The remaining 20 percent of rented land (70 million acres) is owned by other farm operators (referred to as “operator landlords”). Retired farmers make up 38 percent of non-operator landlords.
Who owned the farm where Woodstock was held?
Max Yasgur. Max B. Yasgur (December 15, 1919 – February 9, 1973) was an American farmer, best known as the owner of the dairy farm in Bethel, New York, at which the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held between August 15 and August 18, 1969.
How many cows did Max Yasgur have on his farm?
By the late 1960s, he was the largest milk producer in Sullivan County, New York. His farm had 650 cows, mostly Guernseys. At the time of the festival in 1969, Yasgur was married to Miriam (Mimi) Gertrude Miller Yasgur (1920–2014) and had a son, Sam (1942–2016) and daughter Lois (1944–1977).
When did USDA study farmland ownership and tenure?
In 2016, USDA’s Economic Research Service published a comprehensive study of farmland ownership, tenure, and transfer in U.S. agriculture.
How many acres does it take to sell a farm?
More often than not, farmland sales involve hundreds of acres. Thousand-acre transactions — such as the sale of 6,000- acre Weidert Farm to Farmland L.P. two years ago and the 6,175-acre Broetje Orchards acquisition by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan last year — are blue-moon events. Tens of thousands of acres?
How much does it cost to buy an acre of farmland in Washington?
Either that or I had a screw loose. According to the Tri-City Herald, a 14,500-acre swath of choice eastern Washington farmland in the Horse Heaven Hills of Benton County had just traded hands for almost $171 million. That’s a ginormous deal, one that pencils out to almost $12,000 per acre for a whole lot of acres.
How much of the land in farms is transferred?
Thus, although a considerable fraction of non-operator landlords have not farmed, some familial or personal relationship to farming may exist. Ten percent (93 million acres) of all land in farms is expected to be transferred during 2015-19, most of which (6 percent) will change hands through gifts, trusts, or wills.
