Save US Farms — Independent Farm & Agriculture News
The people, money, and power shaping who gets to farm — and what ends up on your table.
The Neighbors Beating Corporate Meat One County Vote at a Time
No federal law stops a mega-dairy or a 13-million-bird poultry operation from moving in next door. So rural communities from Oregon to Indiana are doing it themselves — county by county, permit hearing by permit hearing.
Read the storyFrom the field
A Colorado Farm Family Is Leaving Land Next to a CO2 Pipeline
USDA Introduces AI Tool to Improve Crop Reports Amidst Farming Challen
Farmers Struggle with Rising Debt and Equipment Costs
Rising Costs Threaten Farm Sustainability Amid Political Shifts
1 in 4 US Schools Sits Within a Quarter-Mile of Crop Fields
The US Has Lost Roughly 4 in 10 Cattle Ranches Since 1978
More from the desk
States Restrict Food Chemicals. A Draft Bill Would Block Them
More than a dozen states restrict certain food chemicals, and EWG argues the patchwork claim does not hold up. A draft federal bill would block those laws.
US Farm Bill at Risk in Upcoming Midterms
The upcoming US midterms could jeopardize the Farm Bill, facing significant changes in Congress that may impact agricultural support and funding.
When Biosolids Leave PFAS in a Field, Maine Tests the Farm
EPA's biosolids risk assessment is still a draft. Maine's agriculture department shows what testing and farm-specific help can look like when contamination is suspected.
A Foreign Farmland Filing Can Arrive Before the Agencies That Need It
GAO says USDA's AFIDA data-sharing recommendation remains open despite a Treasury agreement and a new filing portal. The gap matters when land is near sensitive sites.
The AFIDA Numbers Are Real. A Q3 2026 Farmland Ranking Isn't Public Yet
USDA's latest public AFIDA report counts 46.3 million acres of foreign-held agricultural land as of 2024. Here is what the filing data show, and what they cannot tell us about 2026.
DOGE Cuts Hit Tribes, and a Kotzebue Wind Project Stalls
DOGE cuts eliminated $468 million in Indian Country funding, about half for environmental work. In Kotzebue, Alaska, a canceled $20 million wind grant is still paused.
The numbers behind the crisis
Illustrative farmland, commodity, and bankruptcy figures in one dashboard. These are sample data. API keys can refresh commodity prices; farmland and bankruptcy figures require separate verified updates.
Open the War Room →Put your own numbers through the wringer
Free, source-backed planning calculators for crop margins, rent, debt, input costs, and machinery. No signup. No stored inputs. The formula is always on the page.
Crop Break-Even Price
Calculate the price per bushel your crop must earn to cover production, overhead, land, and marketing costs using your own farm assumptions.
Cash Rent Ceiling
Estimate the maximum cash rent a crop budget can support after non-land production costs and a chosen return for labor, management, and risk.
Own vs. Custom Hire
Compare annual ownership and operating cost with a per-acre custom rate, then calculate the acreage needed for ownership to break even.
What we're tracking
Who's buying America's dirt — and why you should care.
The financial trap squeezing family farms out of existence.
Your tractor, their software — the fight to own what you bought.
Farmers, co-ops, and organizers refusing to go quietly.
What agribusiness is doing to the soil — and the people who work it.
The farmworkers keeping America fed — and the system designed to exploit them.
The Daily Dirt — Morning Edition
Post-midterm food and farm policy shifts, a permitting bill that worries environmental groups, and a Colorado farm family facing a repurposed CO2 pipeline.
- ▸Civil Eats reports that after the Democratic midterm sweep, advocates and lawmakers see possible changes for SNAP, farm programs, immigrant food workers and climate policy.
- ▸The new Congress is not sworn in until next year, and Civil Eats notes Democrats still cannot overcome a presidential veto, so many people in D.C. expect little action soon.
- ▸NSAC's Mike Lavender told Civil Eats that agriculture and rural issues showed up in the election results, citing affordability, the war in Iran and immigration.