As the 20th century came to a close, one of the iconic ranches of the American West — the Broken O — was in the midst of a renaissance. And the driving force was a retiree. OK — Bill Moore…
Agriculture
Looking Back at Bill Moore
Tagged with: American West, Broken O Ranch, Flowerree and Lowry Cattle Company, Kelly-Moore Paints
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Montana, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Montana, West
2017 Ranks As Second-Worst Year for Tropical Tree Cover Loss
Scientists from the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland have determined that last year was the second-worst year for tropical tree cover loss, exceeded only by 2016. An area equivalent in size to Bangladesh — approximately 39 million…
Bass Family: 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 36 Bass Family 285,000 acres The four great-nephews of legendary Texas wildcatter Sid Richardson invest in an array of enterprises, including cattle ranching as well as oil and gas. Still deeply rooted in their hometown of Fort Worth, brothers…
Tagged with: Ed Bass, Fort Worth, LandLeader, Lee Bass, Robert Bass, Sid Bass
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Southwest, Texas
Increasing Percentage of Family-Owned Farms Are Not Family-Farmed
According to the Department of Agriculture, 99 percent of all farms in the US are family-owned, not corporate farms. Yet because of demographic trends and costly barriers to entry, only 60 percent of farmland nationwide is actually farmed by those…
Llano Partners: 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 35 Llano Partners 295,000 acres While maintaining farming, ranching, and feedlot operations in Texas, New Mexico, and Florida, G. Hughes Abell also oversees his family’s private investments in timber, oil and gas, and commercial real estate. De Louisiana native…
Tagged with: G Hughes Abell, Llano Partners, Texas Water Foundation
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Farming, Feature, Florida, Land Report 100, Minerals, New Mexico, South, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Farming, Feature, Florida, Land Report 100, Minerals, New Mexico, South, Southwest, Texas
Stable Farmland Values Trump Falling Commodity Prices
Year-over-year farmland values in the Corn Belt are holding steady; however, in the most recent quarter, an uptick in Iowa and in Wisconsin pulled overall values in the Seventh District into positive territory for 2018. — The Editors NATIONAL –…
Land Report 2017 Agriculture Deal of the Year: Central Valley Farmland
The nation’s largest publicly traded farmland real estate investment trust stayed true to its business model with a nine-figure acquisition in 2017. Denver-based Farmland Partners (FPI) paid Singapore’s Olam International Limited $110 million to acquire 5,100 acres of permanent crop…
Shannon Kizer: 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 34 Shannon Kizer 302,000 acres Kizer turned down a basketball scholarship and instead bought himself a John Deere 8820 combine. At 20, he bought his first ranch – some 3,000 acres outside of Lingo, New Mexico – and has…
Tagged with: ag, Kizer, Kizer land, LandLeader, Lingo, peanuts, Shannon Kizer
Posted in Agriculture, Arizona, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Land Report 100, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Southwest, Texas, West
Posted in Agriculture, Arizona, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Land Report 100, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Southwest, Texas, West
Land Report July 2018 Newsletter
The robust US economy means plenty of transactions to report in our July newsletter, including: Colorado’s Grizzly Ranch sells for $18.5 million Red Lodge Creek Estate goes to auction on August 30 A 157-acre mountaintop in Beverly Hills lists for $1…
Tagged with: Aaron Kirman, Beverly Hills, BHP, BP, Cross Mountain Ranch, Grizzly Ranch, Hall and Hall Auctions, Harrigan Land Company, Ken Mirr, Napa County, Osterhouse Ranch, Pacific Union, Pfister Land Company, Red Lodge Creek Estate, Ren Martyn, Rob Pfister, shale, Williamson Act
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, California, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Developers, Farming, Hunting, Minerals, Montana, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, Taxes, Texas, Water, West
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, California, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Developers, Farming, Hunting, Minerals, Montana, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, Taxes, Texas, Water, West
Stefan Soloviev: 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader
No. 32 Stefan Soloviev 323,700 acres (up 88,000 acres) The 42-year-old Soloviev boosted his total acreage this year with the acquisition of White Lake Ranch, 69,314 acres in New Mexico’s Chaves County. “We buy for profitability, not eye appeal,” says…
Tagged with: stefan soloviev, White Lake Ranch, wind energy
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Energy, Farming, Feature, Land Report 100, New Mexico, Southwest, Texas, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Energy, Farming, Feature, Land Report 100, New Mexico, Southwest, Texas, West
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