Individuals interested in purchasing farmland for the first time often face a daunting and confusing process that can be difficult to navigate. So before purchasing land, what do you need…

The American Farmland Trust is a farm advocacy organization founded in the 1980s and dedicated to preserving farmland and encouraging environmentally sustainable farm practices. According to recent estimates by the…

Flood insurance is a major part of American farmers and ranchers' lives in large sectors of the rural United States. While more than 20,000 communities across the United States exist…

For most of the past three years, farmers across the United States have suffered from the effects of a severe, long-lasting drought that has ravaged nearly every part of the…

Water Rights What are Water Rights? In the most basic sense Water Rights are a group of rights to protect the use of water from a stream, lake, river, pond,…

Farm Irrigation With agriculture accounting for more than eighty percent of the nation’s water use, irrigation systems will continue to play a major role in American water usage and food…