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Saving Utah’s Farmland: The Fight Against Urban Sprawl and Vanishing Fields
Utah is losing farmland at a staggering pace. As developers circle and water rights grow contentious, a quiet fight is unfolding in fields and pastures across the state. Meet the farmers choosing preservation over profit and the land trusts helping them hold the line.
Cascade Farms in Provo
Many might not know what Cascade Farms in Provo is all about but a free farm day on June 15 brought more than 350 people out who learned of the vision owners Colton and Alicia Burr have for their farm.
Smithfield Foods Ends Grower Contracts for 26 Farms in Utah
Smithfield Foods announced late Monday that it will end contracts with 26 hog farms in Utah to "optimize its supply chain for more efficient operations in the face of an industry oversupply of pork, weaker consumer demand and high feed prices." Smithfield will...
Utah’s farmland slowly vanishing to make way for development
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Across Utah, farmland is vanishing to make way for development, threatening local food production and open space. It's a problem that concerns officials at the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. It also concerns farmers who struggle with...
Using the 1031 Exchange Model with Conservation Easements
A 1031 exchange allows you to preserve wealth through reinvestment of “like-kind” property. Knowing some basic rules behind Internal Revenue Code 1031 can help investors defer paying capital gain tax on property dispositions, resulting in more money to invest in new...
Exciting news about privately-owned land recently placed in a conservation easement near Bears Ears National Monument.
Exciting news about privately-owned land recently placed in a conservation easement near Bears Ears National Monument. The five tribes of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition (Navajo, Hopi, Ute Mountain, Ute Indian and Zuni Pueblo tribes) will co-manage the property....