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
Farm Income Hits 7-Year-High in 2020
The largest direct farm payments ever – to the tune of a record-smashing $37.2 billion – have bolstered farm sector income in 2020. While seeking to soften the impact of the pandemic throughout the ag sector, the Trump Administration directed…
Tagged with: COVID, direct farm payments, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk
Enrollment for CRP Open Until February 28
Farmers and ranchers enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program receive an annual rental payment upon planting long-term, resource-conserving species like improved grasses or trees. The goal is to mitigate soil erosion, bolster water quality, and develop wildlife habitats on marginally…
Tagged with: Conservation, conservation reserve program, CRP, Farmers, ranchers, soil erosion, Sonny Perdue, USDA, water quality, wildlife habitat
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Water
2017 Farm Census Released
Ninety-six percent of US farms and ranches are family owned. That’s one of the many takeaways from the USDA’s most recent Census of Agriculture based on data collected by the Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) directly from…
Tagged with: 2017 Farm Census, agriculture, farm, NASS, National Agricultural Statistics Service, ranch, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk
USDA Seeks to Restore 400,000 Acres Longleaf Pine Forest on Private Lands
Recognized as one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on earth, longleaf pine forests once totaled more than 90 million acres and extended from Southern Virginia to Central Florida and East Texas. Less than 4 million acres exist today. In…
Tagged with: America’s Longleaf Restoration Initiative, Longleaf Alliance, longleaf pine forest, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Forest Service, US Department of Defense, US Fish and Wildlife, USDA
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Florida, News Desk, South, South Carolina, Timber, Virginia
Posted in Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, Florida, News Desk, South, South Carolina, Timber, Virginia
Private Landowners Fuel Jet Travel
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack greeted Seattle passengers deplaning at Washington Reagan after an Alaska Airlines flight powered in part by a new renewable fuel made of wood waste salvaged from private lands in Washington, Oregon, and Montana. “In 2011,…
Tagged with: Conservation, renewable fuel, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Energy, Feature, Minerals, Montana, News Desk, Oregon, Pacific, Timber, Washington, West
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Energy, Feature, Minerals, Montana, News Desk, Oregon, Pacific, Timber, Washington, West
Land Report November 2016 Newsletter
The 2016 Land Report 100 is at the press. More than two dozen new entrants and updates highlight this year’s survey, which is sponsored by LandLeader, the nation’s largest network of brokerages dedicated to farm, ranch, and recreational properties. Other items…
Tagged with: Dax Hayden, Eddie Lee Rider Jr., Hall and Hall Auctions, Land Report 100, LandLeader, Texas A&M, The Conservation Fund, Thomas Land Company, timberland, Tom Vilsack, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Florida, Hunting, Montana, Nebraska, News Desk, Newsletter, Oregon, Public Land, Texas, Washington, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Conservation, Farming, Federal Policy, Florida, Hunting, Montana, Nebraska, News Desk, Newsletter, Oregon, Public Land, Texas, Washington, Water
Land Report December 2015 Newsletter
There are several fascinating reads in our final newsletter of 2015. But no one is urging you to read them right away. As the year winds down, all of us at The Land Report hope that we set aside our disappointments and focus on the…
Tagged with: Abraham Lincoln, Bill Hewett, Congress, David Packard, Eric O'Keefe, farmland, Jeff Bezos, land auctions, Land Report 100, Murray Wise, New Shepard, Red River, Richmond Ranch, San Felipe Ranch, Sen. David Davis, Terry Hundemer, Texas, USDA, USFS
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Farming, Illinois, News Desk, Newsletter, Oklahoma, Recreation, Texas, West
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Farming, Illinois, News Desk, Newsletter, Oklahoma, Recreation, Texas, West
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