Experts Journal

Purchasing a property typically requires a deep dive into a vast array of topics on a ranch or farm. Our Management team has extensive background and knowledge in working through the discovery process and uncovering the answers to the questions needed for a potential new owner.

Increasing dialogue is driving a new query and focus among land buyers and landowners around carbon, climate, and regenerative methods in natural resource-based businesses today. There is a major push across private industry and the public sectors to provide a path forward that incentivizes landowners to both lower emissions and sequester carbon. This is a new space that landowners should watch for developments that could offer a sound and sustainable source of cash flow.

With high market prices for our agriculture products, now is the time to develop strategies to weather compressed margins that will surface with economic uncertainty and industry overproduction. Whether you’re looking for a one-time deep dive or ongoing financial reporting, we have the tools to keep your investment in prime condition.

It is important to manage all land types in a way that benefits both the agricultural operation as well as the wildlife and habitat. Though this seems like a simple objective, it isn’t always an easy one.

With the “Montana” level range and the lessons learned from Butte, certain conversations are expected but with Randy we get the unexpected, “When you lose a loved one take the quiet time of reflection to write a eulogy for that loved one, it’s the path to enlightenment and healing." Bare knuckles and family values are always on tap with Randy and that’s just what you need to take on Montana and Wyoming.

We want to continue to be a resource to you and your operation, bringing additional value to your decision-making.  Being a full-service firm, we have multiple avenues that we can utilize when assisting with finance, management, auction, and brokerage services should the need arise.

Evolving market conditions drove the need for deeper understanding and more creative solutions to meet buyer and seller expectations.   Approaches were focused on creating more options and flexibility for both sides, allowing buyers to bid on specific areas of interest and sellers to surpass pre-auction sales estimates. 

We welcome this more “normal” environment where our investments in relationships, experience, reach, and professionalism provides the greatest value to buyers and sellers. Serving our customers at the highest level in all our business lines- sales, auctions, lending, and management- has been our focus since 1946 and our aspirations and expectations grow in that regard every year.

Many conversations miss how different the implementations of these practices can look from state to state, region to region, and from one valley to the next. One size does not fit all when implementing a regenerative strategy. Our Management team will help you navigate these hurdles, establish a benchmark, run the numbers, and help discover a sound, profit-oriented operation.