03/14/2026
More than 15% of all U.S. farmland is owned by landlords who have never farmed a day in their lives, according to the results of a new USDA survey.
Nearly 80% of rented farmland in the U.S. is owned by non-farming landlords, according to a new USDA survey. Over half of those landowners have never farmed, and the average landlord is nearly 70 years old.
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