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Farmland Information Center
The nation’s largest online collection for information on farm and ranch land protection and stewardship.
About the Farmland Information Center
The Farmland Information Center (FIC) is a clearinghouse for information about farmland protection that serves people working to save farmland and ranchland for agriculture. It is a project of American Farmland Trust (AFT) maintained on behalf of and with support from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The FIC is authorized by the federal Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA), the first federal law to address the loss of productive agricultural land to non-farm development. AFT and NRCS have worked together since 1994 to fulfill this requirement.
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Farms Under Threat 2040
Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future shows how development and climate change will affect agricultural land in the U.S. Explore the report and maps to see different future scenarios.
Read reportFarms Under Threat 2040
Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future shows how development and climate change will affect agricultural land in the U.S. Explore the report and maps to see different future scenarios.
Read reportACEP-WRE Toolkit
Explore our resources to help landowners successfully participate in the Wetland Reserve Easement component of the federal Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP-WRE).
View ACEP-WRE ToolkitACEP-WRE Toolkit
Explore our resources to help landowners successfully participate in the Wetland Reserve Easement component of the federal Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP-WRE).
View ACEP-WRE ToolkitHeirs' Property Guide
AFT’s guide helps heirs’ property landowners learn about ACEP-ALE and informs conversations with family members. Eligible entities can use the guide to support landowners enrolling in the program.
Guide to ACEP-ALE for Heirs’ Property LandownersHeirs' Property Guide
AFT’s guide helps heirs’ property landowners learn about ACEP-ALE and informs conversations with family members. Eligible entities can use the guide to support landowners enrolling in the program.
Guide to ACEP-ALE for Heirs’ Property LandownersACEP-ALE Toolkit
Our ACEP-ALE Toolkit offers resources to help landowners, land trusts, and public farmland protection programs through the acquisition process of the federal program.
View ACEP-ALE ToolkitACEP-ALE Toolkit
Our ACEP-ALE Toolkit offers resources to help landowners, land trusts, and public farmland protection programs through the acquisition process of the federal program.
View ACEP-ALE Toolkit2022 Census of Ag Dashboard
AFT's interactive dashboard that features new 2022 Census of Agriculture data by land use, farm characteristics, and producer demographics.
Explore Dashboard2022 Census of Ag Dashboard
AFT's interactive dashboard that features new 2022 Census of Agriculture data by land use, farm characteristics, and producer demographics.
Explore DashboardFRPP Survey Report
AFT report summarizes findings from our survey of landowners who participated in the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program and highlights the many benefits achieved through the program.
Read reportFRPP Survey Report
AFT report summarizes findings from our survey of landowners who participated in the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program and highlights the many benefits achieved through the program.
Read reportState Conservation Programs
An interactive database of state-level programs that advance adoption of soil health practices.
Explore DashboardState Conservation Programs
An interactive database of state-level programs that advance adoption of soil health practices.
Explore DashboardCaRPE Tool™
The Carbon Reduction Potential Evaluation Tool, or CaRPE Tool™, is an interactive tool that visualizes and quantifies greenhouse gas emission reductions resulting from conservation practices.
Use ToolCaRPE Tool™
The Carbon Reduction Potential Evaluation Tool, or CaRPE Tool™, is an interactive tool that visualizes and quantifies greenhouse gas emission reductions resulting from conservation practices.
Use ToolFarms Under Threat 2040
Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future shows how development and climate change will affect agricultural land in the U.S. Explore the report and maps to see different future scenarios.
Read reportFarms Under Threat 2040
Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future shows how development and climate change will affect agricultural land in the U.S. Explore the report and maps to see different future scenarios.
Read reportACEP-WRE Toolkit
Explore our resources to help landowners successfully participate in the Wetland Reserve Easement component of the federal Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP-WRE).
View ACEP-WRE ToolkitACEP-WRE Toolkit
Explore our resources to help landowners successfully participate in the Wetland Reserve Easement component of the federal Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP-WRE).
View ACEP-WRE ToolkitHeirs' Property Guide
AFT’s guide helps heirs’ property landowners learn about ACEP-ALE and informs conversations with family members. Eligible entities can use the guide to support landowners enrolling in the program.
Guide to ACEP-ALE for Heirs’ Property LandownersHeirs' Property Guide
AFT’s guide helps heirs’ property landowners learn about ACEP-ALE and informs conversations with family members. Eligible entities can use the guide to support landowners enrolling in the program.
Guide to ACEP-ALE for Heirs’ Property LandownersACEP-ALE Toolkit
Our ACEP-ALE Toolkit offers resources to help landowners, land trusts, and public farmland protection programs through the acquisition process of the federal program.
View ACEP-ALE ToolkitACEP-ALE Toolkit
Our ACEP-ALE Toolkit offers resources to help landowners, land trusts, and public farmland protection programs through the acquisition process of the federal program.
View ACEP-ALE Toolkit2022 Census of Ag Dashboard
AFT's interactive dashboard that features new 2022 Census of Agriculture data by land use, farm characteristics, and producer demographics.
Explore Dashboard2022 Census of Ag Dashboard
AFT's interactive dashboard that features new 2022 Census of Agriculture data by land use, farm characteristics, and producer demographics.
Explore DashboardFRPP Survey Report
AFT report summarizes findings from our survey of landowners who participated in the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program and highlights the many benefits achieved through the program.
Read reportFRPP Survey Report
AFT report summarizes findings from our survey of landowners who participated in the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program and highlights the many benefits achieved through the program.
Read reportState Conservation Programs
An interactive database of state-level programs that advance adoption of soil health practices.
Explore DashboardState Conservation Programs
An interactive database of state-level programs that advance adoption of soil health practices.
Explore DashboardCaRPE Tool™
The Carbon Reduction Potential Evaluation Tool, or CaRPE Tool™, is an interactive tool that visualizes and quantifies greenhouse gas emission reductions resulting from conservation practices.
Use ToolCaRPE Tool™
The Carbon Reduction Potential Evaluation Tool, or CaRPE Tool™, is an interactive tool that visualizes and quantifies greenhouse gas emission reductions resulting from conservation practices.
Use ToolFarms Under Threat 2040
Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future shows how development and climate change will affect agricultural land in the U.S. Explore the report and maps to see different future scenarios.
Read reportFarms Under Threat 2040
Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future shows how development and climate change will affect agricultural land in the U.S. Explore the report and maps to see different future scenarios.
Read reportACEP-WRE Toolkit
Explore our resources to help landowners successfully participate in the Wetland Reserve Easement component of the federal Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP-WRE).
View ACEP-WRE ToolkitACEP-WRE Toolkit
Explore our resources to help landowners successfully participate in the Wetland Reserve Easement component of the federal Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP-WRE).
View ACEP-WRE ToolkitNew Resources
Search our collection of publications, laws, data and statistics and more to help save agricultural land.
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