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The Land Report Top Ten: Texas

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Land Report Editors

From the Coastal Bend to the top of the Panhandle, a varied array of LEGACY LISTINGS beckons investors. — The Editors 01. NEW! BREWSTER RANCHES | $319.2 MILLION This massive assemblage of 420,000 acres in the Big Bend country of…

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Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Energy, Equestrian, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Minerals, News Desk, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Water

COVID-19 Losses Forecast at $10 Billion for Ethanol Industry

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The one-two punch of slashed production rates combined with a pandemic-related drop in demand could send US ethanol sales plummeting by a third for 2020, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. With 40 percent of every row of corn and…

Tagged with: ag, agriculture, corn, coronavirus, COVID-19, ethanol, farm, Farmers, Farming, Renewavle Fuels Association, sorghum
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Farming, Feature, News Desk

Irving Family: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Irving Family | No. 6 1,247,880 ACRES Kenneth Colin “K.C.” Irving (1899–1992) ranks as Canada’s equivalent of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. In the early 20th century, Irving gained a foothold in the oil patch that eventually evolved into…

Tagged with: Canada, forestland, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Irving Family, Irving Oil, J.D. Irving, Kenneth Colin Irving, minerals, oil
Posted in Energy, Feature, Georgia, International, Land Report 100, Maine, Minerals, Northeast, South, Timber

Stan Kroenke: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Stan Kroenke | No. 5 1,380,000 ACRES With wind energy projects totaling more than 400 megawatts in Texas and Wyoming, KROENKE RANCHES is rapidly becoming one of America’s largest renewable energy landowners. In addition to progressive energy development, Stan Kroenke…

Tagged with: Broken O Ranch, brush management, Conservation, energy, energy development, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, Kroenke Ranches, quail, quail habitat, restoration, Stan Kroenke, Sun River, Waggoner Ranch, wildlife, wind energy
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Montana, Southwest, Texas, Water, West, Wyoming

Corn Farmers Brace for Drop in Demand

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The coronavirus pandemic is resulting in lower demand for gasoline and negatively impacting demand for corn used for ethanol. According to Todd Hubbs at the University of Illinois, gasoline consumption could dip 15 to 20 percent in the coming months,…

Tagged with: corn, coronavirus, demand, ethanol, Farmers, gasoline
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Illinois, Midwest, News Desk

Emmerson Family: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The roots of SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES (SPI) go back to 1949 when Curly Emmerson and his son Red went into business together, leasing a small sawmill and forming a partnership. Seventy years later, Red and his family are still in…

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Posted in California, Conservation, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Pacific, Timber

Boone Pickens’ Mesa Vista Ranch Asking $220 Million

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Eric OKeefe

Two years have passed since Boone Pickens announced his intention to sell his Mesa Vista Ranch for $250 million. Known as the home of “the world’s best quail hunting,” the 64,809-acre contiguous tract was meticulously assembled and strategically enhanced by…

Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Dogs, Energy, Eric OKeefe, Estates, Hunting, Minerals, News Desk, Recreation, Southwest, Texas, Water

Kinder Morgan Feels the Heat

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Land Report Editors

The construction of a $2 billion pipeline that extends 430 miles from Far West Texas to the Gulf Coast is going to generate opposition, especially by landowners such as Matthew Walsh whose property it crosses. Walsh filed a claim in…

Tagged with: Far West Texas, Gulf Coast, Kinder Morgan, Matthew Walsh, pipeline
Posted in Energy, Feature, News Desk, Texas, West

Hughes Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 30 Hughes Family 390,000 acres Patriarch Dan Hughes Sr. was a legend in the oil and gas industry. He began as a roustabout in high school, earned a geology degree from Texas A&M, and then found, financed, and drilled…

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Posted in Conservation, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, Texas

Food for Thought: Solar

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Written by Cary Estes What are the best ways to enhance returns on productive farmland? Perry Vieth sees several possibilities. One with a bright future is solar energy. “That’s the biggest opportunity we’re seeing right now,” says Vieth, the president…