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The Land Report Top Ten: Summer 2017

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The Centennial State boasts four of the nation’s top ten listings, each for $100 million or more. – The Editors 1. Sandow Lakes Ranch (Texas): $250 million This 33,777-acre acre Central Texas sanctuary is being sold by Alcoa. Bernard Uechtritz…

Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Equestrian, Feature, Florida, Hunting, Massachusetts, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Texas, West

Land Report September 2017 Newsletter

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Land Report Editors

TED TURNER HONORED AS 2017 LEGACY LANDOWNER. The Magazine of the American Landowner singles out the iconic steward of 2-plus million acres in the US and Argentina with the cover story of the summer issue. Other great reads include: Molokai…

Tagged with: Bayer AG, citrus greening, Cross Mountain Ranch, Eric O'Keefe, John Malone, Ken Mirr, Kenedy Memorial Foundation, LandVest, Lanse Robb, Mirr Ranch Group, Molokai Ranch, North Shore, Steamboat Springs, Sylvia Whitmore, T. Boone Pickens, Ted Turner, Tom Brokaw, Tres Hermanos Ranch, Turner Ranches
Posted in California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, Pacific, South, West

Charlotte’s Web Farm on Market for First Time in 30 Years

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Yankee Magazine reports that E.B. White’s 44-acre saltwater farm on the Maine coast has been listed for $3.7 million by Martha Dischinger at Downeast Properties. E.B. and Katharine White bought the farm, which sits on a small inlet off Blue…

Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Maine, Northeast, Residential Property

Cropland Values Hold Steady at $4,090 Per Acre Nationwide

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service announced that from 2016 to 2017, US cropland values remained constant at $4,090 per acre. Top gainers included Texas and Oklahoma, which saw increases of 6.3 and 6.1 percent, respectively. Kansas cropland…

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, South, Southwest, West

The Land Report Top Ten: Spring 2017

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Big ranches, big resources, and big views dominate the nation’s leading listings. – The Editors 1. Sandow Lakes Ranch (Texas): $250 million This 33,777-acre acre Central Texas property is being sold by Alcoa. Bernard Uechtritz of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International…

Posted in California, Colorado, Feature, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, Northeast, Pacific, South, Southwest, Texas, West

Trump Orders Review of National Monuments Over Last Two Decades

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Secretary of Interior to vet designations since 1996. President Donald Trump directed Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to review national monuments greater than 100,000 acres created by the Antiquities Act since January 1, 1996. The Antiquities Act Executive Order,…

Tagged with: Antiquities Act, Interior Department, national monuments, President Donald Trump, Ryan Zinke
Posted in Feature, Federal Policy, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, South, Southwest, West

SOLD! Dartmouth College Sells Scenic Farm for $1.84 Million

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The Ivy League institution sold New Hampshire’s Hudson Farm to The Trust for Public Land, which immediately deeded the 175-acre tract to the National Park Service as an addition to the Appalachian Trail. A mixture of forest, fields, and wetlands,…

Tagged with: Dartmouth College, Hudson Farm, National Park Service, The Trust for Public Land
Posted in Conservation, Feature, New Hampshire, News Desk, Northeast

1031 Exchanges Endangered

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

Congress considers eliminating key landowner tax tool. Text by Eric O’Keefe | Photography by Jason Walsmith Grover Norquist is bullish on the prospects for passage of tax reform legislation this year. However, the founder and president of Americans for Tax…

Tagged with: 1031 exchanges, Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist, IRS, land, tax, tax reform
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, News Desk, Northeast, Pacific, South, Southwest, States, Taxes, West

1031 Exchanges Endangered

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Congress considers eliminating key landowner tax tool. Grover Norquist is bullish on the prospects for passage of tax reform legislation this year. However, the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform is sounding an alarm on the potential repeal…

Tagged with: 1031 exchanges, Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist, IRS, land, tax, tax reform
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Behold An Enchanted Forest

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

A Maine entrepreneur’s extraordinary generosity spurs the creation of a North Woods gem. Burt’s Bees cofounder Roxanne Quimby just put a big X on her bucket list. She gave away 87,654 acres – to the Department of the Interior. The…