Birmingham-based Energen Corp. (EGN) announced the purchase of more than 40,000 acres in West Texas from SandRidge Energy (SD) in Loving, Reeves, Ward, and Winkler counties. Energen says it has identified 62 potential drilling sites in the 3rd Bone Spring…
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New York’s Deep Hollow Ranch Sells for $11 Million
The country’s oldest working cattle ranch was bought by J. Crew CEO Millard Drexler. The 17.8-acre tract at the easternmost end of Long Island is steeped in history. In addition to its legacy as a cattle ranch, it served as…
Iowa Farmland Moves Up 13%
The Chicago Fed reports that farmland values rose 10% in the Seventh Federal Reserve District, which covers all of Iowa, the southern two-thirds of Wisconsin, the northern half of Illinois, the northern two-thirds of Indiana and the southern three-fourths of…
Land Report January 2011 Newsletter
2011 has shot out of the gate in a hurry. In the last 60 days, we’ve tracked in excess of $100 million in high-profile closings. (Remember 2009? As I recall the figure about this time two years ago was closer…
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Land Report Newsletter December 2010
As 2010 winds down, the upbeat tempo of the investment quality rural land market is apparent in the comments of dozens of brokers interviewed by The Magazine of the American Landowner. We’ve featured several of these insights in our December…
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For Sale: Texas’s Historic Rockpile Ranch
One of the most significant ranching legacies of the America West has come on the market for just the third time in over a century. McCoy Remme Ranches has listed the 55,374-acre Rockpile Ranch with King Land & Water LLC.…
Tagged with: Brian McCoy, Davis Mountains, Eric O'Keefe, George Reynolds, Geronimo Mountain, James King, Jeff Davis County, Kaare Reeme, King Land and Water, Rockpile, Rockpile Ranch, Sawtooth Mountain, Texas, Trans Pecos, W.D. Reynolds, X Ranch
Posted in Farmland, News Desk
Posted in Farmland, News Desk
Nolan Ryan Pitches the Perfect Investing Game
Cheap and close. Those are the two criteria you use when you’re looking to buy land and you make only $7,000 a year. At least those were the two Nolan Ryan used back in the 1960s when he began buying…
Tagged with: Angus, Beefmaster cattle, Black Angus, California Angels, Gonzales County, Houston Astros, New York Mets, Nolan Ryan, Red Angus, South Texas, Texas Rangers
Posted in Farmland
Posted in Farmland
Sold! The Bell Ranch
BY ERIC O’KEEFE On August 17, Liberty Media CEO John Malone bought the 290,100-acre Bell Ranch, an event that qualifies as the largest single ranch sale since Ted Turner bought Vermejo Park from Pennzoil in 1996. Price and terms on…
Tagged with: Albert Mitchell, Bates Sanders Swan, Bell Mountain, Bell Ranch, Bert Ancell, Bill Lane, Don Hofman, Eric O'Keefe, George Ellis, John Malone, La Cinta Creek, Mexico, Montoya Grant, New Mexico, New Mexico Territory, Pablo Montoya, Patrick Bates, Ranch Marketing Associates, RedBell, Ron Morris, Rusty Tinnin, San Miguel County, Ted Turner, William Lane II
Posted in Landmarks, Ranchland
Posted in Landmarks, Ranchland
Adults Only – The New Interior Department Reality Show
Update: In a report to Congress on September 24, the Department of the Interior confirmed that the controversial Royalty in Kind Program will be phased out this Thursday, September 30. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEM)…
Tagged with: BOEM, Chevron, Department of the Interior, Eric O'Keefe, Gary Williams Energy, Hess, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Michael Bromwich, RIK, RIV, Shell
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Resources, Timberland
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Resources, Timberland
Land Report Newsletter September 2010
Big deal! That’s the password for this issue of our monthly newsletter. Private investors as well as public companies are making the most of the current market conditions and have made major acquisitions this summer. Get the details on the…
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