Investing

Pitching the Perfect Investment Plan

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Eric OKeefe

Major League Baseball’s all-time strikeout king began to buy ranchland in Gonzales County when he was making but $7,000 a year. For comparison’s sake, keep in mind that at the height of Roger Clemens’s career, the Rocket earned an estimated…

Tagged with: Investing, Major League Baseball, Mets, Nolan Ryan
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Interviews, Southwest, Texas

Land Report Exclusive: Chris Soules, America’s Most Famous Farmer Is on a Mission

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Land Report Editors

America’s most famous farmer is on a mission to educate his fellow Americans about this country’s greatest asset, farmland. In this Land Report exclusive, he describes his quest. Text by Chris Soules Photography by Jason Walsmith & Joseph Leaming If…

Tagged with: ag, Chris Soules, farmland, Investing, Peoples Company
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Interviews, Iowa

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…

Mixed Signals on Midwest Farmland

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Land Report Editors

Seventh Federal Reserve District Sees 2-Percent Drop in 3Q By the close of the third quarter, farmland values in Indiana and Michigan had moved up, those in Illinois and Iowa had dropped, and Wisconsin’s values stayed the same. That’s the…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, cropland prices, Investing
Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Midwest, News Desk, Ohio

Spotlight: North America Timberland Investment Summit

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Land Report Editors

If you own timberland or are considering investing in this asset, then be sure to pencil in June 22-24 on your calendar. Those are the dates of the 9th Annual North American Timberland Investment Summit, which will be held this…

Tagged with: Investing, investing in land, IQPC Timberland Investment Summit, REIT, timber REIT, timberland
Posted in Feature, News Desk