Our Texas Special Issue takes center stage in this month’s newsletter. Other stories include: Turner Ranches and Defense Department ink deal Weyerhaeuser acquires 80,800 acres for $265 million Oregon’s Cherry Creek Ranch sells for $16.5 million For up-to-the-minute reports on…
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Land Report April 2022 Newsletter
Tagged with: Armendaris Ranch, Bluesource, Department of Defense, Foxen Creek Ranch, Jackson Family Wine Company, Oak Hill Advisors, Ted Turner, The Wildlands Conservancy, Weyerhaeuser
Posted in Auctions, California, Conservation, Estates, Hunting, New Mexico, New York, News Desk, Newsletter, Oregon, Pacific, Ranching, Recreation, South, Southwest, Timber
Posted in Auctions, California, Conservation, Estates, Hunting, New Mexico, New York, News Desk, Newsletter, Oregon, Pacific, Ranching, Recreation, South, Southwest, Timber
Garst Farms: A Legacy of Innovation
Hybrid corn. Nitrogen fertilizer. Terracing. Cover crops. Prairie strips. Garst Farms was an early adopter of each of these revolutionary farming practices. Recently, these Iowans debuted another innovation: a soil conservation easement that betters the land while bettering their farms’…
Tagged with: Corn Belt, Iowa National Heritage Foundation, Liz Garst, Nikita Khrushchev, Peoples Company, Roswell Garst, Steve Bruere, Whiterock Conservancy
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Editor's Choice, Farming, Feature, Iowa, Midwest, News Desk
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Editor's Choice, Farming, Feature, Iowa, Midwest, News Desk
Land Report February 2022 Newsletter
The inspiring story of America’s largest landowner, Red Emmerson, headlines our February newsletter, which also includes the following articles: Walmart invests in ag startup Plenty American Prairie Reserve acquires 73 Ranch Colorado and Nebraska spar over water rights For up-to-the-minute…
Tagged with: George Emmerson, Jared Polis, Mark Emmerson, Pete Ricketts, Plenty, Red Emmerson
Posted in Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Southwest, West
Posted in Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Southwest, West
Red Emmerson Becomes America’s Largest Landowner
With the acquisition of Seneca Jones Timber, Sierra Pacific Industries becomes America’s largest private landowner with 2.33 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington. By Eric O’Keefe Photography by Gustav Schmiege III Red Emmerson grew up in a…
Tagged with: Aaron Jones, Bud Tomascheski, CAL FIRE, Carolyn Dietz, Curly Emmerson, Frank Keene, George Emmerson, John Crook, Mike Crook, Norm Brown, R.H. Emmerson and Son, Red Emmerson, Sam Smith, Sierra Pacific Industries, Todd Payne, Tony Zanze, Vaughn Emmerson
Posted in California, Editor's Choice, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Land Report 100, News Desk, Oregon, Pacific, Timber, Washington
Posted in California, Editor's Choice, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Land Report 100, News Desk, Oregon, Pacific, Timber, Washington
The Land Report Winter 2021
Our Winter 2021 Issue features the debut of the Land Report 100 sponsored by Hayden Outdoors. Among the leading stories from this year’s report are: New No. 1: California’s Emmersons acquired Seneca Jones Timber 175,000 acres and became the nation’s…
Tagged with: Florida Crystals, George Emmerson, Jeff Bezos, John Malone, Mark Emmerson, Red Emmerson, Sierra Pacific, Sierra Pacific Industries, Ted Turner, Turner Ranches
Posted in Back Issues, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Land Report 100, Midwest, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, South, Southwest, West
Posted in Back Issues, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Land Report 100, Midwest, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, South, Southwest, West
Land Report December 2021 Newsletter
Finishing strong! That’s the takeaway from our December newsletter, which leads off with the largest ranch sale in Montana history: Rupert Murdoch acquires the 339,285-acre Beaverhead Ranch The Dean Witter Ranch sells to the Wildlands Conservancy Farmland Partners acquires Murray…
Tagged with: AcrePro, AcreTrader, Bill McDavid, Chance Bernall, Dean Witter, Dean Witter Ranch, Farmland Partners, Joel Leadbetter, Murray Wise, Murray Wise Associates, Paul Pittman, Rupert Murdoch, Teton Valley, Thomas Tull, Wildlands Conservancy
Posted in International, Midwest, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, South, West
Posted in International, Midwest, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, South, West
Return of the Circles
BY LISA MARTIN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY EMMIE SPERANDEO Long before the advent of the written word, women gathered in circles to tackle tasks and build bonds. In the Old West, the concept of a “circle” conjures up images of pioneer…
Tagged with: agriculture, Amber Smith, Ariel Greenwood, California, Cinch Buckle Ranch, Colorado, Elaine Patarini, Liz Barbour, Montana, New Mexico, nonprofit, Old West, Paicenes Ranch, Ranches, Ranching, Wendy Millet, West, Western Landowners Alliance, Women in Ranching
Posted in California, Colorado, Lisa Martin, Montana, New Mexico, News Desk, Ranching, Rockies Special Section, Southwest, West
Posted in California, Colorado, Lisa Martin, Montana, New Mexico, News Desk, Ranching, Rockies Special Section, Southwest, West
The Sweet Potato Whisperer
BY CARY ESTES To football fans, it’s known as “the trenches.” It’s the battlefield that runs the length of the line of scrimmage where jumbo-size athletes toil in obscurity, digging and sweating and struggling to control every precious inch. That’s…
Tagged with: Baltimore Ravens, Centered, Farming, football, God, Jason Brown, NAACP, NFL, North Carolina, St. Louis Rams, Sweet Potatoes, Tay Brown
Posted in Cary Estes, Farming, FrontGate, North Carolina, South, Spotlight
Posted in Cary Estes, Farming, FrontGate, North Carolina, South, Spotlight
Hallowed Ground
BY CARY ESTES We are trailing Bear through a thick hardwood forest in Central Alabama. No, not Ursus americanus, the four-legged beast. Instead, we are following the same wooded trails once traveled by Paul “Bear” Bryant, the legendary University of…
Tagged with: Alabama, Alabama Black Belt, Bear Bryant, bird-dog, Chilatchee Creek, Curt Gowdy, deer, duck hunting, hunting, Jimmy Hinton, National Field Trials, National Land Realty, Plantations, quail hunting, Sedgefield Plantation, The American Sportsman, turkey hunting, Whitetail Properties
Posted in Alabama, Cary Estes, Editor's Choice, Feature, Fishing, Hunting, Lands We Love, Recreation, South
Posted in Alabama, Cary Estes, Editor's Choice, Feature, Fishing, Hunting, Lands We Love, Recreation, South
Land Report September 2021 Newsletter
Breaking stories dominate our September newsletter: USDA reports a 7 percent increase in farmland values Montana’s $136.25 million Climbing Arrow sells $4.5 billion pipeline proposed to capture carbon at Midwest ethanol plants ConocoPhillips pays $9.5 billion for Shell’s Permian Basin…
Tagged with: ACE Basin, Alex Maher, BLM, BLM headquarters, Brown Land, Bryan Anderson, Bryce Connery, C.J. Brown, Chip Hall, Climbing Arrow Ranch, ConocoPhillips, Deb Haaland, ethanol, farmland values, John Merritt, King George II, Live Water Southern, Mike Swan, Plantation Services, Premier Land Company, Shell, Summit Ag, Summit Carbon Solution, Swan Land Company, Twickenham Plantation, USDA, Wise Batten
Posted in Great Plains, Iowa, Midwest, Montana, Nebraska, Newsletter, North Dakota, South Dakota, Southwest, Texas, West
Posted in Great Plains, Iowa, Midwest, Montana, Nebraska, Newsletter, North Dakota, South Dakota, Southwest, Texas, West
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