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Farming in Dry Places: Investors Continue to Speculate on Colorado Water

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Instead, the Parker district has forged an estimated $880 million deal with ranchers in Colorado’s most agriculturally productive region to capture and store water from the South Platte River during rare periods when supply exceeds demand. They are in the business of skinning dollars off of trading water.

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JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.

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Some of the most pristine farmland in California can be yours, at least by proxy, in just a matter of minutes. farmland, makes to prospective financiers. AcreTrader is just one of many companies launched in the past decade that facilitate the sale of farmland, which has increasingly become a staple in investor portfolios.

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