Produced by brokerage Atlantic Western Realty Corporation, the report examines trends in equestrian land sales in the South Florida enclave, known as the winter equestrian capital of the world. For the first time in more than a decade, the actual…
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2020 Wellington Land Report
Tagged with: equestrian, South Florida, Wellington Land Report
Posted in Equestrian, Feature, Florida, News Desk, South
Posted in Equestrian, Feature, Florida, News Desk, South
Midwest Farmland Values Up In the Third Quarter
The overall 2 percent rise represents the first year-over-year increase in ag land values in the past six years with Indiana and Wisconsin leading the way at 6 percent and 3 percent, respectively. Illinois grew 2 percent with Iowa at…
Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Federal Policy, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Midwest, News Desk, Wisconsin
Bill Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner
By ERIC O’KEEFE The co-founder of Microsoft and his wife rank as America’s largest private farmland owners. Call it a hunch, but the story did not jibe. I scanned the headline for the umpteenth time and then read and reread…
Tagged with: Bill Gates, Cascade Investment, Eric O'Keefe, Land Report 100, Melinda Gates, Microsoft
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Land Report 100
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Land Report 100
Water Futures Start Trading Amid Growing Fears of Scarcity
Futures linked to the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index began trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in early December, representing a whole new way to buy water. Amid concerns about climate change and resource scarcity in a state that uses…
New Zealand Couple Shuns Developers
Despite lucrative offers for their 2,200-acre heritage farming property, Dick and Jillian Jardine donated the land in November to the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust. Situated on New Zealand’s South Island in the Central Lakes Region, the scenic land had…
Federal Land Idling Program at Lowest Level Since 1988
The program includes the voluntary Conservation Reserve, which gives landowners annual rent payments for fragile farmland that has idled for a decade or more. A 2018 expansion hasn’t caught on with landowners according to Successful Farming, which estimates a net…
Tagged with: Conservation Reserve, idle farmland
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Hunting, News Desk, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Hunting, News Desk, Water
Land Investment Expo Set for January 12
Online or in person, get ready to attend the 2021 Land Expo in downtown Des Moines. BY CARY ESTES Iowa has long been fertile ground for both farm policy and national politics. This has been especially true since 1972, when…
Land Report December 2020 Newsletter
PotlatchDeltic and The Conservation Fund have collaborated to maximize shareholder value and preserve more than 200,000 acres of Minnesota timberland. Our December newsletter features their latest transaction, a 72,000-acre sale valued at $48 million ($666 per acre). Other reads include:…
The Sweetest of Deals
SOLD! A broad coalition rallies to preserve a beloved COLORADO landmark. By Cary Estes | Photography by Todd Winslow Pierce The path to commercial development of Colorado’s Sweetwater Lake took a detour down Memory Lane as a nostalgia- fueled community…
Posted in Cary Estes, Colorado, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Public Land, Recreation, Water, West
Collins-Modoc Reforestation Project Announced
In partnership with RenewWest, Collins will plant two million trees on 10,000 acres of the Modoc Plateau in Northern California, becoming the largest single-site carbon-focused reforestation project in US history. The goal is to improve land that hasn’t yet recovered…
Tagged with: Collins Companies, Collins-Modoc Reforestation, Modoc Plateau, Reforestation, RenewWest
Posted in California, Conservation, Feature, News Desk, Pacific, Timber, Water
Posted in California, Conservation, Feature, News Desk, Pacific, Timber, Water
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