Farmland and farms small and large provide a long list of benefits to the environment and to the world’s population as a whole. Yet farms have an aggressive adversary threatening its very existence. This is new development. As the number of people in the US and beyond continues to grow exponentially, more homes, business complexes, …
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Farms are a traditional symbol of the backbone of America. What’s more, farms provide food necessary to support human life, yet it is being threatened by development and urban sprawl. Farmers had it rough in the 1700s, when they did all the tilling, planting and harvesting by hand or with the help of oxen or …
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Investing in farmland has been growing in popularity for many years, although it is an investment that has been around for thousands of years. With almost no correlation to the performance of the stock market, long-term returns that are consistently higher than most traditional asset classes, and a proven hedge against inflation, many investors are …
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If you picture the state of Montana as rolling hills for cattle grazing and gorgeous wide-open spaces with mountain views, you’ve got it just about right. It is a sparsely populated state, to be sure. A total of 45 of its 55 counties are considered frontier land, where there are around 6 people per square …
Setting up a working farm can be very costly. Unless your farming property has been passed down to you from previous generations, you may need to buy the land first. According to the USDA, the average cost of farmland in the U.S. is $3,160 per acre. But land for farming isn’t the only cost. There is …
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When you hear the term “rental property,” most people think of a single family home or duplex. However, land can actually be rented out as well. Farmland has been providing investors with consistent returns over the last few decades, all while having significantly less volatility than the stock market. In recent years, popularity of this …
Farms are part of the backbone of the United States. Many plots of farmland have been passed down from one generation to another, making them a family legacy. They provide food for the country and for the world. Yet even as the need for farms and their products rises steeply, the sheer number of farms …
Once dried, hemp has many unique qualities that may not come to mind when you think of a plant. Hemp fibers can be used to make clothes, shoes, paper, rope and textiles as well as industrial products such as bioplastics, insulation and biofuel. That’s a long and varied list and is a large part of …
Is growing hemp legal? It sure is. In 2018 the USDA passed the Agricultural Improvement Act making the crop legal, and also set requirements for carefully testing the THC levels for hemp harvests. If you’re going to grow hemp, you have to follow the rules. Dried hemp has a skyrocketing list of uses, ranging from …
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Let’s answer the question you may have right out of the gate: hemp does not make you “high.” It is a similar species to cannabis, and the two look and even smell the same. However, there is one huge difference. The distinction is that hemp plants contain no more than 0.3% by dry weight of …
