News Desk

The Bull Breaks Loose: Land Transactions Finished on a Tear in 2017

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Record employment numbers. Equity markets at all-time highs. The largest overhaul of the tax code in decades. No wonder land transactions finished on a tear in 2017. Pick a market, any market. Almost all seem to be buzzing with activity,…

Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Taxes

President Trump Touts Tax Cuts, Revised Estate Tax to Farmers

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Land Report Editors

A friendly audience welcomed President Trump to Nashville on earlier this month as he addressed the American Farm Bureau Federation. One major reason: The administration’s $1.5 trillion tax cut, which the president signed into law in December. A major overhaul…

Tagged with: American Farm Bureau Federation, Donald Trump, Estate Tax, Farmers, President Trump, Tax Cuts
Posted in Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk

Crafting an Enduring Legacy

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Eric OKeefe

As an up-and-coming actor, Harrison Ford made ends meet as a self-taught carpenter, hustling to auditions and making a name for himself while completing projects for a slew of Hollywood heavy hitters, including Academy Award winner Francis Ford Coppola. (See…

Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Interviews, Residential Property, West, Wyoming

It’s Time to Sell My Ranch

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Land Report Editors

by T. Boone Pickens Growing up in Holdenville, Oklahoma, I once walked five miles from town down to the banks of the Canadian River — and back — to earn a Boy Scout merit badge. Today, some 80 years later,…

Tagged with: Boone Pickens, Chas. S. Middleton, Conservation, Hall and Hall, Mesa Vista Ranch, Oracle of Oil, quail, quail hunting, T. Boone Pickens, Texas Panhandle, water
Posted in Conservation, Dogs, Feature, Hunting, Interviews, News Desk, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas, Water

Chicago Fed Reports Minimal Change Over Last Year

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District saw a year-over-year decrease of 1 percent in the third quarter of 2017. The Midwest has not experienced a year-over-year decrease or increase in agricultural land values greater than 1 percent in…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, Corn Belt, farmland, land values, seventh federal reserve district
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, Missouri, News Desk, Ohio

Piecing A Classic Back Together

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

When five-time Academy Award winner Francis Ford Coppola first saw the Inglenook Estate in the Napa Valley, he immediately put in a bid to buy it. But he came up short. A year later, he tried a second time. And…

Tagged with: Francis Ford Coppola, Inglenook Estate, Napa Valley, The Wine Group
Posted in Agriculture, California, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Interviews, Pacific

The Land Report Top Ten: Fall 2017

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Cielo Vista Ranch and its amazing array of mountain peaks sold in August. – The Editors 1. NEW! Molokai Ranch (Hawaii): $260 million This 55,574-acre ranch ranks as one of the Aloha State’s largest and encompasses more than one-third of…

Tagged with: Bryan Pickens, Republic Ranches, Slifer Smith and Frampton
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Equestrian, Feature, Florida, Hawaii, Hunting, News Desk, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Texas, West

Farmland Values in the Corn Belt Swing to Positive

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Despite lower prices for corn and beans, ag land values in the all-important Seventh Federal Reserve District increased 1 percent. This gain was not only for the second quarter over the first quarter of 2017, but it also applied on…

Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, News Desk, Wisconsin

2017 Land Report 100

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Land Report Editors

America’s largest landowners continue to increase their holdings. That’s one of the many takeaways from the 2017 Land Report 100 sponsored by LandLeader. Liberty Media chairman John Malone retained the top spot as the nation’s largest landowner with 2.2 million…