--- title: Commercial Loans and Fun Blog | farm loans description: farm loans | George Blackburne, owner, offers insight into the commercial loans and mortgage industry in this Commercial Real Estate Loan Tips blog. --- [![c-loans-logo-2025](https://info.c-loans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/c-loans-logo-2025.png?width=183&height=86&name=c-loans-logo-2025.png)](https://c-loans.com) [Terms of Use](https://www.c-loans.com/terms-of-use) | [Disclaimer](https://www.c-loans.com/disclaimer) | [Blog](https://info.c-loans.com/) # Commercial Loans and Fun Blog ## [Hard Money Farm Land Loans From Blackburne & Sons](https://info.c-loans.com/bid/75081/hard-money-farm-land-loans-from-blackburne-sons) Posted by [George Blackburne](https://info.c-loans.com/author/george-blackburne) on Wed, May 9, 2012 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Blackburne & Sons may be the only hard money farm land lender in the country.  We *love* making hard money loans on farm land. 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