We asked a couple of really smart folks to work up some scenarios so beginning farmers could determine how spending a lifetime on a SILT farm or purchasing a farm with a SILT easement compares to the conventional purchase of an equivalent farm. See assumptions at the bottom. Special thanks to Research Assistant  Julia Radhakrishnan and Lyle Luzum for their work.

NOTE: While the number of acres and cost per acre may vary, the relationship between conventional land ownership and SILT ownership will not change noticeably.