“I feel like every day is one day closer to having the President declare a climate emergency,” says Illinois farmer Sherman Newlin. “Once that happens, I don’t know what it will mean for ag, or what it’s going to open up the door to."
Surface Pressure: U.S. Losing Farmland at Alarming Rate
From 2001 to 2016, the U.S. lost or compromised 2,000 acres of farmland and ranchland every day. If that trend continues, and another 18.4 million acres is converted between 2016 and 2040.
Is Agriculture Better Prepared to Weather the Rapid Rise in Interest Rates?
Warning signs about the health of the general economy are blaring, but Farmer Mac's summer issue of “The Feed” shows why ag lenders are in a better financial position to help farmers weather the higher costs.
