Tag Archive: buy farmland
The amount of farmland in the United States is limited. The 2007 Census of Agriculture reported that there is approximately 922 million acres of farmland in the U.S. This represents 40.8 percent of the total land area in the country. Of the country’s farmland, cropland represents 44.1 percent, with approximately 406.5 million acres. There are [...]
It seems the land rush for farmland has begun and it is occurring far outside the borders of the U.S. Investors are acquiring farmland worldwide, betting on the increasing price of food, while hedging against breakdowns in worldwide trade. Governments and private investors alike are getting in on the action, scooping up land in remote [...]
Though there is only a limited amount of farmland available in the United States, the time is right for purchasing some acreage. The depressed economy has driven down real estate values and created a huge amount of short sale and foreclosure properties. Individuals do not need to look far to find and buy cheap farmland [...]
