A Story: Open Spaces & Ranching
By Pamela Dewell, Executive Director of Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust from the Land Trust Alliance website Some friends of ours have a ranch that straddles a county road. […]
163-Acre Farm Preserved in Natural Gas Drilling Zone
Natural Lands Trust Preserves 163-Acre ConaMoore Farm In Chester County from northcentralpa.com Natural Lands Trust announced recently the conservation of ConaMoore Farm, a 163-acre property in East Nantmeal Township, Chester […]
Paying for the Land with Clean Energy?
Agricultural Conservation Easements have done a lot for preserving farmland across the country. The legally-binding agreements restrict the way the land is used, keeping it “forever farmland.” With unpredictable weather, […]
American Farm Bureau Annual Outlook Survey Show Land Access a Big Concern
Not surprisingly, the American Farm Bureau Annual Outlook Survey reveals land access as a big concern for young farmers. From the Des Moines Register: Young farmers say their biggest concern […]
I’m Gonna Make Him An Offer He Can’t Refuse
From Modern Farmer Francesco Galante works for a network of organic farmers called Libera Terra. Get him talking, and he’ll go on and on about their delicious pastas and oils […]
Land Contracts: Owner Financing with a Twist
by Ben Waterman from New Farmer Project Blog In the spirit of examining ways to acquire land through seller-financing, it is time to take a look at land contracts. The […]
Farm Tenancy in Kansas 1917-Now
by fourth generation Kansas farmer Tom Giessel The Twentieth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture was published in 1917. The very first chapter was dedicated to the […]
Wall Street Banks Eye American Farmland
From the Oakland Institute: The wolves of Wall Street are eyeing millions of acres of U.S. farmland that will soon come up for sale, much of which has been in […]
At Long Last . . . Legislation
For those of you following the Illiad of the 2014 Farm Bill (once called the 2012 Farm Bill . . .), the final passing gives us 5 years of regulation […]
New Farm Finance Options Guide: Affording Our Land
In April of 2013, Kendra Johnson, Severine Fleming, and Kristen Loria completed the guidebook “Affording our land: a farmers guide to farm finance options.” It has been at the head […]