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Land Report May 2014 Newsletter

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Land Report Editors

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…

Beef Prices Jump 25% in the First Quarter

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Land Report Editors

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

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Land Report Editors

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…

The Land Report Spring 2014

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Land Report Editors

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…

Land Report April 2014 Newsletter

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Land Report Editors

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…

USDA’s Agriculture Census Shows Big Bump In Farming Revenues

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Land Report Editors

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

Land Report 100er: Stefan Soloviev

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Land Report Editors

This New York City-based entrepreneur first developed an interest in agriculture through commodity trading of grains. “That’s how I got away from sitting at a desk to being out in the West,” he says. With landholdings currently totaling 141,700 acres,…

Tagged with: Crossroads Agriculture, wind energy
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Energy, Feature, Great Plains, Kansas, Nancy Myers, New Mexico, Southwest, Texas, West

Land Report Top 10: Great Western Ranch

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Land Report Editors

Stretching 53 miles east to west and 26 miles north to south, New Mexico’s Great Western Ranch is one of the largest single landholdings available in the United States today. As a true, four-season ranch spanning 457 miles, this ranch…

Tagged with: Hall and Hall
Posted in Cattle, Feature, Hunting, New Mexico, News Desk, Southwest

Equestrian Roundup: Montana’s OW Ranch

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Land Report Editors

In 1864, a gold rush town on Grasshopper Creek was hastily crowned the first capital of the Montana Territory. Called Bannack, its reign as first city quickly came to an end when the gold played out. Not 100 miles west,…

Tagged with: Jim Guercio, Jonathan Foote, OW Ranch, William C. Reynolds
Posted in Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Montana, News Desk, West

2012 Land Report Best Brokerages: Live Water Properties

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Land Report Editors

Live Water Properties www.livewaterproperties.com (866) 734-6100 2012 Sales: > $150 Million Who: Headquartered in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with coverage throughout the Rocky Mountain West into Pacific Northwest and Northern California. Specializes in premium cattle and agricultural operations, fly-fishing and hunting…