Found out that the land across the road from the farm, and the small plot next to it (across a wooded ditch) are for sale. Well.......... turns out that they are tiny parcels that are part of a big sale going to auction.........tomorrow, Feb 24.
There are 3 parcels, including Arkansas' premier duck lodge. Inside each parcel are smaller parcels. It's being sold because the two owners and his sister can't get along!!! The following article explains it, but the price is now expected to be north of $75 MILLION........ much of it is tillable farm land, a lot of prime greenhead duck woods, and the lodge.
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/arti...delta?page=all
Weird, but here's how the auction works. I don't know how many total parcels there are, but a lot. Let's say 50 for discussion. If you bid on parcel #29, and win..........and 30 other guys win the other parcels.......then at the end, there is one more auction. At the end, there will be a chance for any ONE person to bid on the entire thing, and if his bid equals more than the total of all 30 of those guys' bid, they're out in the cold and he gets it.
Why is it being done that way? Because Mr. Dunklin (who owns that property next to the farm) already owns outright about half of it, and he wants it all. His sister doesn't want him to have any. But he thinks with his already 1/2 ownership, that he has enough money to buy up the other half and be sole owner. I sorta hope he wins.
In another post, I asked Bwana if a picture looked like North Dakota. That was taken out the front door of the farm. But the field in the picture is that parcel that's being sold.
Some of y'all can afford this.........y'all ought to bid and you can be my neighbor!!