Investment money pouring into farmland markets is shrinking the land-acquisition prospects for small farmers. The hefty price tag for good farmland is one of the biggest challenges facing beginning farmers and farmers of color. Savi Horne, executive director of the North Carolina Association of Black lawyers' Land Loss Prevention Project, said since the start of the pandemic there has been more pressure for financial institutions and investors to acquire land, driving up costs and complicating the struggle for racial equity in agriculture. ...