Our January newsletter features a few of the major changes in this year’s Land Report 100 sponsored by Hayden Outdoors. Some of the key movers and shakers include: The Emmersons acquire 126,000 acres in California and move up from No.…
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Boone Pickens’ Mesa Vista Ranch Asking $220 Million
Two years have passed since Boone Pickens announced his intention to sell his Mesa Vista Ranch for $250 million. Known as the home of “the world’s best quail hunting,” the 64,809-acre contiguous tract was meticulously assembled and strategically enhanced by…
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Dogs, Energy, Eric OKeefe, Estates, Hunting, Minerals, News Desk, Recreation, Southwest, Texas, Water
Leading Harvest Sets the Standard
A new coalition of farmland owners and operators will introduce a sustainable agriculture standard in 2020. BY CARY ESTES If Earth is our home, then the kitchen takes up half our house. According to the World Bank, 50 percent of…
Enrollment for CRP Open Until February 28
Farmers and ranchers enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program receive an annual rental payment upon planting long-term, resource-conserving species like improved grasses or trees. The goal is to mitigate soil erosion, bolster water quality, and develop wildlife habitats on marginally…
Tagged with: Conservation, conservation reserve program, CRP, Farmers, ranchers, soil erosion, Sonny Perdue, USDA, water quality, wildlife habitat
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Water
Federal Judge Blocks Border Wall
On December 10, 2019 Federal District Court Judge David Briones of El Paso blocked the Trump administration’s plan to spend $3.6 billion in military funds on border barrier construction, jeopardizing his promise to erect 450 linear miles of steel fencing…
Obamas Close on 29-Acre Vineyard Estate
Strong activity buoys Massachusetts coastal market. According to the Vineyard Gazette, the former First Family rented the 6,892-square-foot waterfront home during the summer of 2019. With views of a barrier beach and the Atlantic, the residence has seven bedrooms, eight-and-a-half…
Tagged with: Barack Obama, Gerret Conover, LandVest, Martha's Vineyard, Michelle Obama, President of the United States, Tom LeClair
Posted in Estates, Feature, Massachusetts, News Desk, Northeast, Recreation, Residential Property, Water
Posted in Estates, Feature, Massachusetts, News Desk, Northeast, Recreation, Residential Property, Water
Tenth District Farmland Values Weaken
Conditions for farm credit in the Federal Reserve’s Tenth District worsened in the third quarter of 2019 in spite of a modest price increase in various commodities. Other support, including government payments and loan repayment rates, likewise declined, though it…
Tagged with: agriculure, Cattle, credit, farmland, farmland values, Federal Reserve’s Tenth District
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, News Desk, Oklahoma, West, Wyoming
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, News Desk, Oklahoma, West, Wyoming
The Land Report Winter 2019
Ready for the Land Report 100 sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate? For starters, we’ve got a brand new No. 2: the Emmersons, owners of Sierra Pacific Industries. The acquisition of more than 126,000 acres of California forestland moves them…
Posted in Back Issues, News Desk
2020 Land Investment Expo
It wasn’t too long ago that people turned their attention to Iowa in the dead of winter roughly once every four years. But today, each and every January, you’ll see pundits, presidential hopefuls, economists, entrepreneurs and reality TV stars in…
Tagged with: Boone Pickens, Chuck Grassley, Donald Trump, Joni Ernst, Land Expo, Land Investment Expo, Martha Stewart, Tom Vilsack
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Federal Policy, Iowa, Midwest, News Desk
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Federal Policy, Iowa, Midwest, News Desk
Next Steps for Treasure Hill
Park City approves open space status for landmark conservation acquisition. — Eric O’Keefe Yoga Berra would have made a world-class real estate broker. Consider the following words of wisdom from the Hall of Fame catcher: “It ain’t over till it’s…
Tagged with: Conservation, Park City, ski, Treasure Hill
Posted in Conservation, Developers, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Public Land, Recreation, Utah, West
Posted in Conservation, Developers, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Public Land, Recreation, Utah, West
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