Land & Legacy Blog
Insights From the Land
Take a look through our latest posts on land investment, market trends, and life on rural properties across the Mid South. Whether you are here to learn or just curious about what we do, we hope you find something worth reading.
Why Rural Land in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana Deserves a Place in Your Portfolio
Most people think about land investment the way they think about a hunting camp: a nice-to-have, not a core financial decision. The numbers tell a different story. Across the Mid-South, rural land — farmland, timberland, and recreational ground alike — has...
Arkansas Rice Growers Face a Squeeze — And a Push for Tariff Relief
Rice is Arkansas’s signature crop, and by a wide margin. The state is the nation’s top rice producer and its top rice exporter, with rice alone contributing $722 million of Arkansas’s $3.1 billion in total agricultural exports. But 2026 has turned...
Reading the 2026 Waterfowl Survey: What It Means for This Season
Every summer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crews fan out across roughly two million square miles of breeding habitat in Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States — by airplane, helicopter, and on the ground — to count ducks. On September 1, the...
Inside the 2026 Issue of Greenhead Magazine: A Guide to This Year’s Stories
The 17th edition of Greenhead: The Arkansas Duck Hunting Magazine is out, and editor Brent Birch calls it the magazine’s best yet. Rather than pick one story, we’re rounding up the highlights from this year’s issue — with links to each so you...
Farm Bill Stalls in the Senate: What Landowners Need to Know About CRP’s Next Five Years
Farm policy doesn’t move fast, and this year has been a good reminder why — but there’s real movement to report, and it touches almost every landowner who has ever considered enrolling ground in a conservation program. Where the bill stands The House...