TBD, Goodland, KS 67735

This fine ranch offers ease of operation, excellent grazing with good fencing and good capacity for rotational grazing. Forage crops are produced on certified organic irrigated and non irrigated acres and the working facilities and infrastructure on the ranch are excellent. The location just 15 miles Northeast of Goodland, Kansas provides good access to Interstate 70 and all markets. LandBeaver Creek Buffalo runs over 3144 +/- acres with high plains buffalo grasses and is set up for the ideal buffalo and cattle ranch operation. Pastures are run with well-kept 4 strand high tensile barbed wire fenced. On the property there are 36 watering points throughout the pastures. Beaver Creek runs through the south portion of the ranch as well as multiple smaller streams throughout the whole ranch. This property holds 2 gravel pits for ranch operations, as well as 4 windmills. 3 of them being submersible 120 V pumps. The prairie pastures are lined with hundreds of trees in the irrigation shelter belts. The North side of the ranch has 107 +/- acre certified organic irrigated pivot is open for planting. There is 267 +/- acres planted with Certified Organic Turkey Red wheat as well as 182 Planted acres of certified organic Rye ready for 2022 Harvest. ImprovementsThis Ranch operation offers 3 homes all with their own unique advantage to the operation. Home #1 sits on the west side of the ranch and is a 4 bed 2 bath home with a 30` x 52`, 2 car detached garage and workshop. West of the house is a large 55` x 120 ` Morton Equipment Shed. This home site is an ideal farming operation home that offers a 28` x 40` seed cleaning operation complete with feed legs feeding from 3 storage bins. As well as 1- 750 Bushel Grain storage bins and 4- 3,000 Bushel grain storage bins, two of which have air drying capability. Home #2 is on the north side of the ranch. This 2,056 sq ft authentic log cabin has been used as a guest lodge. The lodge is equipped with 4 double rooms, 2 full bath and a large common room. Neighboring the Lodge is a smaller 3 bed 2 bath log cabin home with a single car detached garage. In addition this property has a 30` x 40` Quonset shop and 3 - 4,000 bushel storage bins. Home #3 is a 3 bed 1 1/2 bath home that sits north east of home # 3 about a quarter mile up the road. This home comes with a 20` x 18` single car detached garage, a 30` x 50` cattle shed and paddock, an a 80` x 16` barn, all on 7 +/- acres. RecreationThe ranch was currently used as a world class bison operation. The current owner operators offer some bison hunts each year and utilize this great resource with excellent success. There are good numbers of pheasants and rio grande turkeys in the area and on the ranch, mule deer, and white-tailed deer are excellent in the immediate vicinity and the ranch is good hunting itself. Bucks range from 140 to 180 Boone and Crockett and tags are easily accessible. AgricultureDespite the area being in a small drought the ranch is in very good condition. The dryland farm ground on the ranch has excellent soils and will grow excellent grain or feed commodities. The 109 acres certified organic irrigated land works well for alfalfa or hay production to augment the operation. This area is typically approximately 15-17 inch rainfall and with good management will produce excellent crops and good pounds of gain on bison or cattle. Water/Mineral Rights & Natural ResourcesThe ranch is being offered with all minerals owned by the seller. Water rights on the property are permitted and could be expanded slightly on adjacent to existing pivot. Region & ClimateGoodland Kansas has an ideal climate. On average Goodland gets 20 inches of rainfall and 29 inches of snow per year. Summers are generally hot and moderately wet with winters being normally dry and cold. Home to 4,315 people this small town is home to Northwest Kansas Technical College . HistoryThis area of Kansas is rich in history and it is only fitting that the history of the Great Plains is kept alive with a thriving herd of native bison. Just approximately 3 miles from the ranch historically was the Kidder Massacre. Two years after the Civil War LT. Lyman S Kidder and his 10 man patrol along with a Sioux Indian scout, Red Beard, were massacred in the Northeastern part of Sherman County on the Beaver Creek. Their deaths were the first recorded event in Sherman County. This ranch featured the first homestead and post office in the county. This post office was the first post office north of Dodge City on the Great Western Cattle trail. Many native, trader, and buffalo hunter camps can still be found on this ranch. LocationThe ranch is located approximately 15 miles Northeast of Goodland, Kansas and 20 miles SE of St. Francis, Kansas on good county roads. The area is very good with production and farmland and the Beaver Creek provides good sub moisture and game. Goodland has a jet capable airport with excellent services for a small airport. Shopping and services are very good in Goodland and on the Interstate 70 interchange. Denver, Colorado is just 3 hours to the west via Interstate 70.