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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…

Must-See Movie: Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

Discovery’s Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman is now available on demand and on Discovery Go. Watch it. Normally, I would insist you see Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman via my Editor’s Note. However, a large body of research has proven that page to be…

Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Great Plains, South, West

Cropland Values Hold Steady at $4,090 Per Acre Nationwide

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Land Report Editors

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…

Mixed Results from the Kansas City Fed

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The agricultural sector in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of Missouri and New Mexico, recently reported varied results for the first quarter of 2017. Although farm income continues to fall off,…