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Between Two Rivers

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Poet John Poch and photographer Jerod Foster have created a tribute to some of the most iconic landscapes in the LONE STAR STATE. By Eddie Lee Rider, Jr. The territory between the Brazos River and the Rio Grande is beyond…

Tagged with: Between Two Rivers, Brazos River, Hill Country, Jerod Foster, John Poch, Rio Grande, Texas Tech
Posted in Eddie Lee Rider, Feature, Southwest, Texas, Water

Land to Table: Raw Pecans from Durham-Ellis Pecans

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Eric OKeefe

BY ERIC O’KEEFE Credit M.W. DURHAM SR. with creating this flagship brand a century ago. During the depths of the Great Depression, the Central Texas entrepreneur set out tables piled high with fresh pecans and paid eager locals by the…

Tagged with: Central Texas, Durham-Ellis Pecans, M.W. Durham, pecans
Posted in Agriculture, Editor's Choice, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Southwest, Texas

COVID-19 Losses Forecast at $10 Billion for Ethanol Industry

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The one-two punch of slashed production rates combined with a pandemic-related drop in demand could send US ethanol sales plummeting by a third for 2020, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. With 40 percent of every row of corn and…

Tagged with: ag, agriculture, corn, coronavirus, COVID-19, ethanol, farm, Farmers, Farming, Renewavle Fuels Association, sorghum
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Farming, Feature, News Desk

CARES Act Directs $49 Billion to Agricultural Producers

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Land Report Editors

From that total, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture received $9.5 billion to roll out an array of food- and ag-related benefits. Funding includes relief for farmers affected by COVID-19 with an emphasis on specialty crop farmers and producers…

Tagged with: ag, agriculture, coronavirus, COVID-19, crop, dairy farmer, farmer, federal aid
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk

Cullen Heirs Join Land Report 100 at No. 28

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The storied Houston family calls 388,000 acres in and around Harris County theirs thanks to the vision of patriarch Hugh Roy Cullen (1881–1957). After owning a seat on the Houston Cotton Exchange, Cullen turned to the oil business, pioneering now…

Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, News Desk, Southwest, Texas

City of San Angelo Parts with 864 Acres of Ranchland for $1,500 per Acre

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Land Report Editors

San Angelo sold 846 acres of the Ford Ranch for $1.296 million to a pair of limited liability corporations. According to the conditions of the sale, San Angelo retains 50 percent of the property’s mineral rights along with all rights…

Tagged with: Hickory Aquifer, mineral rights, ranchland, San Angelo, water rights
Posted in Feature, Minerals, News Desk, Public Land, Southwest, Texas, Water

Tillable Digs Deep

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Land Report Editors

It calls itself “the Airbnb of farmland,” but a lot of tenant farmers are using much saltier language to describe Chicago-based technology platform Tillable. Naysayers took to Twitter and Facebook to voice concern about the company’s intention to disrupt the…

Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, News Desk

USDA Announces Agriculture Innovation Agenda

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue says the initiative seeks to align private and public sector research in order to increase US ag production by 40 percent while cutting the environmental footprint in half by 2050. “We know we have a…

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk

Corn Farmers Brace for Drop in Demand

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The coronavirus pandemic is resulting in lower demand for gasoline and negatively impacting demand for corn used for ethanol. According to Todd Hubbs at the University of Illinois, gasoline consumption could dip 15 to 20 percent in the coming months,…

Tagged with: corn, coronavirus, demand, ethanol, Farmers, gasoline
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Illinois, Midwest, News Desk

2020 Land Report Texas Issue

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Land Report Editors

A slew of must-read stories in our 2020 Texas Issue including: Hunting for a Cure: Henry Chappell’s in-depth cover story goes behind the scenes at the Rolling Plains Research Ranch to analyze the decades-long effort by Texas quail hunters and…