Breaking stories dominate our September newsletter: USDA reports a 7 percent increase in farmland values Montana’s $136.25 million Climbing Arrow sells $4.5 billion pipeline proposed to capture carbon at Midwest ethanol plants ConocoPhillips pays $9.5 billion for Shell’s Permian Basin…
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Land Report September 2021 Newsletter
Tagged with: ACE Basin, Alex Maher, BLM, BLM headquarters, Brown Land, Bryan Anderson, Bryce Connery, C.J. Brown, Chip Hall, Climbing Arrow Ranch, ConocoPhillips, Deb Haaland, ethanol, farmland values, John Merritt, King George II, Live Water Southern, Mike Swan, Plantation Services, Premier Land Company, Shell, Summit Ag, Summit Carbon Solution, Swan Land Company, Twickenham Plantation, USDA, Wise Batten
Posted in Great Plains, Iowa, Midwest, Montana, Nebraska, Newsletter, North Dakota, South Dakota, Southwest, Texas, West
Posted in Great Plains, Iowa, Midwest, Montana, Nebraska, Newsletter, North Dakota, South Dakota, Southwest, Texas, West
COVID-19 Losses Forecast at $10 Billion for Ethanol Industry
The one-two punch of slashed production rates combined with a pandemic-related drop in demand could send US ethanol sales plummeting by a third for 2020, according to the Renewable Fuels Association. With 40 percent of every row of corn and…
Tagged with: ag, agriculture, corn, coronavirus, COVID-19, ethanol, farm, Farmers, Farming, Renewavle Fuels Association, sorghum
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Farming, Feature, News Desk
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Farming, Feature, News Desk
Land Report April 2020 Newsletter
Our April newsletter showcases the debut of our 2020 Texas special issue, which features an in-depth look at the battle to save bobwhite and blue quail. Other quick reads include: Land values in Nebraska rise 3 percent Illinois farmland holds…
Tagged with: AFM, American Forest Management, Brad Kelley, citrus, citrus greening, Dean Saunders, ethanol, farmland values, Henry Chappell, land values, Lindsay Corporation, quail habitat, quail hunting, Renewable Fuel Standard, Rolling Plains Research Ranch, Russell Graves, Saunders Real Estate, Texas
Posted in Great Plains, Midwest, Newsletter, South, Southwest, West
Posted in Great Plains, Midwest, Newsletter, South, Southwest, West
Corn Farmers Brace for Drop in Demand
The coronavirus pandemic is resulting in lower demand for gasoline and negatively impacting demand for corn used for ethanol. According to Todd Hubbs at the University of Illinois, gasoline consumption could dip 15 to 20 percent in the coming months,…
Tagged with: corn, coronavirus, demand, ethanol, Farmers, gasoline
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Illinois, Midwest, News Desk
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Illinois, Midwest, News Desk
Farmland: Eye on Iowa
When Warren Buffett talks up farmland, it’s time we all took a look. Buffett made the following statement last month while being interviewed by Becky Quick on CNBC’s Squawk Box.
Tagged with: CNBC, corn, ethanol, farm prices, farmland values, Iowa land, S&P 500, Squawk Box, Warren Buffett
Posted in 2011 Spring, Feature, Magazine, News Desk
Posted in 2011 Spring, Feature, Magazine, News Desk
Federal Reserve Bullish on Great Plains
Farmland in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and parts of New Mexico jumped 20 percent in the third quarter of 2008, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City this week. Here are some of the…
Tagged with: cropland, energy policy, Eric O'Keefe, ethanol, farmland, farmland values, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, weak dollar
Posted in Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, News Desk, Public Land, Regional News, Southwest
Posted in Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, News Desk, Public Land, Regional News, Southwest
I’m Not a Big Fan of Catfish
But I’ve been meaning to reference this article that ran in The New York Times on July 18. It’s yet another example of the effects of the federal government’s mindless ethanol policy. Now, in addition to driving up basic food costs for…
Mexico Opposes Ethanol
As we’ve seen over the last few months, skyrocketing commodity prices are pushing land values to record levels. They are also squeezing cattlemen and other producers who rely on corn and other grains to fatten livestock and poultry. One of…
Tagged with: Alberto Cardenas, corn ethanol, EPA, ethanol, Renewable Fuel Standard, Rick Perry
Posted in Energy, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, International, News Desk, Southwest
Posted in Energy, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, International, News Desk, Southwest
“The Land Market Has Never Been Stronger”
So says Mac Boyd, a broker at Farmers National in Arcola, Illinois. Boyd is just one of the many veteran real estate professionals who are closely monitoring the strongest farmland market in decades.
Tagged with: commodity prices, corn, Eric O'Keefe, ethanol, farmland, soybeans
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, West
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, West
The Rise and Fall of Ethanol
One of the more telling anecdotes about ethanol comes from Boone Pickens. It’s always an eye-opener to listen to this master raconteur discuss energy and politics. Last month I heard him tell an audience at Georgetown University about a sit-down…
Tagged with: Bob Dole, Boone Pickens, energy policy, ethanol, public policy, Wall Street Journal
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk
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