At $1,089 per acre in 2017, land values in the northernmost reaches of the state have trended in and around the $1,100-per-acre range since 2012. Pictured Above: MESA VISTA RANCH Location: Roberts County Acres: 64,809 Price Tag: $250 million…
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The Scharbauer Family
In our inaugural Land Report 100 (right), Midland’s Scharbauers ranked No. 78 with 113,532 acres. It was the highest the family would ever rank on our list. The reason, of course, had nothing to do with the prominent West Texans.…
Tagged with: Alysheba, Scharbauer Family, West Texas
Posted in Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Equestrian, Feature, Land Report 100, Southwest, Texas
The Land Report Spring 2018
The Magazine of the American Landowner announces the 2017 Deals of the Year: Deal of the Year: Jack and Laura Dangermond’s $165 Million Donation Preserves Santa Barbara’s Bixby Ranch as the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve Ranchland Deal of the Year: Colorado’s…
Tagged with: Aubrie Kobernus, Bill McDavid, Dave Palmerlee, Eric O'Keefe, Farmland Partners, Hall and Hall, Jack and Laura Dangermond, Jason Newsted, Jeff Hubbard, Mirr Ranch Group, Pat Lancaster, Paul Pittman, State of South Carolina, Ted Turner, The Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve
Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Developers, Farming, Federal Policy, Hunting, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, West
Posted in Agriculture, Back Issues, Developers, Farming, Federal Policy, Hunting, News Desk, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, West
SOLD! New Mexico’s Imus Ranch Sells to RFD-TV Founder
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Don Imus’s 3,400-acre cattle ranch in the Pecos River Valley east of Santa Fe has sold to RFD-TV founder Patrick Gottsch. The host of Imus in the Morning was employed by RFDTV from…
Tagged with: Don Imus, Imus Ranch, Patrick Gottsch, RFD-TV
Posted in Auctions, Cattle, Feature, New Mexico, News Desk, Southwest
Posted in Auctions, Cattle, Feature, New Mexico, News Desk, Southwest
Washington Governor to Decide Fate of Solar Farm
Jeff and Jackie Brunson have grown alfalfa, Timothy hay, and other crops on their Central Washington farm in Kittitas County. They want to expand their farming operation to include a solar power lease to Seattle-based Tuusso Energy, and Gov. Jay…
Tagged with: Brunson, Jay Inslee, Kittitas County, solar, solar farm, Tuusso Energy
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Farming, Feature, Pacific, Washington
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Farming, Feature, Pacific, Washington
Neighbors Awarded Millions in Hog Farm Nuisance Case
The Chinese owners of Smithfield Foods are on the hook for $50 million, thanks to a federal court in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ten neighbors filed suit arguing, that the waste treatment methods of the world’s largest pork producer were not…
Tagged with: environment, hog farm, Property rights, Smithfield Foods
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, North Carolina, South, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, North Carolina, South, Water
Land Report Library: Marfa
In her new book, Kathleen Shafer probes a Far West Texas phenomenon as improbable as the mysterious Marfa Lights. Text by Kelly McGee | Photography by Gustav Schmiege III Marfa is more than a trendy town. It has morphed from…
Tagged with: Far West Texas, Gustav Schmiege III, Kathleen Shafer, Kelly McGee, Marfa Lights
Posted in Feature, Gustav Schmiege, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Feature, Gustav Schmiege, Southwest, Texas
Realtors Land Institute Announces APEX Award Winners
Dan and Michael Murphy share honors as APEX 2017 Top National Producer at RLI’s National Land Conference last month in Nashville. On March 13, the Realtors Land Institute (RLI) recognized the best in the land business with the APEX Awards.…
Tagged with: APEX Awards, Dan Murphy, M4 Ranch Group, Michael Murphy, National Land Conference, REALTORS' Land Institute
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cattle, Equestrian, Farming, Feature, Hunting, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Tennessee
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cattle, Equestrian, Farming, Feature, Hunting, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Tennessee
Harvard Takes $1 Billion Writedown
Businessweek reports that Harvard bet the farm in Brazil – and lost. The managers of the nation’s largest university endowment made a substantial investment in a sprawling agricultural development in Northeastern Brazil. According to one analyst, Harvard’s top money managers…
Tagged with: Brazil, endowment, Harvard, Investment, N.P. “Narv†Narvekar
Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Massachusetts, News Desk, Northeast
Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Massachusetts, News Desk, Northeast
SOLD! Manhattan Hedge Fund Acquires 11,000 Acres from Rayonier in Two Tranches for $39.8 Million
First Coast Land and Timber has purchased more than 17 square miles of timberland in Northeast Florida from Rayonier, the nation’s third-largest timber REIT. The first tranche, which closed in December, totaled 4,000 acres, and the second tranche, which closed…
Tagged with: Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc., First Coast Land and Timber, hedge fund, Rayonier, REIT, Ruane, timberland
Posted in Feature, Florida, News Desk, South, Timber
Posted in Feature, Florida, News Desk, South, Timber
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