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David Muth of Peoples Company Capital Markets, the Investment platform for Peoples Company, shares how institutional investors have reacted to higher interest rates on their land investments pursuits.

In October 2023, Arkansas became the first state to ban foreign-owned farmland. More states look to adopt similar laws, but one policy expert says the issue is rooted in politics and warns of unintended consequences.

North Dakota auction company announces new record-high land sale for cropland in the northeast corner of the state at $17,500 per acre, while in Iowa farmland sales are starting to cool off.

The Farmland Security Act of 2023 seeks to further boost transparency in foreign ownership of U.S. farmland.

House Republicans asked the General Accountability Office to conduct a study on U.S. lands owned by foreign entities. The letter was signed by scores of other House Republicans.

Located 14 miles west of Valentine, Neb., the 4,385-acre Minnechaduza Creek Ranch includes over three-and-a-half miles of creek frontage and irrigated hay meadows.

Offered for sale in the fall of 2021, the 80,000-acre ranch owned by the Whittenburg and Coble families for 120 years, boasts a rare combination of history, heritage and natural resources.

An Arizona ranch has sued the federal government claiming damages caused by the construction of the 30-foot-tall border wall between the United States and Mexico.

The Spring Creek Ranch, one hour east of Wichita, Kan., the primary seedstock operation for all of Matador Cattle Company operations, is listed by the Koch family for $23.2 million.

The AL Ranch, Halsey, NE, supports a 700-head cow-calf operation and has a backgrounding facility for 2,500-head. The ranch consists of 7,052 deeded acres and the balance in National Forest grazing permits.

When Neal Wanless won a $232 million Powerball jackpot in 2009, he did what most young cowboys would do – he started building a ranch. Now, the Bismarck Trail Ranch is for sale.

The Crocker Springs Ranch was first offered for sale last year by Bill Haw, former president and CEO of National Farms from 1974 to 2002, a cattle feeding and ranching business owned by the Bass brothers.

The IX Ranch, Big Sandy, MT, spans 126,000 acres in the foothills of the Bear Paw Mountains, and has had only two owners in its 128-year history.

Hall of Fame golfer Greg “The Shark” Norman has listed for sale his Seven Lakes Ranch located in Colorado’s White River Valley of the Flat Tops Mountains near Meeker.

The historic Beartooth Ranch, once owned by Mel Gibson, has been offered for sale by its current owner, the founder of Montana Silversmiths.

T. Boone Pickens’ large ranch and residence in the Texas Panhandle remain on the market, and the asking price was slashed by $30 million last month.

Hall of Fame quarterback and FOX NFL Sunday analyst Terry Bradshaw has listed his 744-acre, Love County, Oklahoma, cattle and Quarter Horse ranch for sale.