The resources below are from Farmland for the Next Generation: Land Access Training. They are for farmers and ranchers who are looking for land. You’ll find resource lists, sample documents, and practice worksheets.
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Introduction to Land Tenure
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These resources will help you assess your readiness to pursue land tenure and the types of opportunities available.
Financial Assessment
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These resources will help you assess your personal and business goals, assess your financial position, and develop a balance sheet and budget.
Land Access Options
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These resources will help you evaluate land access options and determine which are most appropriate for your situation based on your personal and farm/ranch business goals.
Finding Land
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These resources will help you explore ways to find suitable land for farming or ranching, refine your land requirements, and develop a plan for finding land.
Land Assessment
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These resources will help you learn how to conduct a site assessment to determine the suitability of a parcel of land for farming and ranching.
Leasing Land
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These resources will help you compare different types of leases, interpret lease terms and assess landowner requirements, and determine if a leasing arrangement aligns with your personal and business goals.
Purchasing Land
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These resources will help you understand the basic concepts of property ownership, the basic elements of a land contract, the steps in closing a deal, tax considerations and lender requirements.
Succession Planning
Resources
- Resource List
- Succession Planning Overview
- Understanding Landowners Worksheet
- Farm or Ranch Transfer Signs Checklist
- Farm or Ranch Transfer Signs Worksheet
- Land Records Search Worksheet
- Glossary of Farm or Ranch Transfer Terms
- WATCH: Getting Ready to Acquire a Farm or Ranch
- WATCH: Transfer and Legal Issues
- Farm or Ranch Transfer Action Plan
These resources will help you understand potential inheritance, suitability of the property for your farm/ranch operation, transfer mechanisms, and the legal and financial considerations of accepting gifts or inheriting a farm or ranch.
Find Farmland
AFT's Farmland Information Center created a step by step guide for farmers and ranchers looking for land. From getting started to purchasing land, we provide information, checklists, worksheets, and contacts to support you along the way.
Find Farmland
This project was led by AFT's Farms for a New Generation with support from our funders.
“Farmland for the Next Generation” was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, Award # 2015-70017-23901. Special thanks also to the Farm Credit Contributions Program, Farm Credit East, Farm Credit-Mid America, and the members of American Farmland Trust for their generous cash and in-kind contributions.
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