farm land

Last month, American Farmland Trust co-hosted the Governor’s Summit on Agricultural Viability in Boise.

The Organization for Competitive Markets as well as the Competitive Markets Action have launched a $100,000 ad campaign to fight the imminent reintroduction of the Ending Agriculture Trade Suppression Act.  The groups say this legislation threatens states’ rights and family farms by eliminating state agricultural laws.  The campaign ...

The U.S. Treasury Department issued a final rule that significantly expands its ability to review real estate transactions by foreign persons near more than 60 military bases across 30 states.  The Treasury, as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), says the committee has the authority to review certain real estate transactions near specified military installati

The farmland market appears to be slowing as the calendar gets closer to the end of the year.  Tim Cobb, with the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers in Spokane, WA said up to this point things have held strong.   “We've seen steady - at least at the beginning of the year - to a bit higher volume of sales opportunities. However, the latter...

A bipartisan group of Senators recently launched an effort to get USDA to improve the accuracy of foreign-owned farmland data.  The group, led by Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst and John Fetterman wrote Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack that FSA data on foreign holdings of U.S. farmla...

First, it was a competition issue, but recently, foreign ownership of U.S. farmland, especially by China, has become a U.S. national security issue.  With that Chinese spy balloon spotted over Montana, the U.S. Air Force is now warning, proposed Chinese land buys in North Dakota are too close to a military drone testing facility.  Io...

On Thursday, Dan Newhouse introduced an amendment to the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies FY2023 Appropriations Bill prohibiting the purchase of agricultural land in the U.S. by companies owned, in full or in part, by the People’s Republic of China, Russia, North Korea, or Iran. “...

The stronger land prices of late 2021 continued in the first months of 2022. According to Farmers National Company, sale prices took another jump higher because of the war in Ukraine and ongoing inflation fears. Farmers saw higher commodity prices, and investors wanted a low-risk inflation hedging investment, which propelled the competition for good cropland ...

Earlier this summer, Dan Newhouse, the Chair of the Congressional Western Caucus introduced an amendment to the Ag appropriations bill prohibiting the purchase of farmland by the People’s Republic of China. The Amendment would also make Ag lands currently owned by the Chinese government ineligible for farm programs. ...

A report from American Farmland trust released Wednesday finds that between 1992 and 2012, almost 31 million acres of farmland were lost, equal to all the farmland in Iowa.  The “Farms Under Threat: The State of America’s Farmland” report, according to American Farmland Trust, shows the loss of farmland “is serious” and “will accelerate” unless action is taken.   The report found that of the 31 mi