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Corn Profits Sky High

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Corn revenues could easily surpass $40 billion in the United States this year as farmers rush to take advantage of rising interest in ethanol, according to a recent report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Tagged with: corn, corn ethanol, corn prices, farm policy, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Federal Policy, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, South, Southwest, West

Nolan Ryan: The Land Report Interview

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

Cheap and close. Those are the two criteria you use when you’re looking to buy land and you make only $7,000 a year. At least those were the two Nolan Ryan used back in the 1960s when he began buying…

Tagged with: Nolan Ryan, Texas, Video
Posted in Cattle, Farming, Southwest, Topics, Video

BLM Makes Push to Buy Western Land

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 2007 Under a federal law, the BLM, an arm of the Department of the Interior, has begun buying private properties that carve into federal wildlife refuges, national parks, national forests, and their ilk, making those…

Texas at Vortex of Wind Power Debate

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOE NICK PATOSKI El Capitan stands as a stone sentinel, a jagged limestone monolith that buttresses the southern flank of the tallest mountain range in Texas. It is imperious and daunting, the most visible landmark for hundreds of miles.…

Test Drive a Property Before You Buy It

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

Ever dream of owning your own vineyard? Want to open a guest ranch? Try before you buy at one of these award-winning operations.

Tagged with: Investing
Posted in Magazine, May 2007, Pacific, Southwest, West

Going Off the Grid

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Eric OKeefe

Four miles from the nearest road. No electricity. No running water. Not even cell phone service. No matter. “It took me more than a year to find this place,” Chet Morrison says as he gestures toward the larger-than-life views…