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WASHINGTON — American Farmland Trust announced its selection of a new national cohort of 48 leading experts in land transfer as partners in creating Transitioning Land to a New Generation. The project will build an adaptable,…

NIFA Invests $50M for Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development

AFT Selects Land Transfer Experts to Help New Farmer Generation

AFT Selects Land Transfer Experts to Help New Farmer Generation

A small but lively crowd of people clapped excitedly as John Keene, president of the Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust, cut the red rope Tuesday, signaling the opening of the Martha’s Vineyard Seafood Collaborative. The red rope was a significant symbol because it is a weak line that’s mandatory for fishermen to use for traps […]

RU Ready to Farm offers online and hands-on training for beginning farmers × Middlesex County Agricultural Agent Bill HlubikPHOTO COURTESY OF RUTGERS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION RU Ready to Farm, a new beginner farmer training program from the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension, will hold its first online information session on May 1 at 10 a.m. This program is directed by Middlesex County Agricultural Agent Bill Hlubik and will provide a combinat...

This article originally appeared on CAHNR Newsroom. By Kim Colavito Markesich In 2016, UConn Extension launched the Solid Ground Farmer Trainings, a...

USDA-NIFA: Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) 120SHARES Deadline: 15-Mar-21 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), invites applications for its Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) to help beginning farmers and ranchers in the United States and its territories enter and/or improve their successes in farming, ranching, and management of nonindustrial private forest lands, through support for projects...

Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews Dec 31, 2020 6:35 AM According to the USDA 2017 Census of Agriculture, one in four producers is a beginning farmer with 10 or fewer years of experience. New producers often tend to smaller than average farms in both acres and value of production, because their challenge is often finding land in the first place, says Heather Gessner, SDSU Extension Livestock Business Management Field Specialist. “Whether renting or purchasing, securing access to farmland continues to ...

SDSU Extension to host workshops for land seekers "Whether renting or purchasing, securing access to farmland continues to be a major barrier for newcomers and is preventing a generation of growers and producers from entering the industry,” Gessner says. Written By: SDSU Extension | × Erin Ehnle Brown / Grand Vale Creative LLC BROOKINGS, S.D. — According to the USDA 2017 Census of Agriculture, one in four producers is a beginning farmer with 10 or fewer years of experience. N...