Land Values
Wall St Investors Buying Up Farmland
Wall St Investors Buying Up Farmland WASHINGTON – For farmers gearing up to harvest millions of acres of land this fall in the face of low commodity prices, the rows or corn, soybeans and other crops have long been viewed as key to their survival. But increasingly those same acres are drawing the attention of Wall Street investors looking to tap into those fields for profit. Investors have turned to farmland as part of a sweeping push into physical assets — everything from lumber, hotels and apartments to parking meters, bridges and highways. Farmland is becoming particularly attractive as the …
Thornberry Introduces Bill to Rein in EPA Overreach
Thornberry Introduces Bill to Rein in EPA Overreach Regarding the EPA’s efforts to expand their control of all water, and therefore having more control over private land water, US Congressman Mac Thornberry has proposed a Bill that would better define navigable waters and help protect private land owners from the EPA overreach. See his press release here…