Nebraska

Nebraska Farmland Rises 3 Percent, First Gains Since 2014

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Per the newly released 2020 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey, conducted by the Department of Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the current average value of the state’s ag land comes in at $2,730 per acre. Prices peaked back…

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Nebraska, News Desk

Tenth District Farmland Values Weaken

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Conditions for farm credit in the Federal Reserve’s Tenth District worsened in the third quarter of 2019 in spite of a modest price increase in various commodities. Other support, including government payments and loan repayment rates, likewise declined, though it…

Tagged with: agriculure, Cattle, credit, farmland, farmland values, Federal Reserve’s Tenth District
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Ranchers File Antitrust Suit Against Beef Packers

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Land Report Editors

R-CALF USA joined with four cattle-feeding ranchers in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming to file a class-action lawsuit against the largest US beef packers. The Big Four packers — Cargill, JBS, National Beef, and Tyson — are accused of conspiring…

Tagged with: Big Four, lawsuit, R-CALF USA
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Feature, Great Plains, Iowa, Kansas, Midwest, Nebraska, News Desk, Pacific, West, Wyoming

Ted Turner: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 2 Ted Turner 2,000,000 acres Running the largest private herd of bison on earth – more than 50,000 head – requires an enormous amount of grazing land. Some of the finest natural pasturage can be found on the Great…

Tagged with: Americaâ€™s Largest Landowners, bison, Great Plains, Kime Ranch, land report, LandLeader, McMurtrey Ranch, Spikebox, Ted Turner, The Land Report, Turner Ranches
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Feature, Great Plains, Land Report 100, Montana, Nebraska, West

Cash Crunch Squeezes Farm Operators

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Tenth District dropped an average of 3 percent, according to the Kansas City Fed’s Ag Credit Survey. Blame it on decreased farm income, which fell for the fifth consecutive year. –The Editors The Kansas City Fed…

Tagged with: Agricultural Credit Conditions, farm incime, farm income, farm liquidity, Kansas City Fed, lending
Posted in Agriculture, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Midwest, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, News Desk, Oklahoma, Southwest, West, Wyoming

Farmland Values Remain Robust

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Surveys in Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa show strong, steady farmland values according to Successful Farming. An overall trend that supports the surveys’ findings is that when land comes available in today’s market, farmers have proven to be aggressive bidders.…

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, News Desk

SOLD! 770-Acres of Nebraska Farmland Go For $1.75 Million

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Single Bigger Acquires Prime Waterfowl Tract Along North Platte Thirty-one bidders registered for the auction of 770 acres located four miles west of Sutherland; more than 100 attended the January 30 sale. The acreage was offered in four parcels, including…

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Nebraska, News Desk, Recreation, Water

Mixed Results from the Kansas City Fed

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The agricultural sector in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of Missouri and New Mexico, recently reported varied results for the first quarter of 2017. Although farm income continues to fall off,…

Posted in Agriculture, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, News Desk, Oklahoma, Wyoming

1031 Exchanges Endangered

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Congress considers eliminating key landowner tax tool. Grover Norquist is bullish on the prospects for passage of tax reform legislation this year. However, the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform is sounding an alarm on the potential repeal…

Tagged with: 1031 exchanges, Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist, IRS, land, tax, tax reform
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On the Block: 28,645 Acres in the Great Plains

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Land Report Editors

Hall and Hall to Auction 28,645-Acre Thomas Land Company A rare opportunity to acquire a major Great Plains farmland holding presents itself December 1 when Thomas Land Company goes to auction at the Keith County Fairgrounds in Ogallala. The 28,645-acre…