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Will the farmland bubble burst?
2013-10-08 17:49:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
One of the top 10 questions I am asked, and perhaps number one or two, is Will the farmland bubble burst? Examination of farm real estate data by state illustrates a compelling story that farmland is not experiencing a national bubble, but one of regional and local proportions. If there is a land bubble, it is located in the upper Midwest and the western Corn Belt. For example, our good friends in Nebraska have experienced a 50% increase in land values in the past two years, followed closely by Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota. Road Warrior read more
Abandoned Russian farmland soaks up 50 million tons of carbon every year
2013-10-04 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When the USSR collapsed, the communal farming systems that helped feed the union`s citizens collapsed with it. Farmers abandoned 1 million acres of farmland and headed into the cities in search of work. New research by European scientists has revealed the staggering climate benefits of that sweeping change in land use. According to the study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, wild vegetation growing on former USSR farming lands has sucked up approximately 50 million tons of carbon...
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Turning Off The Spigot In Western Kansas Farmland
2013-08-27 09:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Across the high plains, many farmers depend on underground stores of water, and they worry about wells going dry. A new scientific study of western Kansas lays out a predicted timeline for those fears to become reality. But it also shows an alternative path for farming in Kansas: The moment of reckoning can be delayed, and the impact softened, if farmers start conserving water now. David Steward, a water expert at Kansas State University, says that he and his colleagues started this research project...
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Price of farmland trebles since 2004
2013-08-23 01:00:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The price of farmland across the UK has more than trebled in less than a decade, according to new figures.
How Does The Farmland Price Bubble Compare?
2013-08-14 00:39:00| Beef
By: Hembree Brandon for Delta Farm Press Historically low interest rates that followed the 2007-08 financial collapse have had a positive effect on U.S. net farm income and the price of farmland but when interest rates move higher will that push income and land prices downward? read more
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