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Land’s Best Friend: Perfect Pair

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Text and photography by LYNN DONALDSON Russell Gordy is my neighbor. Let me rephrase that. Russell Gordy’s 48,000-acre Double Arrow Ranch sits just outside Livingston, the Montana town where my family and I live. Russell is a Texan, a native…

Tagged with: Double Arrow Ranch, Gordy and Sons, Italian Spinone, land's best friend, Lynn Donaldson, Russell Gordy
Posted in Dogs, Feature, Land Report 100, Montana, Recreation, West

Westward Ho!

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Land Report Editors

As SHELTERING IN PLACE becomes more and more common, so too does the allure of living in the American West. By: Corinne Gaffner Garcia When COVID-19 began spreading around the world, it took a while for the gravity of the…

Tagged with: Bates Land Consortium, Beaverhead Outdoors, Bozeman, COVID, COVID-19, Jackson Hole Real Estate Associates, Live Water Properties, M4 Ranch Group, pandemic, Rocky Mountain
Posted in Colorado, Corinne Garcia, Feature, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, News Desk, Recreation, Residential Property, Utah, West, Wyoming

The Land Report Fall 2020

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Who wouldn’t want to check our annual Investing Issue with Stella on the cover? Go behind the scenes on some of the most successful landowners nationwide. What’s in it for you? A trove of cutting-edge insights as well as personal…

Tagged with: Bob Fanch, Dave Muth, Devil's Thumb Ranch, Home Track Farm, Leoncetti Cellar, Peoples Company, Ray Williams, Shawn Todd, Steve Bruere, Suzanne Fanch, Sweetwater Lake, Tabernash, The Conservation Fund, The Weedeaters, Todd Interests, Tom Williams, Williams Hudson Bay Farm
Posted in Back Issues, Colorado, Iowa, News Desk, Oregon, Pacific, South, Virginia, West

Trillion-Dollar Bet On American Farmland

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Land Report Editors

An aging demographic heralds a seismic shift in agricultural asset ownership. — Dan Charles For a glimpse of what could happen to a trillion dollars’ worth of American farmland, meet Ray Williams. He’s a lawyer-turned farmer, growing organic grain and…

Tagged with: absentee ownership, agricultural assets, Alternative Equity Advisors, Bob Moore, Bob's Red Mill, capital-intensive farming, farmland, institutional capital, Peoples Company, Steve Bruere, Williams Hudson Bay Farm
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Iowa, Midwest, Oregon, Pacific, Water

SOLD! The Envy of New England

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The Conservation Fund acquires CHADBOURNE TREE FARMS from a pioneering New England family. BY CARY ESTES PHOTOGRAPHY BY JERRY MONKMAN A premier swath of high-quality timberland in Western Maine that has been utilized as a working forest since the late…

Tagged with: Chadbourne Tree Farms, LandVest
Posted in Auctions, Cary Estes, Conservation, Feature, Maine, Northeast, Timber

Reduced! Eldon Stock Farm Now Offered at $55 Million

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Eldon Stock Farm is now being offered at $55 million cash, down from $75 million. This singular 7,100-acre landholding – only 75 miles from Washington, D.C. – offers tremendous conservation opportunities and even greater potential for strong investment returns. Painstakingly…

Tagged with: Eldon Stock Farm, Land Family
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Estates, Feature, Gustav Schmiege, News Desk, South, Virginia

Land Report Top Ten: Summer 2020

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Our new No. 6, WHITNEY PARK, showcases the timeless allure of New York’s breathtaking Adirondack Park. — The Editors 01. BREWSTER RANCHES | $319.2 MILLION This massive assemblage of 420,000 acres in the Big Bend country of Far West Texas…

Tagged with: Bernard Uechtritz, Chas S Middleton and Son, Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Real Estate, Compass Real Estate Los Angeles, Hall and Hall, Hood Real Estate, Icon Global, John Hendrickson, King Land & Water, LIV Sothebyâ€™s International Realty, Marylou Whitney, Mason & Morse Ranch Company, Sotheby's International Realty
Posted in Agriculture, California, Colorado, Conservation, Equestrian, Farming, Feature, Florida, Hunting, New York, Northeast, Oregon, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Texas, Utah, West

FOR SALE: Adirondack Landmark Whitney Park Listed for $180 Million

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Land Report Editors

William C. Whitney established the 36,000-acre Adirondack landmark in 1897. He paid $1.50 an acre for approximately 80,000 acres in and around the New York township of Long Lake. Socialite, philanthropist, and renowned Thoroughbred breeder Marylou Whitney inherited the estate…

Tagged with: Adirondack, John Hendrickson, Marylou Whitney, Whitney Park, William C. Whitney
Posted in Conservation, Estates, Feature, New York, News Desk, Northeast, Recreation, Timber

The Conservation Fund Acquires Colorado’s Sweetwater Lake

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Land Report Editors

The 488-acre purchase of one of Colorado’s largest natural lakes means the water and surrounding terrain will fall under federal protection thanks in part to the Great American Outdoors Act, which the Senate passed on June 17. Once approved by…

Tagged with: Conservation, Sweetwater Lake, The Conservation Fund, White River National Forest
Posted in Colorado, Conservation, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Public Land, Water, West

On the Block: Historic 1,115-Acre Woodside Farms in Virginia

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Land Report Editors

Originally part of a land grant from King George III, the prestigious 1,115-acre farm and ranch stretches across the verdant Shenandoah Valley. Sometimes referred to as Court Manor, the working cattle ranch boasts exterior and interior fencing along with a…