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American Farmland Trust Develops Agricultural Viability Index with support from Farm Credit American Farmland Trust developed the Agricultural Viability Index for eight Northeast states with the help of CoBank and Farm Credit East. The AVI is an interactive web-based tool designed to help decision makers assess the health of agriculture as an economic sector at a state, county and/or regional level. 

Farm Credit Lenders “Ground-Truth” Conference on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Beginning farmers are often lumped together and treated as a homogeneous group when, in fact, they are quite diverse, especially when it comes to their credit needs. Farm Credit representatives shared their perspectives on the topic during a conference titled “Emerging Research on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers.”  

Farm Credit Supports Land Transfer Training The phrase “succession planning” likely conjures images of grandmothers and grandfathers, farmers who have spent decades toiling on the farm and who are now ready for retirement. American Farmland Trust, in partnership with Farm Credit, instead focuses on the other half of the succession planning equation – the beginning farmer who will receive the land and, in most cases, the farm business, too.

FoodCorps Educates Young People About Garden-to-Classroom FoodCorps strives to help America’s youth understand where their food comes from and build an appreciation for the farmers and ranchers who make that food a reality. It also teaches students about the vitality of good nutrition, in order to build strong and healthy bodies.

Agriculture Education at Home In the face of school shutdowns due to COVID-19, The National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization created free, online lesson plans for at-home agriculture education.

Rural Resilience Course Strengthens Farmers’ Community Safety Net Farm Credit, the American Farm Bureau Federation and National Farmers Union joined together with Michigan State University Extension and University of Illinois Extension to create Rural Resilience, a free, online training course to help farmers, as well as their families and neighbors, cope with the mounting stress in farm country.