R.D. Schrader

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 Farmland

The Land Report Spring 2017

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Land Report Editors

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…

Tagged with: Bluestem Ranch, Deals of the Year, Farmland Partners, Forest Investment Associates, Hancock Timber Resource Group, Molpus Woodlands Group, Osage Nation, Paul Pittman, R.D. Schrader, S. Kidman, Schrader Auction Company, Ted Turner, Tom Brokaw, Wilder Farms
Posted in Back Issues, News Desk, Resources, Timberland

Farmland Partners Acquires 8,638 Acres of Illinois Farmland at Auction for $55 Million

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Land Report Editors

River bottomland goes for $6,400-plus per acre. Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI) has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire 8,638 acres of row crop farms in Illinois for $55.3 million in cash. The Denver-based REIT will fund the transaction with…

Tagged with: Farmland Partners, Paul Pittman, R.D. Schrader, Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company
Posted in Farmland

Land Report December 2016 Newsletter

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Land Report Editors

The New Year is knocking on the door, but that hasn’t slowed the pace of transactions in the last month of 2016, including: The acquisition of 8,638 acres of Illinois bottom land by Farmland Partners Inc. for $55 million. The…

Tagged with: Bill Foley, Farmland Partners, Grand Teton National Park, Illinois, Jon Kohler and Associates, Land Investment Expo, Montana, Paul Pittman, Peoples Company, R.D. Schrader, Sally Jewell, Schrader Auction Company, Steve Bruere, Walter Hatchett, Whitefish Lake, Wyoming, Wyoming School Trust Land
Posted in News Desk, Newsletter

Sold! $50 Million of Recreational Land at Midwest Auction

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

These days investing in the stock market is not for the faint of heart, and in markets from coast to coast thousands of developer-owned condos now sit vacant. But when it comes to land, there’s no shortage of motivated buyers. That’s the takeaway…