Raised on a ranch south of Buffalo, Mike became passionate about agriculture and the outdoors at an early age. He worked in many facets of the operation, including farming and irrigation, commercial hay production, and cattle raising. Today, he enjoys sharing his heritage with his family. Mike graduated from Texas Tech University in 1994. Soon after graduation, the call of the Rocky Mountains brought Mike back to Wyoming as an agriculture instructor in Meeteetse, Wyoming. His entrepreneurial nature soon led Mike to own and run a commercial weed spraying and range management business. Returning to Buffalo in 1999, he bought a Farm Bureau Financial Services office. After a successful ten years in the insurance business, Mike’s love of the land caused him to turn his attention to the ranch brokerage business. It was a natural fit for Mike, and he quickly established himself as one of the top ranch brokers in Wyoming.
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The Tyler and Nettie Dodge Ranch represents an immaculate, blocked up, 6,541± deeded acre ranch just seven miles south of Wheatland. A perfectly balanced ranch with 770± acres under irrigation and 5,750± acres of excellent rangeland fenced into seven pastures. The ranch currently runs 1,400 yearlings from November to April while putting up 2,500 tons of quality hay. As a year-round operation, the ranch has comfortably supported 400 pairs. There are four sets of quality improvements that are modest, very comfortable, and well-maintained, including four homes and a complete set of ranch buildings and corrals. The topography of the ranch has a natural transition from the lower 5,000 feet irrigated bottoms that ease up into the hills and break at the south end topping out at 5,800 feet in the mahogany ridges. Loaded with wildlife, including mule deer, antelope, some upland birds, and elk. In summary, this is a very productive, private, and balanced ranch operation that is easy to get to and in excellent condition.
Mike always kept our best interests in mind and was refreshingly honest and realistic about expectations.
“We worked with Mike Fraley on a complicated deal that involved buying and selling several properties, and we couldn’t have asked for a better broker. Mike always kept our best interests in mind and was refreshingly honest and realistic about expectations. His experience and straightforward...
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