Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack greeted Seattle passengers deplaning at Washington Reagan after an Alaska Airlines flight powered in part by a new renewable fuel made of wood waste salvaged from private lands in Washington, Oregon, and Montana. “In 2011,…
More than 20 new landowners grace the ranks of the 2016 Land Report 100 sponsored. Among the new Land Report 100ers are California’s Fisher family, who founded The Gap in 1969. With some 440,000 acres in Northern California, the Fishers ranked No.…
Ever heard of a wind tax? Probably not. That’s because only one state has one: Wyoming. Although the Cowboy State claims to be a low tax haven, it imposed the nation’s lone tax on power generated by wind turbines in 2012. Not…
A Texas landmark with a matchless legacy changes hands for the first time in history. Original photography by Wyman Meinzer It’s one thing to get a chuckle out of the state’s highest elected official. But it’s an entirely different situation…
CHRIS SOULES IS NOT LOST. Considering the setting of this exclusive Land Report cover shoot by Jason Walsmith – an Iowa cornfield – the reality TV star actually feels quite a home. That’s one of the many insights about America’s most famous farmer that…
Texas’s largest ranch behind one fence changes hands for the first time since 1849. — The Editors SOLD! W.T. Waggoner Ranch (Texas): $725 million Land Report 100er Stan Kroenke closed on this legendary ranch in February. Bernard Uechtritz and Sam…
Coldwell Banker Select Land & Ranch Division www.landsofoklahoma.com (918) 481-8300 2014 Sales: $100 – $250 Million Who: Tulsa-based brokerage with 35 years’ experience in country estates, recreational land, transitional land, and ranches. Wow: Principal Greg Ganzkow was named Coldwell Banker…
Lockhart Real Estate www.jlockhartrealestate.com (830) 234-3415 2014 Sales: < $50 Million Who: Hill Country sales and ranch management experts boasting more than a quarter-century of experience in ranch-related real estate, contracts, oil and gas, plus land titles. Wow: Sold South…
Land Report 100er Stan Kroenke acquires Texas’s biggest ranch under one fence. Stan Kroenke has been approved by a Texas court to purchase the 510,527-acre Waggoner Ranch. The historic transaction will be the first-ever sale of the Waggoner Ranch, which…
Hall and Hall www.hallhall.com (406) 656-7500 2014 Sales: $250 – $500 Million Who: Wide-reaching, full-service brokerage emphasizing investment-quality real estate while also providing brokerage, auction, appraisal, mortgage loan, and management services to this market niche. Wow: Top sale was the…
