A new coalition of farmland owners and operators will introduce a sustainable agriculture standard in 2020. BY CARY ESTES If Earth is our home, then the kitchen takes up half our house. According to the World Bank, 50 percent of…
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Enrollment for CRP Open Until February 28
Farmers and ranchers enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program receive an annual rental payment upon planting long-term, resource-conserving species like improved grasses or trees. The goal is to mitigate soil erosion, bolster water quality, and develop wildlife habitats on marginally…
Tagged with: Conservation, conservation reserve program, CRP, Farmers, ranchers, soil erosion, Sonny Perdue, USDA, water quality, wildlife habitat
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Water
Tenth District Farmland Values Weaken
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
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, News Desk, Oklahoma, West, Wyoming
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, News Desk, Oklahoma, West, Wyoming
2020 Land Investment Expo
It wasn’t too long ago that people turned their attention to Iowa in the dead of winter roughly once every four years. But today, each and every January, you’ll see pundits, presidential hopefuls, economists, entrepreneurs and reality TV stars in…
Tagged with: Boone Pickens, Chuck Grassley, Donald Trump, Joni Ernst, Land Expo, Land Investment Expo, Martha Stewart, Tom Vilsack
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Federal Policy, Iowa, Midwest, News Desk
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Federal Policy, Iowa, Midwest, News Desk
FOR SALE: 7,100-Acre Eldon Stock Farm Comes to Market for $75 Million
Rich with history, blessed by Mother Nature, and graced by a world-class location, Eldon ranks as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the savvy, conservation-minded investor. This legacy landholding in the Virginia hunt country features far more than 11 square miles of…
Tagged with: Bates Land Consortium, C. Patrick Bates, Eldon Stock Farm, Jonathan McGrath, Joseph L. Taggart, LandVest, Scott Bates
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Hunting, News Desk, Recreation, South, Timber, Virginia
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Hunting, News Desk, Recreation, South, Timber, Virginia
Land Report November 2019 Newsletter
Featured listings from our Investing Issue highlight our November newsletter, including: Colorado’s Diamond Tail Ranch. Martha’s Vineyard’s Red Gate Farm. Virginia’s Eldon Stock Farm. Washington’s Lakeridge Homestead. For up-to-the-minute reports on breaking news, be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.
Tagged with: Diamond Tail Ranch, Eldon Stock Farm, Lakeridge Homestead, Red Gate Farm
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Farming, Hunting, Massachusetts, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, Pacific, Public Land, South, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Virginia, Washington, Water, West
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Farming, Hunting, Massachusetts, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, Pacific, Public Land, South, Southwest, Texas, Timber, Virginia, Washington, Water, West
SOLD! 209 Acres of Iowa Farmland Goes For $18,000 Per Acre at Auction
$18,300 PER ACRE! On October 11, Iowa Auction Group successfully marketed 209 acres of Sioux County farmland at auction, including a 66-acre parcel with 61.87 cropland acres for $18,300 per acre and a 143-acre parcel for $13,500 per acre. According…
Land Report 2018 Auction Deal of the Year: Western South Dakota Auction
By Cary Estes When Peoples Company auctioneer Jared Chambers was presented with the task of publicizing an impending auction of two ranches totaling more than 8,000 acres across two counties in Western South Dakota, he developed a marketing campaign that…
Tagged with: Adam Curran, Faith, Jared Chambers, Lyle Rowen, National Auctioneers Association, Peoples Company, Rhonda Rowen, Triple R Ranch, Western South Dakota
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cary Estes, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Minerals, South Dakota, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cary Estes, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Minerals, South Dakota, Water
Land Report 2018 Farmland Deal of the Year: Walla Walla Masterpiece
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…
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
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…
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