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Western Landowner Portrait: Sarah King, Anvil Ranch in Arizona

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Text by Lesli Allison | Photography by Sarah King, Heidi Crnkovic, and Ziemba Photographic Daily challenges have always been inherent to ranching in the West and there are no shortages of them in the Altar Valley, located south of Tucson…

On the Block: 23-Acre Red Lodge Creek Estate in Montana

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Land Report Editors

A 23-acre estate that includes a tributary of the Yellowstone River will be auctioned by Hall and Hall Auctions on August 30 at the property in Red Lodge, Montana. The acreage includes a 5,152-square-foot custom home that was built in…

SOLD! Colorado’s Grizzly Ranch Sells for $18.5 Million

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Land Report Editors

High country North Park livestock operation includes 8,686 deeded acres and 18,000 acres of BLM and State of Colorado leases. An assemblage of three mountain ranches with a carrying capacity of 1,500 cow-calf pairs or 5,000 yearlings sold for $18.5…

Looking Back at Bill Moore

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Eric OKeefe

As the 20th century came to a close, one of the iconic ranches of the American West – the Broken O – was in the midst of a renaissance. And the driving force was a retiree. OK – Bill Moore…

Vineyard Wind Selected to Create 800-Megawatt Offshore Farm

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Land Report Editors

A Danish-backed offshore wind farm has been awarded a contract to power 500,000 homes in Massachusetts. Called Vineyard Wind, the wind farm will be located off the southern coast of Martha’s Vineyard. Vineyard Wind, which is backed by Copenhagen Infrastructure…

Montana Water Court Rules on Abandonment

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Land Report Editors

In another major water rights decision, a Montana water court affirmed that Gene Klamert had not abandoned valuable water rights on Flatwillow Creek in Petroleum County. Upstream landowners Daniel Iverson, Dan Wilks, and Farris Wilks had appealed a 2017 ruling…

Tagged with: Dan Wilks, Farris Wilks, Flatwillow Creek, water rights
Posted in Feature, Montana, News Desk, Water, West

For Sale: 545-Acre Rockin JN Ranch

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Land Report Editors

For more than a decade, Jason Newsted and his family have retreated and recharged in Western Montana. Text by Eddie Lee Rider Jr. | Photography by Bill McDavid Most rock stars live life in the fast lane, burning through piles…

Increasing Percentage of Family-Owned Farms Are Not Family-Farmed

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Land Report Editors

According to the Department of Agriculture, 99 percent of all farms in the US are family-owned, not corporate farms. Yet because of demographic trends and costly barriers to entry, only 60 percent of farmland nationwide is actually farmed by those…

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, Missouri, News Desk, Ohio

Stable Farmland Values Trump Falling Commodity Prices

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Year-over-year farmland values in the Corn Belt are holding steady; however, in the most recent quarter, an uptick in Iowa and in Wisconsin pulled overall values in the Seventh District into positive territory for 2018. – The Editors NATIONAL —…

Posted in Agriculture, Equities, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Midwest, Missouri, News Desk, Ohio

Land Report 2017 Agriculture Deal of the Year: Central Valley Farmland

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Eric OKeefe

The nation’s largest publicly traded farmland real estate investment trust stayed true to its business model with a nine-figure acquisition in 2017. Denver-based Farmland Partners (FPI) paid Singapore’s Olam International Limited $110 million to acquire 5,100 acres of permanent crop…

Posted in Agriculture, California, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, News Desk, Pacific