We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Roger McEowen, Professor of Agricultural Law and Taxation at Washburn University. Professor McEowen discussed the recent hot topic of farmland fraud. “My article on that stemmed from a conversation I had with a rancher this past spring, and he just, I didn’t know him, but a lot of people know me, …
American Farmland Trust Reports Data
According to statistics provided by the American Farmland Trust, more than 40 percent of U.S. farmland will change hands at least once over the next 10 to 15 years. This means over 150 million acres will transition to new owners. No surprise, at the core of this major transition period is the aging of current landowners. That data also shows …


