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Land Report April 2020 Newsletter

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Our April newsletter showcases the debut of our 2020 Texas special issue, which features an in-depth look at the battle to save bobwhite and blue quail. Other quick reads include: Land values in Nebraska rise 3 percent Illinois farmland holds…

Tagged with: AFM, American Forest Management, Brad Kelley, citrus, citrus greening, Dean Saunders, ethanol, farmland values, Henry Chappell, land values, Lindsay Corporation, quail habitat, quail hunting, Renewable Fuel Standard, Rolling Plains Research Ranch, Russell Graves, Saunders Real Estate, Texas
Posted in Great Plains, Midwest, Newsletter, South, Southwest, West

Stan Kroenke: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Stan Kroenke | No. 5 1,380,000 ACRES With wind energy projects totaling more than 400 megawatts in Texas and Wyoming, KROENKE RANCHES is rapidly becoming one of America’s largest renewable energy landowners. In addition to progressive energy development, Stan Kroenke…

Tagged with: Broken O Ranch, brush management, Conservation, energy, energy development, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Kroenke Ranches, quail, quail habitat, restoration, Stan Kroenke, Sun River, Waggoner Ranch, wildlife, wind energy
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Montana, Southwest, Texas, Water, West, Wyoming

Reed Family: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on April 9, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Reed Family | No. 4 1,726,295 ACRES (down 2,937 acres) Headquartered in Seattle, the Reed family’s GREEN DIAMOND RESOURCE COMPANY is a fifth-generation, family-owned forest products company. According to Forisk Consulting, its holdings span eight states in the Pacific Northwest…

Tagged with: forest products, Green Diamond Management Company, Green Diamond Resource Company, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Plum Creek Timber, Reed Family, Twin Creeks Timber LLC
Posted in Feature, Land Report 100, Pacific, South, Timber, Washington

Corn Farmers Brace for Drop in Demand

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The coronavirus pandemic is resulting in lower demand for gasoline and negatively impacting demand for corn used for ethanol. According to Todd Hubbs at the University of Illinois, gasoline consumption could dip 15 to 20 percent in the coming months,…

Tagged with: corn, coronavirus, demand, ethanol, Farmers, gasoline
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Illinois, Midwest, News Desk

Ted Turner: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Ted Turner | No. 3 2,000,000 ACRES In an event that was centuries in the making, three Bolson Tortoises emerged from their shells on Ted Turner’s ARMENDARIS RANCH in the Chihuahua Desert of South Central New Mexico. Once thought to…

Tagged with: Armendaris Ranch, Bolson Tortoises, Ladder Ranch, Ted Turner, Turner Endangered Species Fund
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Land Report 100, New Mexico, Southwest

Emmerson Family: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The roots of SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES (SPI) go back to 1949 when Curly Emmerson and his son Red went into business together, leasing a small sawmill and forming a partnership. Seventy years later, Red and his family are still in…

Tagged with: biomass power, California spotted owls, Conservation, Curly Emmerson, Emmerson Family, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Red Emmerson, sawmill, Sierra Pacific, Sierra Pacific Industries, SPI, timberland
Posted in California, Conservation, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Pacific, Timber

John Malone: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Land Report Editors

To the nation’s largest landowner, one of the most valuable attributes of his timberland and ranchland holdings is the benefits to society of good stewardship. In Maine, for instance, Malone’s million-plus acre BBC LAND holdings use photosynthesis to absorb enormous…

Tagged with: BBC Land, Bell Ranch, John Malone, Silver Spur Ranches, sustainable grazing
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Equestrian, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Land Report 100, Maine, New Mexico, Northeast, Recreation, Southwest, Timber, West

Land Report 100er Brad Kelley Lists 420,000 Acres in Trans-Pecos with King Land & Water

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Pieced together over a span of decades, this massive single block of ranchland, which spans 57 miles from east to west, is an assemblage of 22 historic ranches, many of which date back to the settlement of the Texas frontier…

Tagged with: Brad Kelley, Brewster Ranches, King Land and Water, Trans Pecos
Posted in Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, News Desk, Southwest, Texas

Land Report March 2020 Newsletter

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Highlights from our March newsletter include: Insights and observations on coronavirus impacting markets. Farmers suffer as Saudis and Russians send oil prices plummeting. Land Report 100er brings 500,000 acres to market in Texas and New Mexico for $500 million. For up-to-the-minute reports…

Tagged with: Brad Kelley, Eric O'Keefe, Ford Ranch, Hugh Roy Cullen, Land Report 100, Mark Dotzour, Steve Bruere, tillable
Posted in Midwest, News Desk, Newsletter, Southwest, West

The Land Report Top Ten: Winter 2019

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Land Report Editors

A 420,000-acre collection of ranches assembled over decades, BREWSTER RANCHES is the new national No. 1. — The Editors 1. BREWSTER RANCHES | $319.2 MILLION NEW! This massive assemblage of 420,000 acres in the Big Bend country of Far West…