Farms - Clift Land Brokers

Cropland Shows Acreage Gains

February 7, 2014January 31, 2014

Thought you might be interested in this excerpt from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association Newsletter January 24, 2014 Pasture, Cropland Show Acreage Gains, Less Erosion A new report on the status and conditions of America’s agricultural lands shows cropland erosion rates remained stable between 2007 and 2010, despite a growth in agricultural land use and more extreme weather events. NRCS’s latest National Resources Inventory (NRI) summary report features data on how U.S. non-federal rural lands are being used. Data comes from 800,000 sample locations across the country. NRI data also shows that between 2007 and 2010: Pastureland increased by 847,000 …

Farms Aren’t Going Away……

January 18, 2014

Jerry Schniederjan, Clift Land Brokers Agent, was recently interviewed about the future of the family farm. Here is an excerpt from the article as it appeared in the Austin Tribune. Jerry Schniederjan, an Amarillo real estate agent who sells agricultural land, said most family farms and ranches were bought by larger family farms and corporate farms. It has become difficult to make a living on a small farm, he said. Years ago, when land prices were lower and farms were smaller, Schniederjan and his wife, Shellie, bought a farm. They spent more than two decades growing wheat, grain sorghum and …