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USDA farm forecasts are mixed

USDA released its 2010 farm income forecasts last week. While net farm income is expected to be $63 billion in 2010, up almost 12 percent ($6.7 billion) from 2009…

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Loss of farmland: What does it mean?

The just-released U.S. Census of Agriculture reported a decline in farmland acres from about 938.3 million in 2002 to about 922.1 million in 2007, a loss of 0.017 percent.

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What’s fair for a buyer to expect of a seller’s agent?

A client of mine and I looked at a 10-acre organic farm in New Jersey this week. The USDA reports some 20,000 organic farms are currently operating.

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