From the beginning, the M4 team has pushed to be the best informed, most responsive brokerage in the Mountain West, not the biggest. In fact, the sales force numbers just four, Dan, Murphy, Seth Craft, Jake Murphy, and Dominic Serna. They are backed up by a team of eight professionals who ensure that everything flows seamlessly.
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Lifestyle
From local wildlife to recreation on your own property, the land lifestyle is unique in every way.
Kina and Nellie Pickett: A Natural Move
For Kina and Nellie Pickett purchasing 20 acres in Montana’s Paradise Valley was a natural move in their ongoing battle to protect their children from America’s most pervasive addiction.
On the Cover: The Way Forward
In the case of Little Belt, the Putnams nor any of the other company’s principals, Timand Carmen Sheehy, and Tim’s brother, MattSheehy, had any land management or agricultural experience before launching the ranch in 2020.
California Water
The record-breaking temperatures and drought conditions that gripped many parts of America over this past summer brought the topic of water availability, food production and their important role in the nation’s economy—and its future—into sharp focus.
Clark Company - September 28, 2022
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Destination Black Hills
There is a well-kept secret, a small unpopulated area in western South Dakota—and a portion of eastern Wyoming—called the Black Hills that covers an area 110 miles long and 70 miles wide with a population of less than 240,000 and people are starting to notice.
Faith Lewis - March 30, 2022
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Fertilizer, Input Costs & Real Estate
Farmers feel the strain from rising fertilizer costs and grapple with cutting back application and cutting input costs.
Trampus Corder - March 25, 2022
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California Drought
This article is featured in the Spring 2022 issue of LAND magazine. Click here to find out more. According to the most recent Census of Agriculture conducted by the US Department of Agriculture, California accounts for 11 percent of the nation’s total agricultural sales. The state’s bounty includes dairy products, beef, produce such as lettuce, tomatoes […]
Clark Company Ranch Real Estate - March 22, 2022
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Jack of all Trades
This article is featured in the Spring 2022 issue of Texas LAND magazine. Click here to find out more. In the past two years, buyers have been flocking to Texas’ rural areas for a multitude of reasons, one of which is to enjoy life on the land and everything it has to offer. Rural properties […]
John Dean - March 4, 2022
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The Mountains are Calling
The mountains are every bit as alive as we are. If you don’t believe me, find yourself a dirt road, leave civilization behind, and seek out a place of solitude, serenity, and just LISTEN.
Krystle Watson - October 1, 2021
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Lavender: Another Reason to Visit the Hill Country
In a recent interview with LAND, Cathy, the interim president for Texas Lavender Association, talks about the adventurous spirit of the lavender industry in the Hill Country.
Saint Tryphon Farm and Vineyards: Riding the Wave
Bradford, a level III sommelier, spent 12 years in the retail and wholesale wine industry managing a portfolio of 10,000 fine wines from around the world with an emphasis on high-end offerings from Bordeaux, Burgundy and Napa. As he globe-trotted, he kept an eye on the Texas wine industry.
At Ease in the Wilderness—Ray Livingston
A big game hunter, upland bird hunter and fisherman, he resembles a man from a different time; one of the woodsmen who roamed the Pacific Northwest’s mountains and valleys, his home, back in the eighteenth century. He is a person who can and has survived in the wilderness only with items that trappers carried in their packs centuries ago.
Hudson Lindenberger - March 25, 2021
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Farming for Stories
Farmers have been working full-time and writing for centuries; meet present-day farmer-writers Wendy Swore, Adam Nordell and his wife, Johanna Davis.
Everything You Need to Know About Off-Grid Living
Living off the land is not for the weak or ill-prepared. It takes years of groundwork and skill-honing to get to a place where you can survive (and thrive) without municipal utilities, grocery stores, and other resources we take for granted every day.
Natalie Bucsko - December 21, 2020
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Life on the Land
Life on the Land portrays the camaraderie and memories that can and will be made when friends and family take the leap of owning their dream property.
Allen Treadwell - December 16, 2020
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Brewing Up New Uses for Maple Syrup
My mission was, and is, to find new products to make maple syrup. The maple industry is growing experientially! In 2000, New York made 200,000 gallons of maple syrup. The USDA statistics estimated 820,000 gallons in 2019. The average American only uses a few ounces a year of maple syrup. Yes, to put on pancakes! But, the average American uses large amounts of beer, wine, and alcohol. It came together for me: maple is a sugar; sugar can be used in alcohol. If maple-style beers gain mass appeal, the sales implications for maple producers could be considerable.
Is Your Land Orchard-Ready? (Plus: Thanksgiving Cider Suggestions!)
Virginia’s Foggy Ridge Cider founder Diane Flynt pioneered the hard-cidery craft in the region over 20 years ago. Here, we talk to her about her favorite ciders and the steps you need to consider to turn your land into a producing apple orchard.
Explore Ranches: Opening the Gates to Connection
Explore Ranches provides one-of-a-kind outdoor experiences by opening the gates to some of America’s wildest and most scenic ranches.
Tuning in to the Symphony of Nature
Turned off by traditional concert venues, Smith took his cello off the ground and into the trees. High up into the trees! He built a hunter’s stand-like wooden platform, and roped it so high up in an Aspen tree that he had to conjure a way to climb up. His solo performance, Music for the Birds, enamored audiences, especially because, they got to watch Smith with cello in hand climb up a rope and carefully position his body and cello on his small platform.
Connecting Books, Land & People
After reviewing students’ design proposals and brainstorming, everyone agreed that Hayden Ranch wasn’t a fit. It was missing one key absolute—a cultural landscape. “It had to be the interaction between people and the land or people in place over time,” explains Vlahos. The right fit would be all about “taking an old place and transitioning it to a new use . . . that could take on a new life that drew community to it.”
Their last stop was Buffalo Peaks Ranch, ten miles outside of the historic mining towns of Alma and Fairplay. Everyone saw the perfect combination of landscape and buildings: High mountain grasslands, surrounded by mountains, a river runs through it and structures for mini libraries and people to gather or enjoy solitude.
