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Land Report August 2019 Newsletter

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Land Report Editors

A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about serious money, right? I’m referring to the colossal implosion of the Mountain of Beverly Hills, the 157-acre, $1 billion listing in the 90210 zip code that sold at auction…

Posted in Agriculture, Arizona, Auctions, Bankruptcy, California, Cattle, Developers, Midwest, Nevada, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Southwest, Water, West

Low Prices Plague Wisconsin Farmers

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Land Report Editors

For the third year in a row, the Badger State boasted the unenviable distinction of leading the nation in farm bankruptcies in 2018. Wisconsin’s 47 Chapter 12 bankruptcies easily outpaced Nebraska’s 31. Low milk prices were just one culprit. “The…

Tagged with: Badger State, Bankruptcy
Posted in Agriculture, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Great Lakes, News Desk, Wisconsin

Court Approves Sale of West Texas Ranch at $1,007 per Deeded Acre

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Judge Mark Mullin of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas approved the sale of the KC7 Ranch to Paul Foster of El Paso for $32.5 million. The 37,847-acre property, which sits 190 miles east of El…

Tagged with: Briggs Freeman Sothebyâ€™s International Real Estate, KC7 Ranch, Paul Foster, West Texas
Posted in Bankruptcy, Feature, Minerals, News Desk, Residential Property, Southwest, Texas, Water

Big Empty

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Land Report Editors

Two dubious GET-RICH-QUICK INVESTMENTS – one that involved more than 17,000 acres outside of Boise and another that included more than 2,000 acres near Denver – ended up costing the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System close to $100 million.…

Tagged with: Boise, CDK Realty Advisors, Dallas Police & Fire Pension System, Denver, Investment, Kelly Gottschalk, Richard Tettamant, Steve Thompson
Posted in Bankruptcy, Colorado, Developers, Feature, Idaho, News Desk, Public Land, West

SOLD! Grizzly Ranch Sells for $18.5 Million

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Eric OKeefe

Over-the-top Colorado Showplace salvaged out of bankruptcy. One would be hard pressed to put a value on the long list of improvements found on Colorado’s Grizzly Ranch. For starters, the 26,686-acre ranch boasts six residences, 33 livestock sheds, and steel-welded…

Tagged with: Bankruptcy, Grizzly Ranch, Pfister Land Company, Rob Pfister, sold
Posted in Agriculture, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Colorado, Equestrian, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Residential Property, Water, West

The Land Report Rockies 2018

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Celebrate the Western Landowner with our 2018 Rockies issue! Landowner Roundup: Daunting obstacles and collaborative solutions are the hallmarks of these four ranching operations. Lesli Allison reports from Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada. Yellowstone Club: Join Corinne Garcia for a…

Tagged with: corporate tax rate, Hunter S. Thompson, income, John Oates, Ken Mirr, Lesli Allison, Western Landowners Alliance, Yellowstone Club
Posted in Agriculture, Arizona, Auctions, Back Issues, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Developers, Energy, Farming, Federal Policy, Hunting, Idaho, Minerals, Montana, Nevada, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Southwest, West, Wyoming

Land Report May 2018 Newsletter

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

A round of applause for the 2017 Deals of the Year: Colorado’s Cielo Vista Ranch, 2017 Ranchland Deal of the Year; South Carolina’s St. Phillips Island, 2017 Conservation Deal of the Year; California Central Valley Farmland, 2017 Agriculture Deal of…

Tagged with: Bixby Ranch, Cielo Vista Ranch, Cojo Ranch, Culebra Peak, Dave Palmerlee, Eagle Creek Fire, Esri, Farmland Partners, Hall and Hall Auctions, Hood County, Hunting Island State Park, Jalama Ranch, Jeff Hubbard, Mirr Ranch Group, Olam International, Pat Lancaster, Peoples Company, St. Phillips Island, Ted Turner, The Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, William Harrison
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Bankruptcy, California, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Developers, Farming, Hunting, Newsletter, Recreation, Residential Property, South Carolina, South Dakota, Timber, Water

Land Report July 2017 Newsletter

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Land Report Editors

This month’s page-one story? The EPA has determined that there was no misconduct involved in 2015’s Gold King Mine spill. This news comes on the heels of the announcement by the agency that it was not legally able to pay…

Tagged with: Army Corps of Engineers, Big Sky, Concierge Auctions, EPA, Gold King Mine, Hall and Hall Auctions, John Duarte, Ken Salazar, M4 Ranch Group, National Auctioneers Association, Navajo Nation, Pacific Legal Foundation, Paul Clement, Ranch Marketing Associates, Scott Shuman, Seth Waxman, Wind River Indian Reservation
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Bankruptcy, California, Colorado, Conservation, Developers, Farming, Federal Policy, Montana, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, West, Wyoming

Guaranteed Loan Programs Find Favor

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Land Report Editors

Ag lenders are reducing exposure to lending risks by requiring more farm real estate as collateral for large, non-real estate farm loans. –The Editors Using responses from 213 banks, economists with the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank presented a survey…

Tagged with: ag, farm loans, Investing, lending, loan programs, real estate
Posted in Agriculture, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Colorado, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Great Plains, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Southwest, West, Wyoming

Land Report February 2016 Newsletter

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Land Report Editors

Thanks to his acquisition of Texas’s Waggoner Ranch, Stan Kroenke vaulted from No. 9 on the Land Report 100 to No. 5 earlier this month. Read more about this historic sale in our February newsletter, and learn about: A Napa estate…