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Land Report July 2019 Newsletter

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Congratulations are in order to our 2018 Deals of the Year honorees. These standout sales are the focus of our July newsletter. They include: 2018 Deal of the Year: Wasatch Peaks Ranch 2018 Conservation Deal of the Year: Cabin Bluff…

O’Connor Heirs: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 16 O’Connor Heirs 587,800 acres By the time of his death in 1887, Irish immigrant Thomas O’Connor (1817—1887) owned half a million acres in Southeast Texas and close to 100,000 head of cattle. His philosophy? “Buy land and never…

Canadian Pension Fund Buys Broetje Orchards

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Eric OKeefe

One of largest family-owned tree-fruit farms in the Northwest sells. – Eric O’Keefe Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has acquired Washington State’s Broetje Orchards. The blockbuster transaction, which included 6,175 acres of tree-fruit orchards, closed in December. No financial terms were…

Hamer Family: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 15 Hamer Family 600,000 acres Since the early 1900s, five generations of Hamers have worked in the forests of West Virginia, growing trees, harvesting timber, and running sawmills and hardwood pellet plants. In 1957, James P. Hamer was recognized…

Ranchers File Antitrust Suit Against Beef Packers

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Land Report Editors

R-CALF USA joined with four cattle-feeding ranchers in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming to file a class-action lawsuit against the largest US beef packers. The Big Four packers — Cargill, JBS, National Beef, and Tyson — are accused of conspiring…

Tagged with: Big Four, lawsuit, R-CALF USA
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Feature, Great Plains, Iowa, Kansas, Midwest, Nebraska, News Desk, Pacific, West, Wyoming

Nation’s Largest Retailer Creates End-to-End Beef Supply

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Walmart’s first foray into the beef industry follows a nationwide trend toward transparency in the food supply chain. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based behemoth announced plans to source much of the Black Angus cuts it sells in 500 stores across the Southeast…

Tagged with: Angus beef, food supply, FPL Food, Walmart
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, News Desk

Go West, Bureau of Land Management

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Land Report Editors

According to the Interior Department, officials are scouting a new location for BLM headquarters nearer the terrain it manages: 388,000 square miles, 99 percent of which can be found in a dozen Western states. Look for an announcement in September…

Lower 48 Virtually Drought Free

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Following the wettest 12 months on record in North America, the continental US is now virtually drought-free. The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration reported that precipitation in the US from May 2018 to April 2019 topped 36 inches, shattering a…

Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, News Desk, Water

Lykes Heirs: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Land Report Editors

No. 14 Lykes Heirs 615,000 acres With more than half of the family acreage nestled in Glades and Highland counties in Florida, heirs of Dr. Howell Tyson Lykes (1846—1906) maintain a thriving a cow-calf operation centered on the Brangus breed.…

Tagged with: 02 Ranch, Brangus, LandLeader, Lykes, Tyson Lykes
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Florida, Hunting, Land Report 100, Recreation, South, Southwest, Texas

Sold! Landmark 2,410-acre Red Hills Wild Quail Plantation Sells

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Florida’s Valhalla Plantation boasts significant higher and better use potential. A historic plantation founded in 1824 and later owned by a Winn-Dixie heir sold for $13.6 million after several years on the market. Originally part of the renowned Chemonie Plantation,…