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Geopolitical Expert Marko Papic: Current Immigration Effort is Not a Plan for the Future
Marko Papic was not born in the United States. Papic was born in Serbia. He understands the contributions of immigrants to this country. And he understands the importance of an organized legal immigration process. He does not understand how the current federal immigration enforcement policy will lead to economic success. “On the immigration front, I just don’t really see any solution to the uncertainty,” Papic told American Farmland Owner from his office in Santa Monica, Cali
3 hours ago4 min read


Bankruptcy Attorney Joe Peiffer: It’s Time for Tough Decisions for Some Farmers
Fall brought the early warning about what is likely ahead for Joe Peiffer, a longtime farm bankruptcy attorney in Hiawatha, Iowa. More farmers than he can remember reached out for assistance in August and September, which signals that the typical busier time post-harvest could be even busier this year. “You have to spend time with them,” Peiffer told American Farmland Owner regarding his conversations with farm families in financial distress, “You have to give them time to pr
Dec 54 min read


Ed Blundy: Who Is Buying Farmland in the UK Today?
The UK farmland market continues to evolve under the pressure of changing tax rules, volatile agricultural economics, and shifting investor appetite. To understand who is buying land today—and why—American Farmland Owner spoke with Ed Blundy, a partner at Brown & Co.
Nov 284 min read


Geopolitical Expert Peter Zeihan: Why Losing Immigrants Is Bad for U.S. Agriculture and the Country’s Future
Reducing immigrants in the United States will hurt U.S. agriculture short-term and the country overall longer-term geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan believes.
Nov 214 min read


R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard: Time to Bring Back Country of Origin Labeling for Beef
Listen on Spotify | Apple Podcasts Consumers could be critical on two fronts for American cattle ranchers, Bill Bullard believes: they can choose American beef over the imports, and they can insist that beef packaging includes on the label the country where the beef originated. Bullard is the CEO of R-CALF USA, cattle producers’ national lobbying association. He told American Farmland Owner from his office in Billings, Montana, that the Trump administration idea to increase
Nov 144 min read


A New Seal for a New Standard: Brian Burgett’s ‘NonBCM7 Certified’ Vision for A2 Dairy
Listen and subscribe on SPOTIFY | APPLE When lifelong dairy enthusiast and former IT professional Brian Burgett began researching milk digestion, it wasn’t for a new business venture. It was for his daughter. What began as a personal mission to help her navigate dairy sensitivities has evolved into a potentially industry-shifting proposal: a new certification seal for A2 milk products, called “NonBCM7 Certified.” BCM-7 – “beta-casomorphin-7, is a peptide derived from the di
Nov 74 min read


Land Broker Liz Strom: Illinois Farmland Values Stabilizing
Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Cattle, corn, and soybeans filled Liz Strom’s life as she grew up on the family farm in central Illinois. She still goes back to the farm when her schedule allows. But these days she is thinking about more than just her family’s farm. Strom, an accredited farm manager and Vice President at Murray Wise Associates in Champaign, Illinois, is watching farmland values. She saw them rise quickly but doesn’t expect them to fall with that same for
Oct 313 min read


Beyond Price Per Acre: Broker Johnny Klemme on the True Value of Farmland
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
Oct 244 min read


Mushroom Farmer Mallory DeVries: Why She Stopped Farming Despite Success
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.
Oct 174 min read


Shrimp Farmer Karlanea Brown: Catching New Opportunities
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.
Oct 103 min read


Dr. Dave Muth: How Wind Turbines Affect Farmland Value
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.
Oct 33 min read


“Applegirlkait”: Washington Entrepreneur Sells Americans on Apples and Pears
Changing consumer tastes, ever-rising labor costs, market oversupply, and elusive profits. Those make for a bushel basket of core problems for apple growers like Kait Thornton or “applegirlkait” as she is known to her 350,000 TikTok followers and 240,000 followers on Instagram.
Sep 263 min read


Keith Hu: Trade War Pushes Northwest Cherry Growers to Switch from China to India
The potential of Chinese consumers to provide the stable export market for cherry producers in America’s Northwest feels largely out of...
Sep 193 min read


Arkansas Farmer Adam Chappell: ‘It’s Bad Out There’
Adam Chappell heard his father’s warnings when he was growing up. He should get a college degree and do something else rather than...
Sep 124 min read


Dairy Farmer Blake Hansen: A2A2 Milk Could Deliver New Customers
When Blake Hansen describes his family’s seventh-generation Iowa dairy farm, Hansen’s Dairy , as “status quo,” he might need a “sort of”...
Sep 53 min read


Rancher/Legislator Tom Dent: Here Is What Is Needed to Support Small Farmers
After roughly one in eight U.S. farms disappeared or became part of someone else’s farm in the past quarter century, it could make a...
Aug 293 min read


Climate Land Leaders: How to Conserve and Protect Your Land with Teresa Opheim
Corn is growing in parts of North Dakota where it didn’t used to grow. Citrus production has fallen 90% over the past two decades in...
Aug 223 min read


Ag Analyst Randy Dickhut: More Farmland May Hit the Market in Late 2025
Supply has been down, while demand has remained strong. Those two forces helped keep farmland values up nationally, Randy Dickhut believes. Relying on his 30 years of farming experience and 20 years in farm management and land brokerage work, he thinks that interest will remain strong in the final months of 2025.
Aug 153 min read

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