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Buying a Piece of Ground

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

Tom and Meredith Brokaw had no idea about the adventure they were about to undertake when they decided to buy a ranch in Montana in the late 1980s. “It was kind of a romantic idea that I had of buying…

Tagged with: Tom Brokaw
Posted in Conservation, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Interviews, Midwest, Montana, Recreation

Land Report 2016 Ranchland Deal of the Year: Osage Nation Buys Bluestem Ranch from Turner Enterprises

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

In June 2016, the Osage Nation acquired Oklahoma’s Bluestem Ranch from Turner Enterprises for $74 million. It was one of many steps the Osage have taken as they seek to reassemble tribal lands dispersed more than a century ago. The…

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

Land Report 2016 Timberland Deal of the Year: Forest Investment Associates and Molpus Woodlands Group Acquire 295,000 Acres from Hancock

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

Almost 500 square miles of former TimberStar lands in Arkansas and Texas were purchased by Forest Investment Associates and Molpus Woodlands Group from the Hancock Timber Resource Group. The 295,000-acre sale to the timberland investment management organizations (TIMOs) was announced…

Indiana, Wisconsin Bolster Corn Belt Land Values

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The American Farmer did it again in 2016: besting all-time records for corn and bean production. The increased volume almost compensated for falling commodity prices. Almost. – The Editors NATIONAL — TREND At 15.1 billion bushels, US corn production in…

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

Land Report 2016 Agriculture Deal of the Year: Wilder Farms Acquisition by Farmland Partners

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

It’s not often that more than a dozen square miles of Illinois farmland come to market at one time, but that’s exactly what happened last December. The 46 tracts were spread out over two counties, just east of the Iowa…

Tagged with: Farmland Partners, Paul Pittman, R.D. Schrader, Wilder Farms
Posted in Agriculture, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Illinois, Midwest

Horses to Ride, Cattle to Cut

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The San Antonio Viejo Ranch of Texas Text by Henry Chappell | Original Photography by Wyman Meinzer Given rain, the Wild Horse Desert will heal after drought and hard use by humans and livestock have left it battered and bare.…

Land Report 2016 Deal of the Year: Australia’s S. Kidman & Co.

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

Cattle King’s Empire Sells Founded in 1899, S. Kidman & Co grew to be larger than all of Ireland. Its sale became a national obsession for Australians of all walks. Text by Eric O’Keefe The ability of a bold soul…

Mixed Results from the Kansas City Fed

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Land Report Editors

The agricultural sector in the Tenth Federal Reserve District, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of Missouri and New Mexico, recently reported varied results for the first quarter of 2017. Although farm income continues to fall off,…

Sale of Australia’s S. Kidman & Co. Garners Deal of the Year Honors

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Other honorees from 2016 include Ranchland Deal of the Year, Agriculture Deal of the Year, and Timberland Deal of the Year. A remarkable series of landmark transactions takes center stage in the Spring 2017 issue of The Magazine of the…