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Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual)

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Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
New Loan [Member]	Ìı	Ìı	Ìı
Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Net, Noncurrent	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Minimum [Member]	Ìı	Ìı	Ìı
Grazing Lease Term	3 years	Ìı	Ìı
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period	7.00%	Ìı	Ìı
Notes Receivable Installment Term	10 years	Ìı	Ìı
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	3 years	Ìı	Ìı
Maximum [Member]	Ìı	Ìı	Ìı
Grazing Lease Term	5 years	Ìı	Ìı
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period	7.50%	Ìı	Ìı
Notes Receivable Installment Term	15 years	Ìı	Ìı
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	5 years	Ìı	Ìı
Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]	Ìı	Ìı	Ìı
Number of Customers	3	Ìı	Ìı
Concentration Risk, Percentage	100.00%	90.00%	Ìı
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]	Ìı	Ìı	Ìı
Number of Customers	2	Ìı	Ìı
Concentration Risk, Percentage	18.80%	29.10%	20.50%
Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Net, Noncurrent	$ 139,114	$ 923,115	Ìı
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable	0	0	Ìı
Allowance for Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Current	0	0	Ìı
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	0	0	Ìı
Income Taxes Paid	$ 24,386,479	18,405,210	$ 13,178,312
Percentage of Cash Payments on Land Sales	25.00%	Ìı	Ìı
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	7.10%	Ìı	Ìı
Notes Receivable Prepayments	$ 713,062	1,764,928	$ 2,736,616
Number of Days Considered Delinquent	30 days	Ìı	Ìı
Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Property, Plant, and Equipment	$ 132,677	$ 117,247	Ìı
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic and Diluted	8,197,632	8,397,314	8,601,171
Income Tax Contingency	50.00%	Ìı	Ìı

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