Farming

Animal ID System Faces Stiff Opposition

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2007 A program the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls “one of the largest systematic changes ever faced by the livestock industry” may be in trouble. The National Animal Identification System, which has been praised by some…

Tagged with: Brandi Calderwood, Congress, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, GAO, Government Accountability Office, Joseph Guinto, Liberty Ark Coalition, NAIS, National Animal Identification System, USDA
Posted in Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, News Desk, October 2007, Topics

Francis Ford Coppola: The Land Report Interview

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JULIE BLACKLIDGE PUBLISHED JULY 2007 You’ve seen his work. Chances are you’ve tasted it as well. The winner of five Academy Awards, Francis Ford Coppola has also won rave reviews for his wines. His first release, a 1977…

Tagged with: California, Francis Ford Coppola, Gustave Niebaum, Inglenook, Napa Valley, Queen of the Napa Valley, wine, winemaking
Posted in Conservation, Farming, Feature, July 2007, Magazine, Pacific, Regional News, Residential Property, Topics

Eminent Domain Clouds Pinon Canyon

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

With more than 15 million acres of military bases, training centers, and maneuver sites, the US. Army ranks as one of Americas largest landowners. But when it comes to taking territory, shock and awe are not its most formidable weapons.…

Tagged with: Colorado, Department of Defense, eminent domain, Fort Carson, Gustav Schmiege, Mack Louden, Pinon Canyon, Trey Garrison
Posted in Cattle, Farming, Federal Policy, Gustav Schmiege, June 2007, Magazine, News Desk, Public Land, Regional News, Topics, Trey Garrison, West

How to Buy a Napa Vineyard

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Eric OKeefe

I came across this little ditty from the June 2007 issue when Julie Blacklidge profiled Francis Ford Coppola and we got some great interview footage of FFC that is now in our Video Archives. I think a more complete How…

Tagged with: California, Francis Ford Coppola, Mike Silvas, Morgan Lane Real Estate, Napa, vineyards, wine, wine making
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, June 2007, Magazine, News Desk, Pacific, Regional News, Topics

North Carolina Land Disappearing

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

Development could devour nearly 2 million acres of North Carolina’s cropland and forestland over the next 20 years, according to a report by the Environment North Carolina Research & Policy Center.

Posted in Conservation, Farming, June 2007, Magazine, Recreation, Regional News, South, Timber, Topics

End of the Conservation Reserve Program?

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY JOSEPH GUINTO PUBLISHED APRIL 2007 With the Bush administration backing off on the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), conservation and hunting groups fear the 22-year-old program once dubbed “Noah’s Arc for Wildlife” is a sinking ship. Backers of the CRP,…

Tagged with: Bush Administration, conservation reserve program, corn ethanol, CRP, Delta Waterfowl, ethanol, Rob Olson, USDA
Posted in April 2007, Conservation, Energy, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Hunting, Joseph Guinto, Magazine, Midwest, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Topics

Cut Your Taxes With An Agricultural Exemption

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Land Report Editors

BY TREY GARRISON Anne Barnett has seen it all. The Florida real estate broker is also a licensed commercial appraiser and has developed and sold properties in Key West, Georgia, and throughout North and Central Florida, including Gainesville, where she…