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…
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Ranchers File Antitrust Suit Against Beef Packers
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
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
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
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, News Desk
Go West, Bureau of Land Management
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…
Tagged with: BLM headquarters, Bureau of Land Management, Interior Department
Posted in Arizona, Colorado, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Idaho, New Mexico, News Desk, Public Land, Utah, West
Posted in Arizona, Colorado, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Idaho, New Mexico, News Desk, Public Land, Utah, West
Lower 48 Virtually Drought Free
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…
Lykes Heirs: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
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
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
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,…
Tagged with: Arthur Cahoon, Chemonie Plantation, Erica Kohler, Jon Kohler, quail, Red Hills, Rock Creek Capital, Valhalla Plantation, Winn-Dixie
Posted in Conservation, Equestrian, Feature, Florida, Hunting, News Desk, Recreation, South
Posted in Conservation, Equestrian, Feature, Florida, Hunting, News Desk, Recreation, South
Briscoe Heirs: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 13 Briscoe Heirs 640,000 acres Former Texas governor Dolph Briscoe Jr. (1923—2010) ranked as the single largest landowner in Texas. Three generations of the Briscoe family have stewarded their 100,000-acre CATARINA RANCH in South Texas, the epicenter of the…
Tagged with: Briscoe, Briscoe Ranch Company, Caterine Ranch, Dolph Briscoe, LandLeader
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Wilks Brothers: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 12 Wilks Brothers 702,367 acres FRAC TECH founders Farris and Dan Wilks own ranches in Oregon, Tennessee, and Texas, and they rank as the state’s leading landowners in Montana and Idaho. At least they did at press time. Wilks…
Tagged with: America’s Largest Landowners, Dan Wilks, Farris Wilks, LandLeader, Wilks, Wilks Brothers, Wilks Ranch Brokers
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Idaho, Land Report 100, Minerals, Montana, Oregon, Pacific, Southwest, Tennessee, Texas, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Idaho, Land Report 100, Minerals, Montana, Oregon, Pacific, Southwest, Tennessee, Texas, West
New Law Settles Battle Over Bones
Montana Governor Steve Bullock signed into law legislation that designates fossils belong to the surface estate owner. The first-of-its-kind protection addresses a contentious issue that has bedeviled landowners. “This was a very significant bill for our group,” Charles Denowh of…
Tagged with: dinosaurs, fossils, Gov. Steve Bullock, minerals, surface estate, The Land Report
Posted in Feature, Minerals, Montana, News Desk, West
Posted in Feature, Minerals, Montana, News Desk, West
Pingree Heirs: 2018 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 11 Pingree Heirs 830,000 acres (up 125,000 acres) Pingree lands are consolidated in Maine and owned by fifth-, sixth-, and seventh generation descendants of David Pingree (1795—1863). Known as the Merchant Prince of Salem, Pingree’s nineteenth-century empire ultimately exceeded…
Tagged with: David Pingree, LandLeader, Maine, Maine Woods Company, Merchant Prince of Salem, Moosewood Millworks, Pingree Heirs, Seven Islands Land Company
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Land Report 100, Maine, Northeast, Timber
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