Co-op News

Featured Member – Russell Hickey

Russell Hickey has called Southern Colorado home his entire life and has a deep appreciation for the land and culture. The decades of time spent on local ranches, years of mentorship and his continued education in Water Law and Land Use has resulted in Russell being very successful in the local real estate market, where he specializes in Ranches, Large Acreage, and Mountain Properties.

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Featured Member – David Klein

David earned his B.S. degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois in 1993 and serves as the designated Managing Broker for Illinois and Iowa and Managing Auctioneer in Illinois and Indiana for First Mid Ag Services. He joined First Mid in 2019 through the acquisition of Soy Capital Ag Services. Prior to Soy Capital he worked in farm management at Magna Trust Company and later the insurance industry. In addition to auctioning farmland, David is licensed to sell and buy farmland / real estate. He currently manages over 8,500 acres of Midwest farmland for select clients.

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Additional Proposed Tax Law Changes to Prepare For

I had the privilege to speak at a seminar recently on this topic and the speaker before me said that the next endangered species in this is country is the landowner. Was he right! The other proposed tax law changes are (1) the elimination of the stepped-up basis, (2) the doubling of the capital gains tax to 39.6%, (3) the reduction of the federal estate tax exemption to $3.5 million and an increase of the federal estate tax rate to 45%. Every one of these proposed tax law changes can cause potential needless tax burdens on property owners.

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Featured Member – Reese Lovell

Reese Lovell was born and raised between the banks of the Arkansas River and the Ozark Mountains, where his passion for the outdoors and wildlife began. This passion grew into a unique skill set that lead him to be one of the youngest Wildlife Biology interns to ever be hired by the Forest Service Program out of Arkansas Tech University. It took only a few trips to see his family in Colorado before he fell in love with the mountains out west, and this love ultimately led him to relocate to the Rockies in 2014.

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Featured Member – Alexis Thompson

Alexis brings her passion for South Texas agriculture and ranch real estate to the Co-op, and attributes her success to her determination and willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Whether you need her to market your ranch property or to help you find the perfect turn-key ranch, unimproved development property, or anything in between, Alexis will get it done for you.

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