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Industry Experts Talk Ag

Take a closer look at hemp, beef marketing, enhancing farmland returns, working

with Mother Nature, and connecting with your customer in our Ag Issue.

Curious about the legalization of hemp and what it means to landowners, investors, and consumers? So were

we, which is why Lisa Martin profiled Sheri Wytcherley for our Ag Issue. The Oregon-based Fay Ranches broker

has built an impressive book of business

around timberland, ranchland, and wineries. The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill heralds the

W W W.L A N DR | AGR IC U LT U R E 2019

dawn of a new era for her buyers and sellers. "With hemp, I don't see people who have

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expectations of becoming millionaires like

there was a few years ago in the marijuana industry," she says. Wytcherley has brokered tracts for both marijuana and hemp to out-of-

AG ISSUE

state investors. One of her conclusions? "A lot

of people who are licensed to grow marijuana

are now moving to hemp licenses," she says.

Other thought leaders include Ben

Higgins of Hearst Ranches on connecting

with consumers, Chris Jeffrey of Thistledew

Montana Grasslands on working with Mother

Nature, Scott Mushkin at Wolfe Research on

food trends, and Perry Vieth of Ceres Partners

on enhancing farmland returns with solar

energy. Read all about them HERE.

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USDA

N AT I O N A L

2017 FARM CENSUS RELEASED. Ninety-six percent of US farms and ranches are family owned. That's one of the many takeaways from the USDA's most recent Census of Agriculture based on data collected by the Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) directly from farmers and ranchers. Compared to the previous census in 2012, there are fewer mid-size farms. Operators are getting bigger -- or smaller. Women have taken a bigger role in American agricultural: 36 percent of all farm operators are female. There are just over 2 million farms and ranches in the US. The average size is 441 acres. The typical farm earned $43,053 in 2017. And overall, our nation's farmers are becoming more connected -- farms with Internet access rose to 75.4 percent. Read more HERE.

MIDWEST FLOODING

FARM LOSSES TOP $2 BILLION. The

MIDWEST

NATURAL DISASTER

recent flooding that devastated farms in the Midwest continues to deliver economic blows, reports the Des Moines Register.

Farmers are struggling not only with damaged

crops and a massive cleanup but are also trying to reach fields and

livestock on impassable roads and bridges. The Iowa Farm Bureau

Federation's Senior Economist, Sam Funk, estimates that farmers in

the state will struggle to plant up to 145,000 flooded acres along the

Missouri River. "This flood isn't just bigger," Funk said. "The effects

will last longer. Long after waters recede, the sand and debris left

behind must be cleaned up before planting." And the equipment

needed for that cleanup isn't always readily available, a crucial

detail when planting. Adding to the issue for farmers along the

Mississippi River: possible flooding as the snowpack in Minnesota

and Wisconsin begins to melt. Read more HERE.

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NEW LEADERSHIP ANNOUNCED AT

LANDVEST. The real estate and timberland

N O R T H E A S T advisory firm LandVest, headquartered in

INDUSTRY UPDATE

Boston, announced new leadership this month. Joseph Taggart is the new president,

moving up from his previous role as executive vice president of

timberlands. Taggart has been with LandVest since 2000 and a

member of the board of directors and senior management since

2012. Slater Anderson becomes vice president, managing director

of real estate. Anderson, who has been with the company for two

decades, has also been on the board of directors since 2012. "This

transition signals both the continuity and innovation that are

LandVest hallmarks," noted board chair David Rosen. "Joe and

Slater have been key drivers in the growth we have experienced over

the past several years." The board also reaffirmed Tina Bourgeois

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NEW LAW SETTLES BATTLE OVER

WEST

PROPERTY RIGHTS

BONES. Gov. Steve Bullock signed into law legislation that designates fossils belong to the surface estate owner. The first-of-its-kind

protection addresses a contentious issue that

has bedeviled landowners. "This was a very significant bill for our

group," Charles Denowh of United Property Owners of Montana told

UPI. "We saw all sorts of unintended consequences that could have

arisen if the precedent had become that the mineral estate owned

dinosaur fossils. We saw a lot more conflicts happening between

surface owners and mineral owners if that were the case." Supporters

cited a 1915 decision that "(f )ossil remains of dinosaurs and other

prehistoric animals are not mineral within the meaning of the

United States mining laws." Although the law does not affect current

court cases, it arose in part out of the lengthy legal battle involving

"Dueling Dinosaurs," a 2006 discovery involving ancient beasts

locked in battle. Read more HERE.

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