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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’…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Our Summer 2021 Issue features a compelling lineup of great reads: Sporting Properties: Tour one of Bear Bryant’s favorite haunts, Alabama’s Sedgefield Plantation, and then go west to Colorado’s Elk Creek Ranch. Rocky Mountains: Go behind the scenes at Montana’s…
The overall 2 percent rise represents the first year-over-year increase in ag land values in the past six years with Indiana and Wisconsin leading the way at 6 percent and 3 percent, respectively. Illinois grew 2 percent with Iowa at…
The cofounder of Microsoft ranks as America’s largest private farmland owner. By Eric O’Keefe Call it a hunch, but the story did not jibe. I scanned the headline for the umpteenth time and then read and reread the pertinent details.…
The award supports a pilot program in the Upper Mississippi River Watershed with the goal of removing barriers, accelerating sustainability certification, and jumpstarting market opportunities for producers. The funding advances Leading Harvest’s Farm Management Standard program, which addresses everything from…
