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…
The Magazine of the American Landowner announces its much anticipated Deals of the Year. This year’s honorees include: Deal of the Year: S. Kidman & Co Sells to Australian Outback Beef Ranchland Deal of the Year: Osage Nation Buys Bluestem Ranch…
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…
AFM Land Sales Offers Spout Springs The 17,045-acre pine plantation has been managed by current ownership and the previous two owners for pine sawtimber production. Spout Springs has an estimated 1.1 million tons of merchantable pine and hardwood timber. Seventy-one…
RecLAND Realty www.recland.net (318) 281-4900 2014 Sales: < $50 Million Who: Authorities in hunting land, timberland, and farmland in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas. Wow: RecLAND finalized an endorsement partnership with Duck Commander and Buck Commander in December to become…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that wildfires burned a record 10,125,149 acres across the United States last year. The 2015 total eclipsed the previous record, which was set in 2006. Of last year’s blazes, more than 50 exceeded 50,000 acres,…
Tom Smith Land and Homes www.tomsmithland.com (601) 898-2772 2014 Sales: $50 – $100 Million Who: Authorities in recreational tracts, timber tracts, waterfowl properties, and farmland. Wow: Closed on Harry Connick Jr.’s property and the Double D Ranch, one of Mississippi’s…
Lile Real Estate www.lilerealestate.com (501) 374-3411 2014 Sales: $100 – $250 Million Who: Boutique land investment company specializing in ag, recreational, and timberland. Wow: Placement of the Prairie Wings Hunting Club in March along with the current listing of the…
The Department of Agriculture is projecting that 2015 will mark another down year for American farmers and ranchers with agricultural sector production projected to fall 9.2 percent to $427 billion. Contributing factors include increased global competition and a slowdown in…
Davis DuBose Knight Forestry & Real Estate www.forestryrealestate.com (888) 695-8733 2014 Sales: < $50 Million Who: Rural property, timberland, farmland, recreational properties, and pastureland experts. Wow: The sale of 3,077 acres of timberland in South Arkansas. Owned by three entities;…
