As always, the new Farm Bill has plenty of moving parts, but one of the biggest changes is an overhaul of the USDA’s insurance cost-assistance program. Currently, farmers receive crop insurance subsidies as direct payments. Each year the total of…
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2013 Land Report Best Brokerages: Farmers National Company
Farmers National Company www.farmersnational.com (800) 346-2650 2013 Sales: > $1 Billion Who: Provides a full line of professional services to buyers, sellers, and landowners. In addition to brokerage services offering private treaty listings, auctions, and a buyer’s agency, FNC offers…
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On The Block: Leases for Offshore Wind Sites
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is selling leases for wind turbine sites a dozen miles offshore from Ocean City. The agency will take bids August 19, 2014 on nearly 80,000 acres for two wind projects. This will be…
The Bloom Is Off The Rows
According to the Chicago Fed, farmland values in the bellwether Seventh District have tapered off thanks in part to lower commodity prices. The lone exception? Farms and ranches where those same commodities are nurturing valuable livestock. — The Editors NATIONAL…
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The Land Report Top Ten: Summer 2014
A world-class array of legacy properties, production ag ranches, and resort retreats. — The Editors 1. SOLD! Copper Beech Farm (Connecticut): $130 million A relic of Old Greenwich, this 50-acre estate is the last of its kind and includes two…
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Land Report July 2014 Newsletter
So much to talk about in our July 2014 Newsletter. Which broker network just added nine brokerages? Why are landowners driving the bus on the Keystone XL pipeline? And what nationally known ranch frequented by the likes of Elton John and…
The Land Report Summer 2014
Timber specialists, ranch brokers, recreational experts, productive ag pros – more than 100 firms from coast to coast were surveyed to prepare our fourth annual look at America’s Best Brokerages for the Summer 2014 edition of the Magazine of the American Landowner. Dozens more…
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Extension Service Reaches the Century Mark
The roots of today’s agricultural extension services reach all the way back to the early 1800s when landowners, farmers, and scientists gathered to talk shop at agricultural societies and clubs. Congress formalized the USDA’s Extension Service a century ago with…
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Land Report May 2014 Newsletter
A diverse group of news items are featured in our May newsletter. You’ll recognize the name of one of the all-time great rock and rollers as well a former Presidential hopeful. May I add that there was a teeny tiny transaction…
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Water Policy: Decision in Everglades Case
In March, U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas of New York ruled that pumping water out of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee to irrigate farms and then pumping nutrient-laden water back into the lake violates the Clean Water Act. Groups such as…
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