By Courtney Bir and Brent Ladd. Learn more about How to Screen for Potential Tenants, such as understanding the lands potential, constraints, what to expect, how to set non-negotiables, setting expectations and what qualifications are valued in a tenant.

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers various programs to support farmers and ranchers, including loans, disaster assistance and revenue protection programs.

By Shannon Ferrell JD, JC Hobbs and Courtney Bir. Learn about sales tax issues for sales of agricultural products directly to consumers.

Drought damages are difficult to predict, and meteorological drought data does not always tell the whole story of damages. This factsheet walks through two types of data-US Drought Monitor and USDA Crop Insurance-to measure drought severity. A joint index highlights areas of drought prone states where largest gaps between drought severity (Drought Monitor) and damages occur.