Owning a ranch in the West is now part of the portfolio of the wealthy. The resulting inflationary cost for ranchland is preventing young native Montanans from getting started in the livestock ...

Property owners increasingly choose conservation easements to protect Montana land from development, prompting land trust ...

HELENA, Mont. - Roger Lang says he was an "absolute novice" about what it truly meant to be a Montana ranch owner when he used some of his Silicon Valley millions to buy an 18,000-acre spread here.

He finds that the wealthy buy land in Montana for reasons beyond natural splendor, wildlife, getting away and the cowboy mystique. ‘‘You have something that is very fundamental,'' he said. ‘‘People ...

Should ranches that have been taken out of production continue to be taxed as agricultural property? That’s a question the Montana Legislature will tackle this session in order to address the trend of ...

"In our area here, the people that we deal with, 99% of them are farmers and ranchers," Lesh said. "We don't see a very large number of investor types buying properties. There are a few, but they are ...

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