News Desk

NPR Highlights Estate Planning Workshops for Landowners

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Land Report Editors

All too often, when older farmers and ranchers retire, no one has been prepared to take their place. National Public Radio’s popular All Things Considered took a closer look at this unwelcome phenomenon as well as the steps the University…

Texas Land Markets: Panhandle and South Plains

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Eric OKeefe

At $1,089 per acre in 2017, land values in the northernmost reaches of the state have trended in and around the $1,100-per-acre range since 2012. Pictured Above: MESA VISTA RANCH Location: Roberts County Acres: 64,809 Price Tag: $250 million…

Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, News Desk, Southwest, Texas

The Land Report Spring 2018

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The Magazine of the American Landowner announces the 2017 Deals of the Year: Deal of the Year: Jack and Laura Dangermond’s $165 Million Donation Preserves Santa Barbara’s Bixby Ranch as the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve Ranchland Deal of the Year: Colorado’s…

SOLD! New Mexico’s Imus Ranch Sells to RFD-TV Founder

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Don Imus’s 3,400-acre cattle ranch in the Pecos River Valley east of Santa Fe has sold to RFD-TV founder Patrick Gottsch. The host of Imus in the Morning was employed by RFDTV from…

Tagged with: Don Imus, Imus Ranch, Patrick Gottsch, RFD-TV
Posted in Auctions, Cattle, Feature, New Mexico, News Desk, Southwest

Land Report Library: Marfa

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Land Report Editors

In her new book, Kathleen Shafer probes a Far West Texas phenomenon as improbable as the mysterious Marfa Lights. Text by Kelly McGee | Photography by Gustav Schmiege III Marfa is more than a trendy town. It has morphed from…

Tagged with: Far West Texas, Gustav Schmiege III, Kathleen Shafer, Kelly McGee, Marfa Lights
Posted in Feature, Gustav Schmiege, Southwest, Texas

Realtors Land Institute Announces APEX Award Winners

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Dan and Michael Murphy share honors as APEX 2017 Top National Producer at RLI’s National Land Conference last month in Nashville. On March 13, the Realtors Land Institute (RLI) recognized the best in the land business with the APEX Awards.…

Harvard Takes $1 Billion Writedown

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Businessweek reports that Harvard bet the farm in Brazil – and lost. The managers of the nation’s largest university endowment made a substantial investment in a sprawling agricultural development in Northeastern Brazil. According to one analyst, Harvard’s top money managers…

Tagged with: Brazil, endowment, Harvard, Investment, N.P. â€œNarvâ€ Narvekar
Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Massachusetts, News Desk, Northeast

SOLD! Manhattan Hedge Fund Acquires 11,000 Acres from Rayonier in Two Tranches for $39.8 Million

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Land Report Editors

First Coast Land and Timber has purchased more than 17 square miles of timberland in Northeast Florida from Rayonier, the nation’s third-largest timber REIT. The first tranche, which closed in December, totaled 4,000 acres, and the second tranche, which closed…

Tagged with: Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc., First Coast Land and Timber, hedge fund, Rayonier, REIT, Ruane, timberland
Posted in Feature, Florida, News Desk, South, Timber

Forest Service Adds Key Tract to Bridger-Teton National Forest

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The Trust for Public Land sold the 990-acre Upper Gros Ventre River Ranch to the USFS for $3 million. The previous owner, former Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl, donated the property to the trust. The ranch sits immediately north of the…

2018 Land Report Texas Issue

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Best guns are a passion of our cover subject, Land Report 100er Russell Gordy. Listen in as the native Houstonian tells the Magazine of the American Landowner the story of the world’s finest gun store, Gordy & Sons. Other great…