Inside Sheridan County’s Strategy Farm & Ranch
Most irrigated farms for sale in western Nebraska ask a buyer to pick one thing to get excited about: strong water, a paying lease, or good recreation. Finding all three on the same 1,163 acres is unusual. Strategy Farm & Ranch, a new listing from #1 Properties Ranch & Recreation in Sheridan County, is one of those rare combinations, and it’s worth a closer look even if you weren’t in the market this morning.
Sitting on Some of the Best Water in the Region
Strategy Farm & Ranch sits atop the Ogallala Aquifer within the Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District, about nine miles from State Highway 27 and fifteen miles from Gordon, Nebraska. The farm’s irrigation wells pump in the 800 to 1,200 gallon-per-minute range, among the strongest capacities found in this part of the Panhandle, and NRD-adjudicated water rights cover more than 730 acres.
For anyone who has shopped irrigated ground in Sheridan County, that number matters. Water rights of this size and quality don’t come up often, and when they do, they don’t sit on the market long.
A Farm That Pays From Day One
Roughly 625 acres are developed under four center pivots and are currently leased through 2027 to an established agricultural producer. That means a buyer isn’t starting from zero. Rent is already coming in, and the lease carries through the 2027 crop year before a new owner has to make a single decision about what goes in the ground.
The remaining acreage is native grass, which keeps the farm flexible. Grazing, additional development, or simply holding it as a buffer around the irrigated ground are all options once the lease runs its course.
Elk, Mule Deer, and Antelope, Less Than a Mile From the River
Here’s the part that tends to surprise people. Strategy Farm & Ranch sits less than a mile south of the Niobrara River, and that proximity puts the farm inside one of the better wildlife corridors in the Nebraska Panhandle. Elk, mule deer, and antelope are regularly seen moving across the property, and the mix of native grass and river-corridor cover holds good numbers of upland birds as well.
It’s not a hunting property with a farm attached, or a farm with a little bit of cover on the side. It’s both, at the same time, on the same deed.
Why This Kind of Listing Doesn’t Come Around Often
Buyers in this market usually have to choose. A productive irrigated farm with strong water rights tends to be priced and managed purely as row-crop ground, with little thought given to wildlife habitat. A quality hunting property, on the other hand, often comes with marginal water and little to no irrigated income. Strategy Farm & Ranch doesn’t ask you to choose. It’s a working farm with a paying tenant and a legitimate water right, sitting inside a wildlife corridor good enough to hunt in its own right.
That combination is exactly why we think this listing deserves more than a line in the MLS. If you’ve been watching the Sheridan County land market, or the Nebraska Panhandle more broadly, this is the kind of offering worth building a showing around.
Quick Facts
• Total acreage: 1,163.32± acres
• Irrigated acreage: approximately 625± acres under four center pivots
• Water rights: 730.35 acres, NRD adjudicated (Upper Niobrara White NRD)
• Location: Sheridan County, Nebraska, approximately 9 miles from State Highway 27 and 15 miles from Gordon
• Lease: active agricultural lease through the 2027 crop year
• Recreation: elk, mule deer, antelope, and upland birds, less than one mile from the Niobrara River
• Offered at: $4,150,000
Interested in Seeing It in Person?
Strategy Farm & Ranch is offered by Jeff Garrett of #1 Properties Ranch & Recreation. If you’d like acreage detail, water rights documentation, lease terms, or to schedule a private showing, reach out directly.
Jeff Garrett
#1 Properties Ranch & Recreation
308.672.6334
ranchandrecreation.com