What To Look For When Buying Farmland

Buying a farm for the first time? Learn about what to look for when buying farmland, how to choose your location and what questions to ask.

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by Adobestock/lenaplatonova

Buying a farm for the first time? Learn about what to look for when buying farmland, how to choose your location and what questions to ask.

For those of us who were born to farm but, alas, not born on a farm, the ache to have your own land can be so intense you feel it in your belly. I thought it could never happen for me.

But now, after 20 years of farming and 15 years of interviewing farmers, I’m pretty sure that almost anyone can find and buy farmland by doing four things:

  1. Be clear and realistic about the budget you’ll need to support yourself and your farm, and about how you’ll get the income you need.
  • Updated on Feb 1, 2024
  • Originally Published on Sep 14, 2012
Tagged with: clean water, commute, farmland, land, marketing, purchase
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