Eric Albus
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- May 24, 2012
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I can agree with one thing, it isn’t the APF’s fault.I read, or maybe heard a podcast somewhere, that with ranch land prices such that they are these days, there are really only a few hundred people in this country with both the means, and desire, to purchase said lands at todays prices. That’s a pretty niche market. I don’t think that is the fault of the AP. And I don’t think cashing in while they can via a buyer with the means and desire is a fault of the rancher. But the days of the family ranch are numbered, no matter how you slice it. The writing is on the wall, and I think it is hopeful foresight, rather than ill-will towards todays ranchers, that make some of us value what AP is trying to do.
Being a non-profit that doesn’t live by the rules does make a difference. Being a non-profit funded by billionaires and foreigners makes a difference.
While some of you do not care that the “semi” open gate policy will one day end(perhaps not in my lifetime, but certainly the next generation) I do care.
The end.