Grant Gannon

On the Block: 170 Acres in Marion County, Illinois

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Land Report Editors

Update: The complete tract of land went unsold during the brief auction. The first tract at 50 acres was passed on at $120,000, the second tract at 40 acres was unsold at $96,000, and the third tract at 80 acres…

Tagged with: auction, CRP, hunting, Illinois
Posted in Auctions, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Grant Gannon, Hunting, Midwest, Recreation

Tour the Flying D With Ted Turner

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Land Report Editors

Want an opportunity to meet the top gun on The Land Report 100 on one of his many ranches? Now you can, thanks to a Montana fundraiser. Tickets to tour Ted Turner’s 119,000-acre Flying D Ranch are still available, and…

For Sale: 30-Acre Napa Valley Vineyard

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Land Report Editors

Tired of some sommelier always offering overpriced vino? Think you could churn out a choice wine using your own grapes? Then what’s stopping you? This 30-acre Napa Valley vineyard is all about the dirt . Jocelyne Monello of Heritage Sotheby’s…

Texas Senate Tackles Eminent Domain

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Land Report Editors

Four years after the Supreme Court handed down Kelo vs. New London, eminent domain reform continues. Earlier this month, the Texas Senate passed an amendment that would make it harder for the government to seize land from private landowners via…

Largest Drop in Rural Land Prices? The Ukraine!

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Land Report Editors

According to this ABC Australia report, land values around the world are plummeting. The hardest hit country? The Ukraine. The value of rural land in the Ukraine has plummeted a staggering 75 percent. The Australian news report indicates that the…

Tagged with: credit crisis, global recession, Grant Gannon, land values, Ukraine
Posted in Cattle, Developers, Farming, Feature, Grant Gannon, International

For Sale: Lance Armstrong’s Texas Ranch

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Land Report Editors

Apparently retirement was just too boring for Lance Armstrong. The seven-time Tour de France winner ended his hiatus from cycling earlier this year and is currently in training for a shot at his eighth Tour title later this year. (Although…