Month: January 2025

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Would Leopold Use Trail Cameras?
In 1949, Mr. Aldo Leopold authored The Sand County Almanac.  His writings have proven to be a watershed moment for conservation.  They shaped and broadly underpinned the conservation principles still implemented today.   

I started my Sunday early having awakened before the sun.  It is truly a gift to be in this...
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It Starts With The Land In Mind
Good Morning…

Hope this note finds you well!

When my daughter Aurelia was 9 years old (English Teachers Stop Reading), she said “Fall is the Most Best Time of Year.”  I could not agree more. October and November is simply the best time of year throughout the Chesapeake…

As the temperatures fall, trees,...
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The Fog Is Clearing
7:07 AM - October 26, 2023

Today is a Thursday.  The fog is clearing over the big field having been recently turned over for a planting of winter wheat.  An orange haze fills the spaces between the pines giving a them shape and contrast in the morning sky.  The birds are...
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A Poultry Market Boom
By: Nick Campanaro

For nearly a decade, The Land Group has been involved in both the sale of land for new construction poultry farms as well as the sale of existing poultry farms. 2022 was a record year for poultry farm sales at TLG and we finally decided to dedicate a...
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From The Land
By: Ben Alder

Mark Twain (born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910) once said “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.” More than 200 years later this fact remains true. The most interesting part is today it seems to no longer be a secret. The demand for recreational land, agricultural and timberland alike...
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Wil Farmers Be Driving Lamborghinis
Before you start sending me hate mail for the title of my article, it is clear that today’s commodity prices have taken the wind out of the sail since 2012 when well-known Wall Street investor Jim Rogers made this statement: “The title did however grab your attention enough to read...
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