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Missouri Regulators Approve Sale of Grain Belt Express Clean Line

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Land Report Editors

In June, the Missouri Public Service Commission approved the acquisition of a proposed transmission line that will harness wind energy generated in Kansas and deliver it to urban markets. This regulatory hurdle is the latest in a lengthy series of…

Industry Update: Growing a New Brand

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Whitetail Properties partners with Williams & Williams to form RANCH AND FARM AUCTIONS. – Cary Estes Whitetail Properties knows land, particularly recreational land. After barely a decade in business, the Illinois-based real estate company already has surpassed more than $1…

Ranchers File Antitrust Suit Against Beef Packers

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Land Report Editors

R-CALF USA joined with four cattle-feeding ranchers in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming to file a class-action lawsuit against the largest US beef packers. The Big Four packers — Cargill, JBS, National Beef, and Tyson — are accused of conspiring…

Tagged with: Big Four, lawsuit, R-CALF USA
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Feature, Great Plains, Iowa, Kansas, Midwest, Nebraska, News Desk, Pacific, West, Wyoming

Land Report June 2019 Newsletter

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Our 2019 Texas issue takes center stage in the June newsletter. Feature stories include a photo essay by Rahm Carrington featuring the Return to the Remuda sale, an overview of Texas land markets, and a cover story by Henry Chappell…

Posted in California, Colorado, Great Plains, Montana, New York, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Southwest, Texas, West

Ted Turner: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 2 Ted Turner 2,000,000 acres Running the largest private herd of bison on earth – more than 50,000 head – requires an enormous amount of grazing land. Some of the finest natural pasturage can be found on the Great…

Cash Crunch Squeezes Farm Operators

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Tenth District dropped an average of 3 percent, according to the Kansas City Fed’s Ag Credit Survey. Blame it on decreased farm income, which fell for the fifth consecutive year. –The Editors The Kansas City Fed…

U.S. Ranks As World’s Largest Oil Producer

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Land Report Editors

For the first time since 1973, the United States has topped Saudi Arabia and Russia as the largest global producer of crude oil. The news was announced by the Energy Information Agency (EIA) and is based on preliminary estimates from…

Tagged with: crude oil, Energy Information Agency, oil producer
Posted in Energy, Feature, Great Plains, Minerals, Montana, New Mexico, News Desk, North Dakota, Southwest, Texas, West

SOLD! 770-Acres of Nebraska Farmland Go For $1.75 Million

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Single Bigger Acquires Prime Waterfowl Tract Along North Platte Thirty-one bidders registered for the auction of 770 acres located four miles west of Sutherland; more than 100 attended the January 30 sale. The acreage was offered in four parcels, including…

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Nebraska, News Desk, Recreation, Water

Farmland Values in the Corn Belt Swing to Positive

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Despite lower prices for corn and beans, ag land values in the all-important Seventh Federal Reserve District increased 1 percent. This gain was not only for the second quarter over the first quarter of 2017, but it also applied on…

2017 Land Report 100

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Land Report Editors

America’s largest landowners continue to increase their holdings. That’s one of the many takeaways from the 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader. Liberty Media chairman John Malone retained the top spot as the nation’s largest landowner with 2.2 million…