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Major Players Move Wellington Equestrian Market
Fewer transactions involving much larger parcels lead to a 10 percent price per acre reduction in West Palm Beach County. The twelfth edition of Atlantic Western Realty Corporation’s biennial Wellington Land Report features an incisive look at the epicenter of…
Buying a Piece of Ground
Tom and Meredith Brokaw had no idea about the adventure they were about to undertake when they decided to buy a ranch in Montana in the late 1980s. “It was kind of a romantic idea that I had of buying…
Land Report 2016 Ranchland Deal of the Year: Osage Nation Buys Bluestem Ranch from Turner Enterprises
In June 2016, the Osage Nation acquired Oklahoma’s Bluestem Ranch from Turner Enterprises for $74 million. It was one of many steps the Osage have taken as they seek to reassemble tribal lands dispersed more than a century ago. The…
Tagged with: bison, Bluestem Ranch, Osage Nation, Ted Turner, Turner Enterprises, Turner Ranches
Posted in Farmland, News Desk
Posted in Farmland, News Desk
Land Report 2016 Timberland Deal of the Year: Forest Investment Associates and Molpus Woodlands Group Acquire 295,000 Acres from Hancock
Almost 500 square miles of former TimberStar lands in Arkansas and Texas were purchased by Forest Investment Associates and Molpus Woodlands Group from the Hancock Timber Resource Group. The 295,000-acre sale to the timberland investment management organizations (TIMOs) was announced…
Tagged with: Forest Investment Associates, Hancock Timber Resource Group, Molpus Woodlands Group
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Timberland
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Timberland
Land Report 2016 Agriculture Deal of the Year: Wilder Farms Acquisition by Farmland Partners
It’s not often that more than a dozen square miles of Illinois farmland come to market at one time, but that’s exactly what happened last December. The 46 tracts were spread out over two counties, just east of the Iowa…
Land Report 2016 Deal of the Year: Australia’s S. Kidman & Co.
Cattle King’s Empire Sells Founded in 1899, S. Kidman & Co grew to be larger than all of Ireland. Its sale became a national obsession for Australians of all walks. Text by Eric O’Keefe The ability of a bold soul…
Tagged with: Australia, Australian Outback Beef, Gina Rinehart, S Kidman and Co, Sidney Kidman, The Cattle King
Posted in Farmland, News Desk
Posted in Farmland, News Desk
Essentials: Serious Gear for Serious Work | The Reserve
Grand Entrance Texas tough meets Old World elegance as The Land Report team arrives at the Reserve’s 65,000-square-foot Main Lodge in a 2017 F-250 Lariat Super Duty. Built for the great wide open but finished with a host of extras,…
Pitching the Perfect Investment Plan
Major League Baseball’s all-time strikeout king began to buy ranchland in Gonzales County when he was making but $7,000 a year. For comparison’s sake, keep in mind that at the height of Roger Clemens’s career, the Rocket earned an estimated…
The Commish Takes Our Questions
Interview by Eric O’Keefe Original Photography by Gustav Schmiege III MUCH LIKE HIS NATIVE STATE, the 28th Commissioner of the General Land Office is an intriguing blend of tradition and innovation. He wears cowboy boots – and an iWatch. His…
Tagged with: Alamo, Alpine High Field, Eric O'Keefe, George P. Bush, Texas General Land Office
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Resources
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Resources
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