
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service announced that from 2016 to 2017, US cropland values remained constant at $4,090 per acre. Top gainers included Texas and Oklahoma, which saw increases of 6.3 and 6.1 percent, respectively. Kansas cropland…