Warning against “blind ambition,” Ron Robbins placed his row crop acres on the scales, spurred by successive years of ...

Using a combination of data with boots on the ground experience, Peoples Company has released its fourth annual land values report. The report shows a three-year period of remarkable land appreciation ...

At least 21 states are considering legislation to block foreign companies and individuals from purchasing farmland. The issue has gained momentum in recent years. Worries over foreign ownership of U.S ...

Farmland values in the upper Midwest continued to rise in 2023, surpassing the highest levels ever in many areas. The very high net farm income levels in 2021 and 2022 provided many farm operators ...

The Smithfield Foods facility in northwest Oklahoma. Smithfield is owned by the WH Group, a Chinese food processing company headquartered in Hong Kong. (Photo by Zach Lucero, for Investigate Midwest) ...

As corporate demand for renewable energy soars, that is creating new tensions in farm country. One issue pitting some neighbors against each other is where to site large solar power developments. Some ...

The Liberty Justice Center and Pacific Legal Foundation jointly filed CTM Holdings, LLC v. U.S. Department of Agriculture in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, Eastern Division ...

Retiring farmers need more guidance for estate planning and beginning and established farmers need more access to land. In both cases, nonprofits like Renewing the Countryside and Land For Good can ...

Worries over foreign ownership of U.S. farmland don’t appear to have ebbed in the new year. Across the Midwest, state lawmakers are proposing ways to prevent foreign companies and individuals from ...