Powell, WY 82435 - Park County

The Cox & Fisher Farm is a rare offering in Northwest Wyoming to invest in a 160+/- acre farm with an outstanding opportunity to lease adjoining farm ground and river bottom cattle pasture. The partners will be offering the Powell, Wyoming farm for sale including a 5,000+ sq. ft. shop, climate-controlled basement for bee production, 31,000 bushels of grain storage, a 40 x 150 hay storage shed as well as liquid fertilizer storage and fuel storage. Along with the purchase of this tremendous 160+/- acre farm comes a unique opportunity to cash lease 356+/- acres of prime farm ground on a 5-year term as well as an opportunity to sub-lease additional acres. 140+/- acre river bottom cattle pasture will also be available for lease which has historically ran 30 pairs June-Sept. The owners are retiring farmers that will be offering a farm lease below market value on a per acre basis. This offering provides outstanding infrastructure, excellent production and ease of access to great markets. This is a young farmers dream starter package right here!

ACREAGE DETAILS

The farm facility sits on 160 acres in Park County, Wyoming just 98 miles south of Billings, Montana. The Big Horn Basin produces millions of tons of hay and grain and this farm is a large contributor of that production. The Cox & Fisher Farm is a highly productive farm yielding significant amounts of crops each year. One of the major features to this farm is its available abundance of district water. The farm offers excellent irrigation from the Shoshone Irrigation District. Over the years the current owners have intensely improved and developed this farm to produce a highly productive farm with modern facilities and grain storage to maximize the farms production and efficiency.

IMPROVEMENTS

Centrally located on the farm are five grain storage bins that hold 31,000 bushels of grain storage with a 65 elevator. The main priority with the bins is a facility that is safe, keeps grain dry, and has air dryers on 16,000 bushels. These bins offer the farmer the option of selling the crop for later delivery at a price that sometimes exceeds the current markets. The farms location offers the producer numerous grain elevators and livestock grow yards and feed lots to seek competitive bids on grain. Most livestock feed yards and grain elevators are a short drive from the farms headquarters for ease of transportation of grain.

Additional improvements to the farm include a 60 x 100 steel hay shed with asphalt floor, 20 sidewalls for clean, dry hay storage. The farm facility also has a hay container shipping station.

The property has 18,000 gallons of fertilizer storage and 11,000 gallons fuel storage. The farm lease will also include 304 shares of Western Sugar Cooperative.

There is a small home on the northeast corner of the property currently used for additional farm labor housing. At the farmyard there is a double-wide house in good condition. Double-wide is owned by one of the farm employees and is not included in listing.

ASSETS

160 acres of prime farm ground

356 acres leasable farm ground

140 acres river bottom cattle pasture

1,000 sq. ft. home

5,010 sq. ft. insulated, natural gas heated shop and office space

1,300 sq. ft. climate-controlled basement

6,000 sq. ft. hay barn with loading dock

Utilities for home including electric, water, natural gas and septic

31,000 grain storage

3 bins 15,000 and 2 Sukup bins 8,000

18,000 gallons liquid fertilizer storage

11,000 gallons fuel storage

304 beet shares

BUSINESS OPERATIONS & FARM LEASE

Farm lease will begin in the 2024 farm season for 356+/- acres of cropland and 140+/- acres of pasture. Owners will be offering a lease on a cash basis for a 5-year term. Specific lease terms to be negotiated between landowner and tenant outside of real estate contract.

LOCATION

Powell, Wyoming (population 6,419) - 4.6 miles

Cody, Wyoming (population 10,028) - 21 miles

Red Lodge, MT (population 2,257) - 55 miles

Billings, MT (population 117,116) - 98 miles

Rapid City, SD (population 74,703) - 376 miles

Salt Lake City, UT (population 199,723) - 460 miles

REGION & CLIMATE

This region has an average growing season of 149 days, typically starting May 7 and ending October 2. Powell elevation is at 4,390 feet. Summers are warm, dry and mostly clear. Summer season has average daily high temperature above 76 degrees. Average rainfall is 7 inches and average snowfall is 18.5 inches.

SUMMARY

The Cox and Fisher Farm is located in a well-known area for feed production where the water supply has historically been plentiful, productive lands and mild open winters. The principal crops grown in the region include alfalfa hay, malt barley, grain corn, edible beans and sugar beets. The farm ground is in an excellent state of cultivation and the farm improvements are ready for the next operator.