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2. Commodity Prices Affecting Land Prices
3. Christmas Tree Farms
4. Pin-up Star to Land Baroness
5. Recent Properties
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The costs of farm products such as wheat and corn have fallen to a two year low. (We looked at commodity prices at www.timingcharts.com and pulled down the CRB Index for two years). With this dramatic drop, land owners may have something to worry about. In the past two years, prices of wheat and corn had skyrocketed, which lead to the subsequent rise in farmland costs. The New York Times reported that during this period of increased commodity value, cropland value had risen 20 percent in the Midwest. Now that product values have decreased so dramatically, farmers around the country are worried.
An article in agweek.com, written by Ray Grabanski, broke down the different products and explained their drop in value. To explain the lower value of wheat, Grabanski wrote,
"Wheat continues to struggle with most of the selling pressure tied to concerns over the weak financial market as well as from a stronger U.S. dollar. The strength of the U.S. dollar has been the biggest bearish item for wheat as it makes U.S. wheat more expensive when compared with other countries. And this has been evident in the fact that export sales and shipments have been declining this year."
Grabanski also explained some of the reasons corn is a struggling commodity, saying, "Early losses in the corn market were attributed to the sharp losses in the crude oil market, along with outside market influences being fairly negative on prices. Weakness in equities is continuing to hurt corn because of the evidence that corn is suffering demand destruction from the economic slowdown."
When David Streitfeld, a reporter for the New York Times, asked economist Kim Anderson, about the future of crop values, Anderson responded, "Given the current economic environment, I don't think anyone can predict commodity prices."
Everyone loves a freshly cut, hand-picked Christmas tree around the holidays, so why not own a whole field of them? With winter fast approaching, these pieces of land offer a great business opportunity, source of income, and a fun way to spend the winter.
This New York Estate has an existing Christmas tree grove. Check out 133 Acres, Massachusetts, 01038's roughly 15,000 trees on the property with potential for thousands more. This 30 acre farm presents a great foundation for a business opportunity in Christmas tree farming.
Once you own a Christmas Tree Farm, it's easy to become an expert in the art of picking the best trees. Pickyourownchristmastree.org offers the following tips for selecting your own Christmas Tree:
Height and Shape: The perfect height is dependent on where in your house you will display your tree, so knowing the height of your ceiling is important. Shape is all about personal preference; whether you like a slender tree, or a thicker, bulkier one.
Type and Variety: You can visit http://pickyourownchristmastree.org/treevarieties.php for a full list of Christmas tree varieties and the different qualities of each type.
To find more Christmas Tree Farms for sale, search on LandAndFarm.com for "Christmas Tree".
Former gal pal of Howard Hughes, Gloria Pall is selling land in the California Chocolate Mountains, but there is much more to Ms. Pall than the property she has on our site.
Growing up in the midst of World War II, Pall worked as an aircraft mechanic. In 1947, she entered and won a beauty contest, which opened many doors for her into the modeling world. Pall became a famous pin-up girl, gracing the covers of hundreds of magazines worldwide. She also worked as a showgirl in Reno and Las Vegas.
Along the way, Pall had run-ins with some very famous celebrities, including Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and Howard Hughes. On the set of Elvis' Jailhouse Rock video, a photographer snapped a picture of Elvis looking through Pall's legs as she was walking across the bar. This photo is still very well-known to this day.
Pall's connections with celebrities made her famous by association, but she really made a name for herself in 1954 when she created, wrote for, and starred in the T.V. show Voluptua. Voluptua was cancelled after 7 weeks, because as Pall explained, "They said it was too torrid for TV. It was corny, not porny, but the show still made national and international headlines."
Pall said she was always ahead of her time and Voluptua was just one example of that. She said, "I was walking around with low neckline dresses before they even designed them. I was told by a publicist that if I don't have a gimmick I should just go home. My gimmick was to cut my dresses very low and walk around that way."
Regarding her transformation from pin-up model and show girl to real estate agent, Pall explained, "In 1959 I was getting kind of old for what I was doing, and I figured I better do something else, so I got myself a real estate license."
Pall ran a Lavender Real Estate office on Sunset Strip that drew many celebrities, including Howard Hughes. Hughes had first met Pall back when she was a show girl in Las Vegas. Pall said, "He wanted to meet me at the bar after the show and we got to talking about aviation. He was fascinated by my background working with planes. He couldn't believe this gorgeous blonde was sitting there next to him, and I could see a sign scrolling across his forehead saying, 'This bimbo has a brain!' He had a big smile on his face. He couldn't believe I had any knowledge about anything." Years later, when Pall opened her Real Estate office, Hughes used it to rent out houses to hide out his "starlets" in the hills.
Now, at 81, Pall says she still has it. "I'm thinking of doing a reality show," she said. "I have a lot of fans and admirers. I figure what would be better than me coming back on TV now that the world is open as far as how you can look. All the boobs are fake on the red carpet now. It would be novelty to have real ones like mine."
Meanwhile, her land in the Chocolate Mountains is still up for grabs. Of her past experience with us, Pall explained, "I've sold hundreds of acres in the chocolate mountains, and I thank land and farm for helping me with that."
To learn more about Gloria Pall, visit her website at www.gloriapall.com. Or contact her by email at glo@gloriapall.com.
Here property can be seen at: http://www.landandfarm.com/lf/s/7/california_chocolate_mountains.asp
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