Depending on where you are in the process, buying and selling farmland can look very different. For beginning farmers, questions like “How can I afford to buy land?” and “How can I find affordable land?” are most pressing. For farmers looking to retire, questions like “How can I find another farmer to buy my land?” and “How can I prepare to sell my farm?” are more important.
Below are resources to help farmers begin preparing for farm buying by exploring various financing options and guides to search for affordable land. There are also farm transfer planning resources for farmers looking to retire and connect with a new generation of farmers.
- Black Farmer Fund
- Cooperative Fund of New England
- Cornell Small Farms Program Funding Library
- Dirt Capital Partners
- Equity Trust
- Evaluating Your Farm Transfer Plan (Iowa State University Extension)
- Family Agriculture Resource Management Services (F.A.R.M.S.)
- Farm Access Methods: A Decision Guide (Land for Good)
- Farm Credit East
- Farm Credit East, Estate Planning
- Farm Service Agency, USDA
- Farm Transfer Planning (Farmland Information Center)
- Finding Farmland Affordability Calculator (NYFC)
- Iroquois Valley Farmland REIT
- Local Farm Funds
- New York Agricultural Guide (American Farmland Trust)
- NY FarmNet
- The Guide to Financing the Community Supported Farm (UVM)
- Toolbox for Transfer Planning (Land For Good)
- Transfer Planning (Iowa State University Extension)
- USDA Farm Loan Discovery Tool
- Your Land is Your Legacy (American Farmland Trust)