THOUGHT PIECES

According to Farmer Mac’s The Feed Fall Edition, USDA shows overall farm real estate values in the U.S. are up 7% compared with 2021. Jackson Takach, Farmer Mac economist, says when you adjust for inflation, farmland returns are still on solid footing and viewed as a safe investment. “Farmers all the way to institutional investors… Farmland Values Rising Faster in Western Corn Belt Vs. the East, Will It Continue?

It has been said that farmers can’t afford to be pessimists. Even in an age of rapidly encroaching automation, it isn’t, and never has been, easy being a farmer. However, one cannot become a farmer without a sense of optimism. There are over two million individual farms in the United States. That is the equivalent… Why Is Bill Gates Buying Farmland? You’ll be Surprised