
2015 Land Report 100: Simplot Family
No. 17 Simplot Family 443,591 acres (up 21,091 acres) Sustainability serves

No. 17 Simplot Family 443,591 acres (up 21,091 acres) Sustainability serves

The Magazine of the American Landowner was recently featured on CNBC

The cofounder of Microsoft ranks as America’s largest private farmland owner.

An Exclusive Excerpt from Last Stand (Lyons Press) by Todd Wilkinson

With the acquisition of Seneca Jones Timber, Sierra Pacific Industries becomes America’s largest private landowner with 2.33 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington.

An energetic Swede, Svante Swenson established a 680,000-acre ranching empire north of

Diagnosed with incurable blood cancer, one of our favorite landowners, relied

In May, the New Mexico Game Commission voted to deny a

It comes as no surprise that Boone Pickens’ Mesa Vista Ranch,

This Texan is committed to the land — and landowners. Fifth-generation

By Eric O’Keefe Photography by Gustav Schmiege III Don’t be fooled by

A world-class cattle operation requires top ranch horses. Whiteface, the name

No. 1 John Malone 2,200,000 acres John Malone blames his sprawling

No. 32 D.R. Horton 262,805 acres (up 176,805 acres) This past

No. 52 Hunt Family 190,000 acres The history of Hunt Oil

No. 22 Wilks Brothers 347,500 acres (up 36,000 acres) The two