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In a world where farmland prices continue to dominate headlines and coffee shop conversations, Johnny Klemme invites us to look deeper — beyond the numbers, beyond the market reports — to explore what value  really means. Klemme is an advisor, mediator, broker, auctioneer, and family farmer, as well as co-owner of Geswein Farm & Land Realty in Lafayette, Indiana. Johnny Klemme bio: Geswein Farm & Land Realty – Co-Owner, Advisor, Broker, Auctioneer Family Farmer – West Lafayet

President Donald Trump’s plan to quadruple beef imports from Argentina has drawn sharp criticism from U.S. cattle ranchers who warn the move could devastate domestic producers. Ranchers, already strained by drought, wildfires, and high input costs, say cheaper Argentine beef could undercut a recovering U.S. market. While the administration argues that increased imports may lower prices for consumers, industry leaders like Justin Tupper of the U.S.

A historic New York farm could soon set a record in the Hudson Valley with a staggering $90 million listing price. Known as Mill Farm, the 2,150-acre property in Ancramdale has been assembled over 43 years by investment banker Daniel Slott and features 15 barns, 10 homes, a waterfall, and organic-certified hay fields. Surrounded by conservation land and just two hours from Manhattan, the farm is billed by Compass as a “living landmark” and one of the largest working farms nea

At the Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines, Iowa, world-renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés called on President Donald Trump to restore the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Andrés—whose nonprofit World Central Kitchen has fed millions in disaster zones—warned that dismantling USAID endangers lives worldwide by cutting off access to food, water, and health aid.

When a 150-year-old farm in west-central Indiana went up for auction this September, there were a couple of things that made it stand out from the typical properties in the Midwest. First, the land had been in the same family since just after the Civil War — a rare legacy in the farming community. But it was the second detail that surprised the realtor handling the sale. “They had created a reverse irrigation or subsurface irrigation system. I’ve never sold a farm with that b

An Illinois community watched more than 30,000 bushes of soybeans spilling out, workers scurrying for safety, and parts of town temporarily losing power. But it avoided serious injuries when a grain bin collapsed. The video shows the moments before the bin fell and then the eventual collapse.   The grain bin was 90 feet tall and had stood in town since 1972 until it gave way. Witnesses noticed a bulge forming in the concrete and rebar, according to WCIA-TV in Champaign ,  bef

A financial leader who committed to the health of rural families and bought a farm in western North Carolina to reconnect with his farm roots died on the farm in an all-terrain vehicle accident, according to North Carolina authorities. Doug Lebda was the founder, chairman, and CEO of LendingTree, the online lending institution headquartered in Charlotte and established in 1996. Authorities say Lebda had been riding on an ATV last Sunday on the family’s property. A family memb

As family farmers continue to wait for an aid package that President Donald Trump last month claimed that he could fund with tariff revenue, they now watch as the administration considers doubling its financial support for Argentina. The partial shutdown of the federal government could be slowing Trump’s $10+ billion package for U.S. farmers. But the optics of working on giving Trump’s political ally, Argentine President Javier Milei, four times that much doesn’t sit well wit

Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford wanted to stress the urgency of the situation. “What is happening right now is devastation,” Ford said of the struggles of many American farmers. Ford was one of the featured speakers at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Fortune began the series in 1998 to highly some of the most influential women in business. Ford has served as CEO of Land O’Lakes, the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based agricultural cooperative, since

Mallory Devries was growing more specialty mushrooms than she could have imagined. The operation in an adjoining tent to their home was becoming so big that she and her husband realized that they would need outside labor to handle it all. Customers showed up from miles around.

Farmers and farmland investors would like to harvest some optimism in their fall fields that the partial federal government shutdown can...

The incoming leader of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) can spend the next few weeks getting ready to lead an industry...

Global seafood demand is rising. So are tariffs on imports. Karlanea Brown sees opportunity for others to join the business that had never been her life’s plan.

A 110.82-acre farm in northwest Indiana recently sold at auction, and the results surprised even the seasoned realtor handling the sale....

The Trump administration is looking at providing a $10 billion aid package from taxpayers to help farmers who are suffering from low...

America’s farmers find themselves in a similar position in 2025 as they did in 2018: parts of the federal government have temporarily...

As renewable energy looks to strengthen the rural landscape, wind turbines have offered a source of power and income even as changing federal policies and organized local opposition threaten to stymie the speed of that growth.

America’s farmers are exceptional at what they grow and produce. Sometimes, it seems like it is to their detriment as they deal with a...

Farmers must have a succession plan. Farmer Mac, the nickname for the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, that can provide some...

As American soybean producers look toward a record fall harvest and wonder where future buyers will be if China continues to no longer...