News Desk

Corn Belt Ag Values Edge Slightly Higher in 2017

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The Chicago Fed reports that a three-year slide in farmland values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District has come to an end. According to senior business economist David Oppedahl, an annual increase of 1 percent in nominal terms was recorded…

SOLD! Douglas County’s Sandstone Ranch

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Eric OKeefe

By Eric O’Keefe Ken Mirr of Mirr Ranch Group brokers $18.75 million transaction featuring “one of the most remarkable landscapes in the Front Range.” Almost a decade has passed since Sandstone Ranch first appeared on The Land Report’s radar screen.…

Land Report 2017 Gear Guide

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Journey to Woodlife Ranch in the beautiful Berkshires as our R&D brigade puts the latest must-haves through their paces. Product Reviews by Sue Mead Photography by Gustav Schmiege III Produced by Angela Caron GAME ON! That’s Mike Patten (above) behind…

Posted in Feature, Gustav Schmiege, News Desk, Recreation

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…

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,…

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…