Rural Americans are expressing deep concerns over AI data centers, particularly about skyrocketing electricity costs and the threat to local farmland, according to new research.
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...
It’s an ongoing issue for the Ag community across the Pacific Northwest, keeping farmland in production rather than letting it become commercial or residential property. In an effort to address the issue head on, the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation recently adopted a new policy that supports helping state legislators come up with a plan to preserve farmland. IFB
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The amount of farmland being sold increased since the first of the year and charged ahead during the pre-harvest time frame recently. The increased selling will continue through the fall land sales season and most likely into early winter, according to Farmers National Company
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The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn more interest in farmland ownership. Farmers National Company said recently there is a growing interest by individuals and investment funds in owning land.
Part of this interest, according to FNC, is because of COVID-19’s impact on their investment psychology and the desire to invest in a stable, long-term real asset. The
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