No. 28 Collier Family 280,000 acres After earning a cool million in advertising during the Jazz Age, Barron Collier lent his name to Florida’s 62nd county as he set about buying up acreage; his great-grandchildren continue to guide the clan’s diverse agribusiness efforts into the 21st century. Ongoing interests include mineral management and agriculture throughout
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The nation’s leading land listings feature an average price of $167 million. — The Editors 1. Waggoner Ranch (Texas): $725 million Sam Middleton of Chas. S. Middleton and Son is broker of record on this record-setting 510,527-acre listing. Bernard Uechtritz of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty is overseeing the international marketing effort. 2. Gemini (Florida):
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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 High Plains. According to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the program should help farmers and ranchers conserve billions of gallons of
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Officials with the Central California city of Morro Bay have signed a good-faith agreement with a Seattle-based company that intends to install 100 floating turbines some 600 feet above the Pacific Ocean. The network of turbines could generate a gigawatt of electricity, which translates into enough energy to power an estimated 300,000 homes. While Trident
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The aggregate value of the nation’s leading listings? More than $1.6 billion! — The Editors 1. Waggoner Ranch (Texas): $725 million Sam Middleton of Chas. S. Middleton and Son is broker of record on this record-setting 510,527-acre listing. Bernard Uechtritz of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty is overseeing the international marketing effort. 2. Gemini (Florida):
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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 leaves a shortfall of 22,500 positions. According to the USDA, nearly half of upcoming job opportunities in the next five years will be in business
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The largest ranch under one fence in the Lone Star State tops the leaderboard. 1. NEW LISTING! Waggoner Ranch (Texas): $725 million With more than a half-million acres, Waggoner Ranch (pictured above) is one of the most storied ranches in American history. Sam Middleton of Chas S. Middle and Son has been appointed broker of
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By Henry Chappell | Photography by Wyman Meinzer In 1947, legendary Waggoner Ranch camp man Paul Whitley loaded his bed on a packhorse, climbed on his saddle horse, and rode all day to Cedar Top, a remote camp near the center of the half-million-acre ranch. As he drew near and saw the house on the hill, he thought
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is selling leases for wind turbine sites a dozen miles offshore from Ocean City. The agency will take bids August 19, 2014 on nearly 80,000 acres for two wind projects. This will be the sixth commercial offshore wind lease off the Eastern Seaboard. “We are very optimistic that
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