Too many items to discuss in the June 2014 Newsletter. Among the high points? A major judicial decision that will impact landowners nationwide. Rising beef prices and increased crop yields continue to stoke land values. And a first look at the…
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Land Report June 2014 Newsletter
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Energy, Farming, Federal Policy, Hunting, Newsletter, Northeast, Public Land, Residential Property, Southwest, Taxes, Water, West
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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Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, South, Southwest, Water, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, South, Southwest, Water, West
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…
Tagged with: AgReserves, Alternative energy, Cape Wind Farm, Colorado, Delta County, Joe Cocker, mineral rights, Paul Genho, St. Joe, timberland, wind energy
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Energy, Federal Policy, Florida, Land Report Top 10, Massachusetts, Minerals, Newsletter, Northeast, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Timber, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Energy, Federal Policy, Florida, Land Report Top 10, Massachusetts, Minerals, Newsletter, Northeast, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Timber, West
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…
Beef Prices Jump 25% in the First Quarter
Record production costs, the smallest national herd in half a century, increased demand from China and Japan — whatever the reason, the price of U.S. beef has skyrocketed to its highest level in almost three decades. February’s $5.28 per-pound price…
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, South, Southwest, West
Eye on the Big Sky
The best source for the inside scoop on Montana’s ranch markets may well be Clark Wheeler’s annual study. The Flying D, the Broken O, the N Bar – these are a few of the iconic brands that have made Montana…
Tagged with: Clark Wheeler, Fay Ranches, Hall and Hall, Montana Land Study, Todd Real Estate
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Corinne Garcia, Equestrian, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Montana, Recreation, Water, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Corinne Garcia, Equestrian, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Montana, Recreation, Water, West
Record Harvests Gird Land Values in the Corn Belt
As demand tanked, corn and soybean yields surged in 2013. The result, according to the Chicago Fed, was the second smallest gain in farmland values over the last decade. — The Editors NATIONAL — TREND In 2013, King Corn stumbled.…
The Land Report Spring 2014
2013 was a year of superlatives: billion-dollar acquisitions, record-setting prices, and landmark sales. And behind the best of these deals one finds the stories of passionate landowners, men and women and families who went to extraordinary lengths to assemble, to…
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Back Issues, Cattle, Conservation, Dogs, Farming, Great Plains, Hunting, Public Land, Recreation, South, Timber, West
Land Report April 2014 Newsletter
The importance of land to our society – as a resource, a common theme, and a point of contention – is a constant source of amazement. Water policy, agricultural programs, master-planned communities – so many aspects of our day-to-day existence…
Tagged with: Beef, Bobby Patton, Copper Beech Farm, Everglades, Lake Okeechobee, Long Island Sound, Property rights, Supreme Court, York Ranch
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Connecticut, Farming, Federal Policy, Florida, New Mexico, Newsletter, Northeast, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Water, West, Wyoming
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Connecticut, Farming, Federal Policy, Florida, New Mexico, Newsletter, Northeast, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Water, West, Wyoming
USDA’s Agriculture Census Shows Big Bump In Farming Revenues
Final results from the federal government’s 2012 Census of Agriculture are still being tallied, but preliminary numbers show a vital and growing farm economy. Some of the more notable preliminary findings include a 33 percent increase in the value of…
Tagged with: crops, economy, farming revenue, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, News Desk, Regional News, States
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, News Desk, Regional News, States
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