Farming

Cash Crunch Squeezes Farm Operators

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Tenth District dropped an average of 3 percent, according to the Kansas City Fed’s Ag Credit Survey. Blame it on decreased farm income, which fell for the fifth consecutive year. —The Editors The Kansas City Fed…

Tagged with: Agricultural Credit Conditions, farm incime, farm income, farm liquidity, Kansas City Fed, lending
Posted in Agriculture, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Midwest, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, News Desk, Oklahoma, Southwest, West, Wyoming

Historic New England Farm Conserved

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The 167-acre Solasz Farm in Winchester, New Hampshire, was recently sold and put under a conservation agreement, according to the Monadnock Conservancy. The farm had belonged to longtime local radio host Al Kulas, and had been in his family since…

Tagged with: Al Kulas, Delorma Morton, Monadnock Conservancy, Sam Canonica, Sarah Costa, Solasz Farm
Posted in Conservation, Farming, Feature, New Hampshire, News Desk, Northeast

Farmland Values Remain Robust

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Surveys in Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa show strong, steady farmland values according to Successful Farming. An overall trend that supports the surveys’ findings is that when land comes available in today’s market, farmers have proven to be aggressive bidders.…

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, News Desk

SOLD! Grizzly Ranch Sells for $18.5 Million

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Eric OKeefe

Over-the-top Colorado Showplace salvaged out of bankruptcy. One would be hard pressed to put a value on the long list of improvements found on Colorado’s Grizzly Ranch. For starters, the 26,686-acre ranch boasts six residences, 33 livestock sheds, and steel-welded…

Tagged with: Bankruptcy, Grizzly Ranch, Pfister Land Company, Rob Pfister, sold, Steamboat Sotheby’s International Realty
Posted in Agriculture, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Colorado, Equestrian, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Residential Property, Water, West

The Land Report Fall 2018

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Our Investing Issue takes a look at two completely different strategies: one built on blood, sweat, and salt, and the other based on speculation and greed. Guess which one lost $100 million? Other great reads in our fall issue include: Farmland: Bill…

Tagged with: Bill Gates, Dallas Police & Fire Pension System, David Teichert-Coddington, Doug Hart, El Maximo, Freddie Botur, Greene Prairie Farm, Hall and Hall, Ken Mirr, Latt Maxcy, Mirr Ranch Group, Mort Fleischer, The Cottonwood, Walking With the Wounded
Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Hunting, Midwest, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, South, Southwest, Timber, Water, West

Land Report October 2018 Newsletter

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Tom Brokaw’s West Boulder Ranch and the Old Steen Place, an adjacent portion of the Burnt Leather Ranch, were sold to a single buyer by Fay Ranches on September 28. The combination of the two Montana holdings creates a 4,751-acre…

Tagged with: Bakken Shale, Burnt Leather Ranch, Charles Wyly, Concierge Auctions, Endangered Species Act, ESA, Monadnock Conservancy, Old Steen Place, Permian Basin, Sam Wyly, Supreme Court, Tom Brokaw, US Fish and Wildlife, West Boulder River
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, California, Energy, Farming, Federal Policy, Hunting, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, News Desk, Newsletter, North Dakota, Northeast, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Texas, West

U.S. Attorney Sues Hemp Farm

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia filed a civil suit against a Mason County hemp farm. Although state laws allow the cultivation, sale, and purchase of industrial hemp, the suit alleges the…

Tagged with: hemp
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, South, West Virginia

$266 Million Native American Agriculture Fund Established

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Land Report Editors

In 1999, nearly 900 Native Americans brought suit against the federal government, claiming that the Department of Agriculture systematically discriminated against them in loan programs dating as far back as 1981. Eleven years later, the federal government settled the lawsuit…

Tagged with: Native American Agriculture Fund
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk

Land Report September 2018 Newsletter

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates paid $171 million in August to acquire 14,500 acres of farmland owned by John Hancock Life Insurance Company in one of the most coveted agricultural regions of Washington. The lofty purchase price eclipsed April’s $136 million…

Tagged with: Alan Busacca, Bayer, Bill Gates, CatchMark, Columbia River, Cottonwood Ag, Dubai, El Maximo Ranch, glyphosate, hemp, Hortenstine Ranch Company, Luminant, Monsanto
Posted in Agriculture, California, Farming, News Desk, Newsletter, Oregon, Pacific, South, Southwest, Timber, Washington

Farmland Values Nationwide Reach Record Level

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Land Report Editors

National Agricultural Statistics Service’s annual survey features upward move of almost 2 percent to $3,140 per acre. U.S. farm real estate value — a measurement of the value of all land and structures on farms — averaged $3,140 per acre…

Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, News Desk