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Land Report November 2018 Newsletter

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Our Investing Issue takes center stage in our November newsletter, which also includes Election Night results affecting landowners as well as major transactions: Colorado voters give a thumbs down to more extensive drilling setbacks. Voters in Park City, Utah, green-light…

Tagged with: Colorado, Garrett Zoller, Ken Mirr, Oregon, Park City, Proposition 112, Robb Nelson, Tiller, Utah
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Federal Policy, Hunting, Minerals, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Water, West

Land Report October 2018 Newsletter

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Tom Brokaw’s West Boulder Ranch and the Old Steen Place, an adjacent portion of the Burnt Leather Ranch, were sold to a single buyer by Fay Ranches on September 28. The combination of the two Montana holdings creates a 4,751-acre…

Tagged with: Bakken Shale, Burnt Leather Ranch, Charles Wyly, Concierge Auctions, Endangered Species Act, ESA, Monadnock Conservancy, Old Steen Place, Permian Basin, Sam Wyly, Supreme Court, Tom Brokaw, US Fish and Wildlife, West Boulder River
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, California, Energy, Farming, Federal Policy, Hunting, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, News Desk, Newsletter, North Dakota, Northeast, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Texas, West

Land Report September 2018 Newsletter

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates paid $171 million in August to acquire 14,500 acres of farmland owned by John Hancock Life Insurance Company in one of the most coveted agricultural regions of Washington. The lofty purchase price eclipsed April’s $136 million…

Tagged with: Alan Busacca, Bayer, Bill Gates, CatchMark, Columbia River, Cottonwood Ag, Dubai, El Maximo Ranch, glyphosate, hemp, Hortenstine Ranch Company, Luminant, Monsanto
Posted in Agriculture, California, Farming, News Desk, Newsletter, Oregon, Pacific, South, Southwest, Timber, Washington

Land Report August 2018 Newsletter

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

US farmland takes top billing in our August newsletter as the Department of Agriculture reports in its annual survey that farmland values, including land and structures, moved up for the ninth year in a row and for the thirteenth year…

Tagged with: BLM, David Bernhardt, Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Knorr Ranch, NASS, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Ren Martyn, Ryan Zinke, Summit County, The Colorado Cattlemenâ€™s Agricultural Land Trust
Posted in Newsletter

Land Report July 2018 Newsletter

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The robust US economy means plenty of transactions to report in our July newsletter, including: Colorado’s Grizzly Ranch sells for $18.5 million Red Lodge Creek Estate goes to auction on August 30 A 157-acre mountaintop in Beverly Hills lists for $1…

Tagged with: Aaron Kirman, Beverly Hills, BHP, BP, Cross Mountain Ranch, Grizzly Ranch, Hall and Hall Auctions, Harrigan Land Company, Ken Mirr, Napa County, Osterhouse Ranch, Pacific Union, Pfister Land Company, Red Lodge Creek Estate, Ren Martyn, Rob Pfister, shale, Williamson Act
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, California, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Developers, Farming, Hunting, Minerals, Montana, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, Taxes, Texas, Water, West

Land Report June 2018 Newsletter

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

In our June newsletter, the long arm of the law takes center stage: The Supreme Court hands Florida a win over Georgia in a water dispute In Texas, private land seizures have begun as the administration builds its border wall…

Tagged with: biomass, eminent domain, EPA, Scott Pruitt, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, timberland, water court
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Energy, Farming, Federal Policy, International, Midwest, Minerals, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, Taxes, Timber, Water, West

Land Report May 2018 Newsletter

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

A round of applause for the 2017 Deals of the Year: Colorado’s Cielo Vista Ranch, 2017 Ranchland Deal of the Year; South Carolina’s St. Phillips Island, 2017 Conservation Deal of the Year; California Central Valley Farmland, 2017 Agriculture Deal of…

Tagged with: Bixby Ranch, Cielo Vista Ranch, Cojo Ranch, Culebra Peak, Dave Palmerlee, Eagle Creek Fire, Esri, Farmland Partners, Hall and Hall Auctions, Hood County, Hunting Island State Park, Jalama Ranch, Jeff Hubbard, Mirr Ranch Group, Olam International, Pat Lancaster, Peoples Company, St. Phillips Island, Ted Turner, The Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, William Harrison
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Bankruptcy, California, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Developers, Farming, Hunting, Newsletter, Recreation, Residential Property, South Carolina, South Dakota, Timber, Water

Land Report April 2018 Newsletter

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Overachievers, led by Dan and Michael Murphy of Colorado’s M4 Ranch Group, were honored at the Realtors Land Institute’s Apex Awards in Nashville on March 13. The Murphys took top honors as APEX 2017 Top National Producer. Get the lowdown…