Farmers and ranchers face a long-term challenge: how to retire. Monetizing a farm or ranch often involves difficult choices: to divide land into parcels for development or to hope for a like-minded Ag ...

The partial shutdown of the U.S. government began on October 1, and was entering its third week on October 22, with no ...

“Yeah, you can buy dirt... And thank the good Lord for it... ‘Cause he ain’t makin’ any more of it.” The lyrics above are from the 2021 hit country song “Buy Dirt,” which voices a mantra that lives ...

In 2022, 39% of agricultural land was rented – a proportion that has remained relatively stable for over 50 years. When deciding how to acquire land, rising farm real estate values can be a valuable ...

When looking at the data from 2024 and 2025 so far, Doug Hensley, president of Hertz Farm Management, says keeping perspective is important. “Coming out of the 2020 through 2023 growing seasons, ...

Price supports for cotton are necessary, so the politicos say, to protect the nation’s host of small farmers. But last week Delaware’s Senator John Williams dug out facts to show that the gravy goes ...