Finishing strong! That’s the takeaway from our December newsletter, which leads off with the largest ranch sale in Montana history:

• Rupert Murdoch acquires the 339,285-acre Beaverhead Ranch
• The Dean Witter Ranch sells to the Wildlands Conservancy
• Farmland Partners acquires Murray Wise Associates

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