Farming

Ted Turner Tops the 2008 Land Report 100

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

For the second year in a row, Ted Turner take top honors as America’s largest landowner with more than a dozen properties totaling more than 2 million acres. Add to this more than 100,000 acres in Argentina, where he owns…

Amendment 4 Would Cut Property Taxes for Florida Landowners

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Land Report Editors

If you’re a registered voter in Florida and a landowner as well, there is an important amendment on this November’s ballot you need to be aware of. Amendment 4 could significantly reduce your tax liability, provided you set aside your land for conservation…

Tagged with: agricultural exemption, amendment 4, conservation easement, Florida, St. Joe, taxes
Posted in Cattle, Farming, Feature, South, Taxes

Pinon Canyon: Under Fire Again

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Fire destroyed Mack Louden’s century-old Marty Feeds building in Trinidad on September 15. Louden, a local rancher who has been spearheading opposition to Fort Carson’s proposed expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, had insurance on just a portion of the property.…

Pinon Canyon: The Fight Goes to the Hill

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Land Report Editors

The U.S. Senate is close to approving a $72 billion military construction budget that would effectively prevent the Army from spending any money to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site for another year. But opponents of the expansion are by no…

Pinon Canyon: Colorado Senator Ken Salazar Feels the Heat

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Pressure from grassroots opponents of the U.S. Army’s attempt to seize 420,000 acres of privately-owned land in southeast Colorado is starting to produce some results in Washington. While he’s been a lukewarm supporter of Colorado ranchers in their fight with the…

Mexico Opposes Ethanol

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

As we’ve seen over the last few months, skyrocketing commodity prices are pushing land values to record levels. They are also squeezing cattlemen and other producers who rely on corn and other grains to fatten livestock and poultry. One of…

Florida to Pay $1.75 Billion for 187,000 Acres in the Everglades

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

In a massive deal announced earlier today, the State of Florida will acquire almost 300 square miles of the Everglades in and around the south end of Lake Okeechobee from U.S. Sugar Corp. for $1.75 billion ($9,000+ per acre).

Tagged with: Babcock Ranch, Broward County, Charlie Crist, Dade County, Eric O'Keefe, Everglades, Florida Everglades, Gov. Charlie Crist, Lake Okeechobee, Martin County, Palm Beach County, St. Joe, Talisman Sugar Plantation, U.S. Sugar
Posted in Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, News Desk, Public Land, Regional News, South, Topics, Water

678,000 Acres for $20 Million?

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

For the price of a penthouse overlooking Central Park, an investor could also buy 1,000 square miles in Brazil. Prices such as this listing in the Amazon River basin’s Madeira River are one of the many reasons that many are looking…

Tagged with: Amazon, Brazil, foreign ownership, Johan Eliasch, overseas
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Hunting, International, News Desk, Timber, Topics, Water

Francis Ford Coppola

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Francis Ford Coppola’s Academy Award-winning films are undoubtedly his most famous works, but wine connoisseurs also treasure the acclaimed wines he has been producing at his Napa Valley estate since the mid-1970s.

Tagged with: California, Francis Ford Coppola, Napa County, Napa Valley, wine, wine country
Posted in Farming, Pacific, Residential Property, Topics, Video

High Price of Corn Means Less Land for CRP

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Driving today I tuned into C-SPAN Radio on my XM dial looking for something better than the latest Top 20. I caught the tail end of a conversation, Congressional testimony it sounded like, regarding the current food crisis that is…