US farmland takes top billing in our August newsletter as the Department of Agriculture reports in its annual survey that farmland values, including land and structures, moved up for the ninth year in a row and for the thirteenth year out of the last fourteen. Other news items include:

• Proposed relocation of BLM headquarters out West
• Interior secretary nixes proposed sale of public lands
• Establishment of $266 million Native American agriculture fund
• Montana estate on Yellowstone tributary goes to auction

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