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The Land Report 2013 Agriculture Deal of the Year: Hager Farm & Ranch

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Eric OKeefe

In 1978, Walter Hager relied on Broker John Wildin to help him buy his first 13 quarters in Kansas. That was also the year he married Virginia Siverson, who became intimately involved in all aspects of their operations. Of her…

The Land Report Spring 2014

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Land Report Editors

2013 was a year of superlatives: billion-dollar acquisitions, record-setting prices, and landmark sales. And behind the best of these deals one finds the stories of passionate landowners, men and women and families who went to extraordinary lengths to assemble, to…

Land Report 100er: Stefan Soloviev

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Land Report Editors

This New York City-based entrepreneur first developed an interest in agriculture through commodity trading of grains. “That’s how I got away from sitting at a desk to being out in the West,” he says. With landholdings currently totaling 141,700 acres,…

Tagged with: Crossroads Agriculture, wind energy
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Energy, Feature, Great Plains, Kansas, Nancy Myers, New Mexico, Southwest, Texas, West

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Establishes Climate Hubs

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Land Report Editors

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has established seven regional hubs to address increasing risks from fires, invasive pests, devastating floods, and crippling droughts. Their purpose will be to translate reams of science and research into information that ranchers, forest landowners,…

2012 Land Report Best Brokerages: Clift Land Brokers

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Land Report Editors

Clift Land Brokers www.cliftlandbrokers.com (806) 355-9856 2012 Sales: > $100 Million Who: Headquartered in Amarillo with seven offices in the Southwest and Great Plains. Focuses on farmland, ranches, and feedlots. Wow: Closed three properties for more than $18 million each.…

Posted in Feature, Great Plains, Southwest, Texas

2013 A Disaster for Corn

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Land Report Editors

Futures for corn, the most valuable U.S. crop sold on the Chicago Board of Trade, slumped 40 percent last year. It was the steepest price tumble since the 1960s. “We’re looking at an era of about three, four, five years…

Tagged with: corn prices
Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk

On the Block: 7,600 Acres in Kansas and Nebraska

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Land Report Editors

Thanks to profitable hunting leases, these tracts have already proven their worth, according to Auctioneer Scott Shuman of Hall and Hall. Seven irrigation pivots and plenty of deer, turkey, and pheasant stoke hunting income. The subject property includes 800 irrigated…

Tagged with: Hall and Hall
Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Great Plains, Hunting, Kansas, Nebraska, News Desk

2012 Land Report Best Brokerages: Farmers National Company

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Land Report Editors

Farmers National Company www.farmersnational.com (800) 346-2650 2012 Sales: > $1 Billion Who: FNC is not a franchiser and prides itself on being a full-service company for landowners. Its brokerage includes private treaty and auction services, management services for land, oil…

Posted in Feature, Great Plains, Midwest, Northeast, Pacific, South, Southwest, West

2012 Land Report Best Brokerages: Chas. S. Middleton & Son

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Land Report Editors

Chas. S. Middleton & Son www.chassmiddleton.com (806) 763—5331 2012 Sales: $50 – $100 Million Who: Lubbock-based family firm specializes in sale and appraisal of farms and ranches in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Wow: A strong base of…

Posted in Colorado, Feature, Great Plains, Kansas, New Mexico, News Desk, Oklahoma, Southwest, Texas, West

Bumper Corn Crop and Worsening Prices May Come Soon

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Land Report Editors

Expectations that U.S. farmers will harvest a record corn crop this year have many investors wagering that corn futures will continue to fall. Corn prices had already tumbled 37 percent by the end of September, making the grain one of…