Touch the Soil News #2044 (photo – Corn Field – Courtesy of NRCS/USDA) For anyone that is farming in soils, access to farmland is a challenge to keep an eye on. If there is a reasonable deal, it may be worth stretching a little to get it. Recently, two plots of land sold in Iowa,…
Category: Farmland
Farmland Values – Reaching Above What Farms Can Pay
Touch the Soil News #2034 (photo – Healthy Farmland Soils) (Courtesy of USDA Public Domain) Successful Farming News Portal brings an insightful story about farmland values that even bankers are wincing over. When the price of farmland reaches a certain threshold, the revenue from crops can no longer pay the cost plus its financing costs. …
Epic Farming Plan in South America that Defies the Imagination
Touch the Soil News #2009 (photo – Mennonite Horse Carriage – (CCA SA 2.5 Generic, Alan Walker) The Republic of Suriname, a former Dutch colony achieved full independence in 1975. Being the smallest nation in South America, the nation is primarily covered with rainforests. With a GDP of about .0001 of that of America, the…
How Do You Feel About Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland?
Touch the Soil News #1982 (Photo – California Farmland – Carol Highsmith, Public Domian) Farmland Grab news portal brings a story about Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland. Come to find out, China owns very little U.S. farmland. The largest foreign owner of farmland in the U.S. turns out to be Canada at 12.8 million acres…
Farmland Values Continue Upward in 2023
Touch the Soil News #1976 (Photo – Wheat Harvest – USDA – Public Domain) The USDA just released its Cropland Value Report. The USDA estimates that the volume of land in farms continues to inch downwards, coming in at 893 million acres. Of that amount actual cropland in the neighborhood of 300 million acres and…
Farms & Land in Farms – Perspective for Smaller and Larger Enterprises
Touch the Soil News #1961 (Photo – Irrigated Wheat – USDA, Public Domain) Every year, the USDA publishes a report called “Farms and Land in Farms.” With statistics going back to 1950, you can see how much land has been taken out of farming and how farm numbers have decreased. The peak farmland year was…
Farmland Values – Rethinking What Farmland Means
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Should Foreigners Own American Farmland?
Touch the Soil News #1873 (Feature Photo – Grain Harvest – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Andrew Smith) Years ago, (mid-90s) there was a big push under the umbrella of the World Trade Organization to have nations harmonize laws for cross-border trade and foreign businesses setting up shop anywhere. No, almost 30 years later with global…
On the Pulse of Farmland Prices in America
Touch the Soil News #1848 (Feature Photo – Sold Farmland – CCA SA 2.0 Christine Johnstone) Successful Farming Magazine brings us an insightful story about how farmland values continue strong into 2023. The video below highlights just how high prices can go. One wonders, Can farmer can really farm his/her way out of $30,000…
What is an Acre of Wine Grapes Worth?
Positive Future News #946 (Feature Photo – Vineyards – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Brocken Inaglory) It’s no secret that farmland is becoming a preferred venue for investment. This means investors are competing with farmers for ownership of farmland. In the reverse, investors may buy farmland in order to free up equity for the farmer for…