No. 8 Singleton Family 1,100,000 acres Family patriarch Henry Singleton (1916–1999) bought the historic San Cristobal Ranch south of Santa Fe in 1986. It was the first of numerous ranch acquisitions by the Teledyne cofounder, who ultimately expanded his holdings…
Like the North Star above his beloved Flying D Ranch, our 2017 Legacy Landowner has been a constant beacon, ceaseless in his support of all God’s creatures and His lands. By Eric O’Keefe When was the first time you became…
No. 40 Shannon Kizer 268,000 acres (NEW TO LIST) Kizer turned down a college basketball scholarship in order buy a John Deere 8820 combine, which launched his career in ranching. At 20, he bought his first ranch – some 3,000…
No. 37 Lee Family 275,000 acres (NEW TO LIST) Heirs of Floyd Lee raise cattle and horses in the shadow of Mount Taylor, some 80 miles west of Albuquerque. The rugged terrain comes with a hidden benefit in the form…
No. 33. Mike Smith 283,594 acres (down 2,472-acres) Some things have changed in the Texas Panhandle. Say, for instance, cotton now grows where golden waves of wheat once grew. Some things have not, such as Mike Smith quietly collecting land.…
Agency finds no misconduct in three-million-gallon spill. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded no wrongdoing was associated with an EPA-led team that triggered the Gold King Mine spill and sent three million…
The agricultural sector in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of Missouri and New Mexico, recently reported varied results for the first quarter of 2017. Although farm income continues to fall off,…
No. 17 D.R. Horton 503,000 acres (up 131,195 acres) Donald Horton continues to acquire large tracts in the desert Southwest. Most recently, Horton added the Spike Box and the York Ranch to his holdings, which include the Double V Ranch,…
No. 7 Singleton Family 1,100,000 acres For four centuries, the San Cristobal Ranch has run cattle just south of Santa Fe between the Ortiz Mountains, the Cerrillos Hills, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and the Jemez Mountains. Family patriarch Henry…
Congress considers eliminating key landowner tax tool. Grover Norquist is bullish on the prospects for passage of tax reform legislation this year. However, the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform is sounding an alarm on the potential repeal…
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