric pickup trucks and SUVs through a new technician program at Olive-Harvey College.
Solar and wind farms have become a regular part of the rural landscape and a new report documents the impact the energy sources have on farmland.
Eliminating the information gap to help agriculture voluntarily meet the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy goals has been a top priority for the Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership.
Farmland values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District averaged a 4% increase from a year ago, the smallest year-over-year gain in three and a half years.
Farmers are concerned about financial performance and farmland values, as evidenced by a decrease in the April reading of the Ag Economy Barometer.
Planting corn, soybeans, test plots and spraying pre-emerge herbicides had the members of the Rahn family moving through their fields in Carroll County toward the end of April.
Lowell Akers was recently inducted into the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Hall of Fame.
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.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will soon meet with farm officials from key trading partners Canada and Mexico.
Farmland values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District are slowing down from double-digit increases of the last couple years to single-digit annual percentage increases.
Members of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers elected a new leadership team during the organization’s annual meeting with Elizabeth Strom being named the new president.
The ASA is appreciative of EPA actions to issue an existing stocks order and allow farmers planning to use dicamba product for 2024 to receive and use it this season.
From a window atop my grandfather’s old barn, you can see my family’s whole farm, from the hayfields to the chicken houses to the pasture where the mama cows are grazing.
The U.S. Census of Agriculture may be the world’s most detailed picture of a nation’s farm sector, providing almost incredible detail on farming and farmers at the national, state and county level, but still assuring confidentiality to the participating farmers.
Farmer leaders and staff with the Indiana Corn Growers Association and the Indiana Soybean Alliance discussed hot topics with state lawmakers at the annual Bacon Bar and Brunch legislative breakfast.
There’s a joke about my fellow Baby Boomers making the rounds that goes something like this: In the 1960s, Boomers didn’t trust anyone over 30, but as soon as they reached their 60s, they didn’t trust anyone under 30.
State legislators from both sides of the aisle joined together to announce an effort to protect farm families and their land by updating the estate tax code.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program.
The Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition opened registration for its inaugural statewide grazing conference.
The No. 1 soybean and corn production area in Brazil has been impacted by drought during the current growing season.
Illinois Farmers Union members and supporters from across the state convened for the ILFU annual meeting.
The market for Midwest farmland remains strong, but sales show signs that the market is reaching a plateau, after several years of upward momentum.
Experience, attitude, communication and organizational skills can provide a foundation for farmland owners and farmers when making the move to organic crop production.
He’s now retired from Iowa State University Extension, but the economist from Cyclone Nation donned the orange and blue of the Fighting Illini to talk about the future — and the past — to a group of northern Illinois farmers.
Solar farms and changing environmental policies may have an impact on values of farmland in the United States.
Productivity is just one of many factors that impact the price of farmland. “The drivers of farmland value are unique to the area,” said Mykel Taylor, associate professor and Alfa Endowed Eminent Scholar at Auburn University.