Dean Goodell with Great Plains Land Co.

08/30/2026

Southwest Kansas Land, KWco

08/29/2026

Here's another Native lespedezas - Round head = Good --- Sericea lespeza = Bad
Know them apart.

08/26/2026

It is a complex issue. I believe COOL needs to be reinstated. That won't fix all of the problems but it should be part of addressing it.

08/21/2026

Controlled fire, aka prescribed burning is a great thing for native prairie management.

How does prairie grass respond to multiple fires?

Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)

Root biomass, shoot biomass and flowering stalks ALL INCREASED with more fires.

Big Bluestem Flowering Stalks (after 10 years)
0 burns = 3 stalks/sq ft
2 burns = 3 stalks/sq ft
3 burns = 5 stalks/sq ft
4 burns = 12 stalks/sq ft

Big Bluestem Root Biomass (after 10 years)
0 burns = 8,000 lbs/ac
2 burns = 10,000 lbs/ac
3 burns = 11,200 lbs/ac
4 burns = 11,600 lbs/ac

Big Bluestem Shoot Biomass (after 10 years)
0 burns = 3,200 lbs/ac
2 burns = 3,200 lbs/ac
3 burns = 5,200 lbs/ac
4 burns = 12,100 lbs/ac

Data from Elmer et al. 1963 Productivity of Two Prairie Grasses in Relation to Fire Frequency
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1932186

08/20/2026

08/05/2026

SW Kansas

Hi everyone! I'm excited to officially introduce my Real Estate Business Page.

I specialize in Kansas land and rural properties, including:
🌱 Farm ground
🦌 Hunting properties
🌾 Pasture & ranch land
🌿 CRP and recreational land
💼 Investment properties

Whether you're looking to buy your first piece of land, expand your farming operation, invest in rural property, or sell a property that's been in your family for generations, I'm here to make the process as smooth and straightforward as possible

If you're thinking about buying or selling land—or if you simply enjoy everything rural Kansas has to offer—I’d love to have you follow along.

Even if you're not planning to sell right away, I'm always happy to visit with landowners about current land values and market conditions. If you've ever wondered what your farm, pasture, hunting property, or acreage might be worth in today's market, I'd be glad to provide a no-obligation market evaluation and help you understand your property's value.

Feel free to like this page, share it with friends and family, and don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions about the land market.

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Great Plains Land Company
620-826-5901
[email protected]

08/04/2026

Kill cedar trees = kill ticks (& improve pasture)

Want fewer ticks? Terminate a cedar today! 🌲🌲

Shared from The Prairie Project

Tick Abundance is Higher in Cedar Encroached Areas

Lone star tick was by far the most abundant species across sampling sites.

Two tick species were more abundant in cedar encroached areas than grasslands. The greatest increases were in the earliest stage of encroachment.

Total Count of Two Species
Lone Star Tick
- Open Grassland: 772
- Early Encroachment: 26,960
- Moderate Encroachment: 8,556
- Mature Encroachment: 8,008

American Dog Tick
- Open Grassland: 15
- Early Encroachment: 110
- Moderate Encroachment: 129
- Mature Encroachment: 106

Cedar Height & Cover
- Open grassland: Height 0ft, Cover 0%
- Early Encroachment: Height 12ft, Cover 30%
- Moderate Encroachment: Height 17ft, Cover 55%
- Mature Encroachment: Height 24ft, Cover 89%

Researchers collected 11,452 lone star ticks from a single trap in just 1.5 hours from one tree in an early encroachment site. (abnormal & excluded from analysis)

Propst et al. 2025 Effects of woody plant encroachment on abundance of multiple tick species in the U.S. Great Plains https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0332832

Tick Images: Tick Images: Susan Ellis USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org used and edited under CC BY-NC 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.en See less

08/01/2026

Hunting season doesn’t start on opening day—it starts with the time you invest in your property beforehand.

Whether you’re checking trail cameras, maintaining feeders where permitted, improving habitat, or getting stands ready, the work you put in now helps prepare your land for the season ahead.

What’s first on your preseason checklist?