By ERIC O’KEEFE The co-founder of Microsoft and his wife rank as America’s largest private farmland owners. Call it a hunch, but the story did not jibe. I scanned the headline for the umpteenth time and then read and reread…
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Bill Gates: America’s Top Farmland Owner
Tagged with: Bill Gates, Cascade Investment, Eric O'Keefe, Land Report 100, Melinda Gates, Microsoft
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Land Report 100
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Feature, Land Report 100
Water Futures Start Trading Amid Growing Fears of Scarcity
Futures linked to the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index began trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in early December, representing a whole new way to buy water. Amid concerns about climate change and resource scarcity in a state that uses…
Posted in Agriculture, California, Cattle, Equities, Farming, Feature, News Desk, Newsletter, Pacific, Water
Land Report Top Ten: Fall 2020
The storied FOUR SIXES RANCH has 119 pastures ranging in size from a few hundred acres to more than 15,000. — The Editors 01. FOUR SIXES RANCH | $341 MILLION [NEW] Comprised of three divisions totaling more than 266,000 acres…
Tagged with: Bernard Uechtritz, Chas S Middleton and Son, Coldwell Banker Mason Morse Real Estate, Icon Global, King Land and Water, LIV Sotheby’s International Realty, Sotheby's International Realty
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Equestrian, Florida, Hunting, Minerals, New York, News Desk, Northeast, Oregon, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Texas, Water, West
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Equestrian, Florida, Hunting, Minerals, New York, News Desk, Northeast, Oregon, Pacific, Recreation, Residential Property, South, Southwest, Texas, Water, West
FOR SALE: Prestigious Matador Ranch Listed for $124.45 Million
With a price tag of $124.45 million, the 131,000-acre property sprawls about 75 miles northeast of Lubbock and ranks as one of the most historic and prestigious ranches in the Lone Star State. In 1952, Fred Koch bought the Headquarters…
Tagged with: Black Baldy, Fred Koch, hereford cattle, Matador Ranch, Sam Middleton
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Hunting, News Desk, Southwest, Texas
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Hunting, News Desk, Southwest, Texas
Historic Ditmars Ranch Preserved
A multi-player conservation deal in Colorado resulted in the purchase of Ditmars Ranch, a 1,500-acre tract at the south edge of Castle Rock. Douglas County and the nonprofit Conservation Fund each ponied up $1 million for the sale of the…
Land Report October 2020 Newsletter
A $43 million sale and a key acquisition for Floridians, and another high-profile transaction for Dean Saunders — that’s the lead story of our October newsletter. The Florida broker listed the Bluffs of St. Teresa more than five years ago,…
Tagged with: Bluffs of St. Teresa, Cargill, Dean Saunders, Ditmars Ranch, Matador Ranch, RiverStone Ranch, Sam Middleton
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Farming, Florida, Newsletter, Recreation, South Dakota, Texas, Timber, Virginia, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Cattle, Colorado, Conservation, Farming, Florida, Newsletter, Recreation, South Dakota, Texas, Timber, Virginia, Water
Reduced! Eldon Stock Farm Now Offered at $55 Million
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
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Conservation, Estates, Feature, Gustav Schmiege, News Desk, South, Virginia
On the Block: Historic 1,115-Acre Woodside Farms in Virginia
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…
Tagged with: Cottonwood Commercial and Cottonwood Auctions, Court Manor, Hall and Hall, King George III, Shenandoah Valley, Woodside Farms
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, News Desk, South, Virginia
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Farming, Feature, News Desk, South, Virginia
Land Report 2019 Ranchland Deal of the Year: Bixby Ranch in Wyoming
An Iconic Wyoming Ranch Changes Hands for Just Second Time By Corinne Gaffner Garcia When Wyoming’s historic Bixby Ranch sold in December, the significance of the transaction ran much deeper than the facts listed in Hall and Hall’s marketing brochure.…
O’Connor Family: 2019 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Hayden Outdoors Real Estate
O’Connor Family | No. 16 587,800 ACRES The O’CONNOR RANCH encompasses portions of Goliad, Refugio, and Victoria counties in Texas’s Coastal Bend. Founded by Irish immigrant Thomas O’Connor (1817-1887), the County Wexford native owned approximately 100,000 head of cattle and…
Tagged with: acreage, Goliad County, Hayden Outdoors Real Estate, land, O'Connor Ranch Heirs, oil, Refugio County, Texas, Victoria County
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Southwest, Texas, Water
Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Feature, Land Report 100, Minerals, Southwest, Texas, Water
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