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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Featured Content

ACEP Interim Rule

The Interim Rule for the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) was released on January 6, 2020. It went into effect on December 30, 2019. Comments are due by March 20, 2020.

Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) Rule

Soil Health Case Studies

Case studies that show healthier soil on farmland brings economic benefits to farmers and environmental benefits to society.

Soil Health Case Studies

Non-Operator Landowner Surveys

AFT's research on the linkage between rented land, non-operating landowners, and how to improve conservation practices on farmland.

NOL Surveys

Farms Under Threat

The State of America's Farmland is AFT's multi-year initiative to complete the most comprehensive assessment of the loss of U.S. farmland and ranchland ever undertaken, both past and future.

Farms Under Threat: The State of America’s Farmland

Farmland Protection Directory

Search our directory for a land trust or state or local farmland protection program to help you protect your land.

Farmland Protection Directory

New Resources

Search our collection of publications, laws, data and statistics and more to help save agricultural land.

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We Are Here to Help

Need help finding the right information or resource to help save farmland?

Farmland Protection Directory

Find a land trust or public program to protect your farm and ranch land.

Ask an Expert

Have a question? Need help? Send an email or call to speak with FIC staff.

Browse by State

Search reports, laws, statistics and sample documents for your state.

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