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The farmland challenge isn't about the acres lost—it's access and control

The North Platte Telegraph 15 Jul 2026
Key Takeaways Since 1982, cropland, pastureland and rangeland have declined, while developed land has increased by nearly 48 million acres (66%), roughly the size of Nebraska.Acres moving between ... .
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Williamstown puts $25,000 toward farmland preservation

The Berkshire Eagle 14 Jul 2026
As first-time farmers struggle to find affordable land and older farmers look for ways to keep family farmland in agriculture, Williamstown has created a new fund to help preserve farmland for future generations ....
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'There's only so much farmland': State, land conservancy protect 29 acres in Kent County

The Star Democrat 14 Jul 2026
CHESTERTOWN — In 1988, Lee Davis wrote a letter to the landowner whose property connected to his father’s 300-acre conserved farm, asking first right of refusal should the owners ever sell. Twenty-nine years later, he got a call to purchase ... .
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Letter to the editor: Time to rethink the value of ‘prime farmland’

Lawrence Journal World 14 Jul 2026
Let’s be very clear about the “prime farmland” in Grant Township that Save Our Soils Kaw Valley Foundation purports to preserve from a solar installation through a frivolous lawsuit based on meaningless technicalities ... Lecompton ....
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The Netherlands kept losing its battle against rising floods with water flooding towns and farmland, then it spent billions giving rivers more room and the experiment is now protecting the lives of millions

The Times of India 14 Jul 2026
Rising river levels, heavier rainfall and the growing impacts of climate change continued to threaten towns, farmland and millions of residents ... In some locations, farmland was converted into temporary ...
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Farmland Leasing Arrangements workshop planned

The Globe 13 Jul 2026
BOYDEN, IowaIowa State University Extension and Outreach in Lyon County is hosting a farmland leasing meeting at 9.30 a.m ... issues related to farmland ownership, management and leasing arrangements.
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Đồng Nai urges caution as wild elephants move closer to farmland

Vietnam News 13 Jul 2026
Authorities in Đồng Nai City have issued a public warning after wild elephants were repeatedly spotted near forests bordering farmland, raising the risk of dangerous encounters.
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Survey: Rural residents worry about electricity costs, farmland as data centers grow

Journal Gazette 13 Jul 2026
Lauren Cross Investigate Midwest ... At the same time, rural residents report greater concern than urban and suburban Americans about what those projects could mean for their electricity costs and farmland use ... People are also reading… ... Spotify ... .
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Britain bought 1,525 acres of nearly lifeless farmland for £13.8 million; four years later, beavers are helping it make money

The Times of India 13 Jul 2026
Local landowners raised concerns after hearing stories of beaver dams flooding valuable farmland in Scotland and worried about what could happen if the animals moved into nearby commercial ...
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New law brings farmland assessment changes

Journal Courier 10 Jul 2026
Farmland values could level off and eventually decline under changes to the state’s Farmland Assessment Act included in the budget package signed June 16 by Gov. JB Pritzker ... .
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Court passes ordinances intended to preserve farmland

News Graphic 10 Jul 2026
... a months-long discussion about farmland preservation.
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Balint, Welch, Sanders Lead Reintroduction of Bill to Help Protect Vermont Farmland from Flooding (Becca Balint)

Public Technologies 10 Jul 2026
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), reintroduced the Building Up Farmland Frontiers for Ecological Resilience (BUFFER) Act ... used by farmers to protect farmland from flooding, erosion, and water pollution.
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NY needs diverse energy sources. We also need farmland | Opinion

Democrat & Chronicle 10 Jul 2026
New York's climate goals shouldn't compromise our farmland. New York doesn’t have to choose between its climate goals and its farmland, but it does have to widen its definition of clean energy.
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The Netherlands built a 32-kilometre dam to push back the sea and create more farmland, accidentally creating an entirely new province where ships once sailed

The Times of India 10 Jul 2026
The project shows that draining the inland sea to create farmland led to Flevoland, a new ... The flat farmland now cultivated here was once under the sea, home to ships, fishermen, and marine life.
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