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Strong Demand Stokes Grazing Land Values
Robust beef prices are one of many factors driving the demand for high-quality grazing pastures in the Tenth District. Don’t be surprised if these values continue to further strengthen. –The Editors...
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2013 Land Report Best Brokerages: Dakota Properties
Dakota Properties www.dakotaproperties.com (605) 717-1000 2013 Sales: $100 – $200 Million Who: Full-service brokerage and auction company specializing in the sale of farms, ranches, and recreational...
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2013 Land Report Best Brokerages: J.P. Weigand & Sons
J.P. Weigand & Sons www.weigand.com (316) 262-6400 2013 Sales: $50-$100 Million Who: Full-service real estate firm specializes in farm and ranch, recreational, transitional, and development land....
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2013 Land Report Best Brokerages: Peoples Company
Peoples Company www.peoplescompany.com (515) 240-7500 2013 Sales: $100 – $200 Million Who: Based in Iowa, Peoples is licensed throughout the Midwest into the Great Plains and the Northern Rockies....
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2014 Land Report 100: 70-79
No. 71 David Murdock 149,702 acres The 91-year-old Dole Food CEO has built a fortune, and not just by selling pineapples. Murdock’s privately held Castle & Cooke is heavily invested in real estate...
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Productive Ag Land Piques International Investors
The Economist is reporting that broad demographic trends are driving more and more investors, including sovereign funds, to consider investments related to ag land and increased productivity....
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2013 Land Report Best Brokerage: Pifer’s Auction & Realty
Pifer’s Auction & Realty www.pifers.com (218) 477-1968 2013 Sales: $100 – $200 Million Who: Full-service auction, real estate, and land management firm specializing in the sale and management of...
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2014 Land Report 100: John Malone
No. 1 John Malone 2,200,000 acres John Malone blames his sprawling landholdings on his good friend and fellow cable entrepreneur Ted Turner. The Yale graduate and his wife, Leslie, live in the Denver...
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Job Growth in Agriculture Sector Outpaces Graduates
Each year an average of 57,900 job openings are created in agriculture and renewable natural resources, yet only 35,400 college degrees in agricultural-related fields are awarded in the U.S. This...
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Investing: Oklahoma Shines, Bucks Trend
Oklahoma saw a steady rise in land values, thanks to a stellar market for beef cattle such as this fine-looking Angus at the Express Ranches Big Event in Yukon. Cropland values trailed falling...
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2014 Land Report 100: 80-89
No. 80 Crosby Family 135,00 acres Based in New Orleans, Crosby Land and Resources celebrated its 75th anniversary last year. The family-owned forestry business is led by Robert H. Crosby III, who was...
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US Farm Trust Closes $300 Million Fund
Institutional investors back privately held REIT. San Antonio-based US Farm Trust announced on Aug. 13 that it has closed on over $300 million in commitments from institutional investors. The real...
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2014 Land Report Best Brokerage: Lashley Land and Recreational Brokers
Lashley Land and Recreational Brokers www.lashleyland.com (308) 532-9300 2014 Sales: $50 – $100 Million Who: Focuses on the western half of Nebraska with an eye toward the needs of the rancher,...
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U.S. Interior, Justice Departments to Settle with Tribes
The United States Department of the Interior along with the Department of Justice have agreed to a proposed $940 million settlement to resolve a quarter-century-old legal dispute with Native American...
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Land Report Best Brokerage: Clark & Associates Land Brokers
Clark & Associates Land Brokers www.clarklandbrokers.com (307) 334-2025 2014 Sales: $100 – $250 Million Who: Experts in farm, ranch, auction, and recreational tracts. Wow: Total acres sold in...
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2014 Land Report Best Brokerage: Newman Realty
Newman Realty www.newmanrealty.com (800) 658-4431 2014 Sales: $50 – $100 Million Who: Leaders in exchanging ag production, recreation, and raw land-investment properties in Wyoming, Nebraska, South...
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Ogallala Aquifer Initiative Focuses on Nebraska and Oklahoma
Amid a decade of drought, USDA announced plans to invest another $8 million in the Ogallala Aquifer, the single largest aquifer in the U.S. The Ogallala also serves as the primary water source for the...
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2014 Land Report Best Brokerage: Mason & Morse Ranch Company
Mason & Morse Ranch Company www.ranchland.com (970) 928-7100 2014 Sales: $100 – $250 Million Who: Specializing in premier ranches, recreational lands, and farms with expertise in marketing rural...
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Land Report January 2016 Newsletter
Ten million acres of forest fires? That’s how much land, public and private, went up in smoke in 2015. You’ll learn more about this startling statistic in our January newsletter, and get updates on: A...
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Agriculture Sector Endures Second Straight Annual Decline
The Department of Agriculture is projecting that 2015 will mark another down year for American farmers and ranchers with agricultural sector production projected to fall 9.2 percent to $427 billion....
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