Hunting and Recreation Could be a Valuable 'Second Crop' from Your Land

摘要

According to the Realtor's Land Institute, an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors, the value of recreational land has increased 32 percent over the past two years, even better than the 24 percent gains seen in prime farmland. It's fed bythe boom, in demand for private hunting and recreational ground. But that demand is expressing itself in another way, too. That's the growing popularity of leasing private land for hunting and recreation after the crops are harvested. Obviously, we're along way from harvest. Planting is barely underway. But if you're going to take advantage of this trend, you need to start marketing long before hunting seasons commence! So this week we focus on information we got from the folks at Farmers National Company of Omaha, the nation's largest farmland management firm. They've learned a lot about harvesting hunters and other recreational users as a valuable "double crop"!