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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION The topography of the Broken O Ranch can generally be described as a Great Plains setting with strong water influences throughout. The Sun River is a significant geographical attraction as it flows from west to east through the center of the Main Ranch Unit. Much of the Ranch contains hills and valleys providing a diverse landscape. The Broken O Ranch encompasses approximately 108,571 deeded acres plus an additional 15,270 acres of State lease land and 160 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lease land. The deeded land is generally classified as follows: • 85,454 ± Acres of Native Range and Pasture • 11,600 ± Acres of Pivot Irrigated Crop Ground • 6,000 ± Acres of Improved Pasture Ground; • 3,000 ± Acres of Dryland Crop Ground • 2,000 ± Acres of Sun River Riparian Corridor • 1,317 ± Acres of Wheel-Line Irrigated Ground • 200 ± Acres of Flood Irrigated Hay Ground 108,571 ± Total Estimated Deeded Acres The irrigated acreage is part of existing change applications which have been submitted to the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation by the Seller. The leased land is generally classified as the following: State of Montana Lease Land • 14,608 ± Acres of Native Range and Pasture • 662 ± Acres of Pivot Irrigated Crop Ground 15,270 ± Total State of Montana Lease Land (4,403 AUMs) BLM Lease Land • 160 ± Acres of Native Range and Pasture 15,430 ± Total Leased Acres PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION HARRIS UNIT The Ranch is divided into two units, the Main Ranch Unit and the Harris Unit. The Harris Unit lies about one mile due north of the Main Ranch Unit boundary. This Unit is a summer grazing pasture consisting of native range with the following approximate acreages. These acreages and AUMs are included in, not in addition to, the above calculations. Deeded Land • 8,364 ± Acres of Native Range and Pasture State of Montana Lease Land • 1,480 ± Acres of Native Range and Pasture (381 AUMs) 4 The Harris Unit is watered from Roundup Coulee and from several springs which serve stock ponds. There are two stock wells on the Harris Unit which can serve several stock tanks and are for backup purposes only. It is utilized as one pasture for spring and summer grazing of heifer pairs. CROP LAND Half of the approximately 3,000 acres of dryland crop ground is farmed annually with the remaining acreage summer fallowed, alternating each year. These fields are normally planted in either spring wheat or barley. The approximately 1,500 acres of dryland crop ground located on the western portion of the Ranch has historically yielded 50-bushel winter wheat or 35- to 40-bushel spring wheat. The remaining dryland crop acreage is located north of the
Sun River on the west end of the Ranch and averages closer to 25- to 30-bushel yields of spring wheat. These fields are chem fallowed with the planted fields being fertilized. The irrigated and the dryland crop ground are on a three year soil testing rotation system. This provides up-to-date information to the Agronomist and the Ranch Manager for annual crop planning, while taking into consideration fertilizer and fuel costs and the hay and grain markets. During this process the annual farm plan is developed for the upcoming spring. NATIVE & IMPROVED PASTURES The native range pasture land is predominantly comprised of slender wheat grass, blue grama, June grass and various fescues. Western wheat grass is abundant in the majority of the higher elevation ranges. Much of the 6,000 acres of improved pasture consist of crested wheat grass for late spring and early summer grazing south of the highway. The steer pairs are put into these pastures in early spring to utilize the high protein hard grasses to maximize weight gain. At this time, the bulls are brought into the pasture with the mother cows to begin the breeding cycle. Several large improved pastures south of the highway contain pubescent wheat grass which greens up in late June to early July and remains so for much of the summer. The heifers will graze on brome and fescues of the sub-irrigated pastures until they are moved to the hard high protein grasses, predominately comprised of western wheat grass and sainfoin, of the Harris Unit from mid-June until October. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM The Ranch controls approximately 852 acres of land subject to the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), in five federal contracts generating approximately $27,544.00 annually. These contracts expire in 2018 and the land subject to the contracts is currently leased to a neighboring rancher. An additional 50 acres of CRP ground is located in the Harris Unit, and the payment from this contract has annually been donated by the Seller to the State Land Trust Division of the State of Montana. The Ranch is not eligible to receive farm subsidy funds due to its total adjusted gross income exceeding federal and state limits. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION 5
Page 4 and 5: TABLE of CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....
Page 6 and 7: The Cattle Division and Headquarter
Page 10 and 11: The Ranch ranks among the largest c
Page 13 and 14: The farming component of the Ranch
Page 15 and 16: FEED MILL The Feed Mill is located
Page 17 and 18: UTILITIES & SERVICES Electricity is
Page 19 and 20: MINERAL RIGHTS The Seller will conv
Page 21 and 22: The outdoor amenities of North Cent
Page 23 and 24: In 1944, Teton Land Company was sol
Page 25 and 26: OFFERING PRICE & CONDITIONS OF SALE
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