While you don’t think of Virginia as a wheat producing state, there are areas where wheat is produced. I found an article from the USDA Economic Research Service about commercial wheat production to be extremely interesting. In 2009, organic and commercial wheat producers had very similar production yields. The organic producer received $110/acre higher return than the [...]
Since back in the late ’70′s & early ’80′s there has been a movement to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. The first initiative that I remember was to fence off the creeks from livestock and install automatic waterers. With the government cost-share programs available then, I always thought that this was a no-brainer. Here we [...]
The United States Department of Agriculture hosts annual Outlook Forums and the next one will be in Arlington, Virginia, February 23 – 24, 2012 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott. Many of the former Secretaries of Agriculture will be there to discuss their Visions for the Future. The Forum covers outlooks for various commodity markets to [...]
While the net farm income forecasted for 2011 is expected to be up 28% from 2010, so are the total farm production expenses— in fact this will be the first year that farm production expenses will pass the $300 million mark. According to the USDA/ERS Briefing: Net farm income is forecast to rise 28 percent [...]
Perhaps this is something that I should have known, but to be honest, I didn’t. In the real estate business, I have clients that utilize 1031 exchanges to defer capital gains taxes when they buy and sell their real estate holdings. I stumbed upon this posting on LandThink today and then followed the links to [...]
NPR has a great story today about the next generation and their desire to create their own farms. Having the outdoors as your office, and literally seeing the fruits of your labor—there’s nothing like it!
Gayle Harvey, Farm & Estate Broker
Gayle Harvey Real Estate, Inc
2025 Woodbrook Ct.
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
434.589.5340
1.888.8Va.Land Gayle@CentralVaFarms.com Licensed to sell real estate in Virginia
