From a 600-acre tract in the 1960s, a 6,000-acre agricultural powerhouse and our 2018 Farmland Deal of the Year was born. By Cary Estes It is easy to see the appeal of the 6,000-acre Weidert Farm in Washington’s Walla Walla…
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Land Report 2018 Farmland Deal of the Year: Walla Walla Masterpiece
Tagged with: Craig Wichner, Farmland LP, Peoples Company, Steve Bruere, Walla Walla, Weidert Farm, Weidert Farms
Posted in Agriculture, Cary Estes, Farming, Feature, Pacific, Washington, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Cary Estes, Farming, Feature, Pacific, Washington, Water
Stefan Soloviev: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 33 Stefan Soloviev 325,077 acres (up 1,377 acres) This entrepreneur has moved back to his native New York City in order to work more closely with father, 90-year old real estate developer Sheldon Solow. (The CEO of CROSSROADS AGRICULTURE…
Tagged with: corn, Crossroads Agriculture, Kansas, LandLeader, Richard Meier, Sheldon Solow, sorghum, stefan soloviev, sunflowers
Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Great Plains, Kansas, Land Report 100, New Mexico, New York, Northeast, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Great Plains, Kansas, Land Report 100, New Mexico, New York, Northeast, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas
Historic 25 Ranch Comes to Market
One of the most historic cattle ranches in Nevada has been listed for $36.525 million. At more than 126,000 deeded acres, the 25 Ranch spans four counties and is recognized as one of the largest and oldest cattle operations in…
Tagged with: 25 Ranch, cattle ranch, Sotheby's International Realty, The Land Report, W.T. Jenkins
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Nevada, News Desk, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Nevada, News Desk, West
Zane & Tanya Kiehne: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 31 Zane & Tanya Kiehne 345,000 acres (NEW TO LR100) A fourth-generation rancher, Zane Kiehne was raised in New Mexico on a US Forest Service allotment with very little deeded land. He became a ranch broker and finally bought…
Tagged with: Bob Funk, Hueco Ranch, LandLeader, Tanya Kiehne, UU Bar Ranch, Z&T Holdings, Zane Kiehne
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Hunting, New Mexico, Recreation, Southwest, Texas, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Hunting, New Mexico, Recreation, Southwest, Texas, West
American Soil Is Increasingly Foreign Owned
The 2013 acquisition of SMITHFIELD FOODS by WH Group included ownership of 146,000 acres of prime US farmland that now belong to the Chinese company. By Renee Wilde/WYSO American soil. Those are two words that are commonly used to stir…
Let’s Make A Deal
Over the last two decades, water levels in the nation’s largest man-made reservoir, Lake Mead, have fallen to the point that it is at 39 percent of capacity. A similar plight faces the nation’s second largest reservoir, Lake Powell. Drought…
Tagged with: Bureau of Reclamation, drought, Lake Mead, Lake Powell
Posted in Agriculture, Arizona, California, Feature, Federal Policy, Nevada, New Mexico, News Desk, Pacific, Southwest, Water, West
Posted in Agriculture, Arizona, California, Feature, Federal Policy, Nevada, New Mexico, News Desk, Pacific, Southwest, Water, West
Food for Thought: Mother Nature
By Corinne Garcia WHY DO SO MANY absentee ranch owners – those fulfilling a dream of owning a ranch for business and recreational purposes – cash out after a brief hold of just five to seven years? “Because their ranch…
Tagged with: Chris Jeffrey, Melinda Jeffrey, Thistledew Montana Grasslands
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Corinne Garcia, Feature, Montana, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Corinne Garcia, Feature, Montana, West
Travelin’ Man
Don’t tell T.D. Kelsey what he can or can’t do. Somehow, some way, he does it all, he does it well, and he does it his way. By Henry Chappell Photography by Wyman Meinzer Near the end of his life,…
Tagged with: big-game hunter extraordinaire, bronc rider, Henry Chappell, pilot, Sculptor, T.D. Kelsey, Texas, Wyman Meinzer
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Henry Chappell, Recreation, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Henry Chappell, Recreation, Texas
Simplot Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 25 Simplot Family 443,091 acres Jack Simplot (1909—2008) was no ordinary potato farmer. In 1967, the Iowa native struck a deal with McDonald’s CEO Ray Kroc to supply the fast-food giant with frozen french fries. With that single transaction,…
Tagged with: French Fries, Jack Simplot, JR Simplot Company, McDonald’s, Ray Kroc, Simplot
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals
The Land Report Rockies 2019
Go West! According to the Census Bureau, more and more Americans are moving out West. Hence, the focus of this special issue. In addition to a closer look at this compelling demographic trend, our Rockies special issue also feature these…
Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, Timber, Utah, West
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