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The current enrollment was one of the most selective sign-up periods in CRP’s 30-year history. Per-acre conservation benefits were maximized, and multiple conservation priorities were targeted simultaneously. “Over the past 30 years, CRP has created major environmental improvements throughout the…
Congratulations to the 2015 Deals of the Year honorees! They include: 2015 Land Report Deal of the Year: Standing Butte Ranch (South Dakota) 2015 Deal of the Century: Waggoner Ranch (Texas) 2015 Agriculture Deal of the Year: Ulmer Ranch (California) 2015 Conservation Deal of the…
Coldwell Banker Select Land & Ranch Division www.landsofoklahoma.com (918) 481-8300 2014 Sales: $100 – $250 Million Who: Tulsa-based brokerage with 35 years’ experience in country estates, recreational land, transitional land, and ranches. Wow: Principal Greg Ganzkow was named Coldwell Banker…
Farmers National Company announced the sale of a 13,440-acre Keya Paha County farm. The transaction closed in 2015. According to Brownfield Ag News, the $46 million sale price was a potential record for Northern Nebraska farmland. Dave Hickey and Robert…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that wildfires burned a record 10,125,149 acres across the United States last year. The 2015 total eclipsed the previous record, which was set in 2006. Of last year’s blazes, more than 50 exceeded 50,000 acres,…
The Department of Agriculture is projecting that 2015 will mark another down year for American farmers and ranchers with agricultural sector production projected to fall 9.2 percent to $427 billion. Contributing factors include increased global competition and a slowdown in…
With preliminary construction for a gravel-mining operation set to begin on 25 acres in Western North Dakota near Theodore Roosevelt’s former ranch, dozens of conservation groups are making a last-ditch effort to halt the plans. Eight years ago, the U.S.…
The Magazine of the American Landowner set out to make life on your land more enjoyable, more productive, and more convenient. Here’s what we came up with. Produced by Daniel Reed Photography by Gustav Schmiege III HUNTER ORIGINAL TALL RAIN…
Amid a decade of drought, USDA announced plans to invest another $8 million in the Ogallala Aquifer, the single largest aquifer in the U.S. The Ogallala also serves as the primary water source for the High Plains. According to Agriculture…
Newman Realty www.newmanrealty.com (800) 658-4431 2014 Sales: $50 – $100 Million Who: Leaders in exchanging ag production, recreation, and raw land-investment properties in Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Montana. Wow: Sold a 1,977-acre farm/feedlot for $5 million. Insight: “No matter…
