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Land Report September 2013 Newsletter

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Land Report News Team

The 2013 Land Report 100 is upon us! At 12:01 a.m., tomorrow morning, we will debut the 2013 Land Report 100 Sponsored by Fay Ranches. Our annual survey of the nation’s leading landowners is chock full of new acquisitions, major moves,…

Land Report April 2013 Newsletter

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Land Report News Team

It’s amazing – the yarns that can be shared about certain tracts of real property. Our April Newsletter takes a closer at several standout stories, including one that I am quite confident is destined to end up before the Supreme Court…

Sold! Fortress Cliffs Ranch

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Land Report News Team

MARCH 29, 2012 POST: Texas Parks & Wildlife voted to sell 2,014 acres of the Fortress Cliffs Ranch adjoining Palo Duro Canyon State Park to Sooter Ranch of Perryton for $2.4 million. The acreage is under a conservation easement held by…

T. Boone Pickens: Good Stewardship, Good Business, Good Neighbors

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Land Report News Team

The value of Texas ranches has increased greatly as a result of recreational activity, and Boone was among the first to recognize this potential for landowners in the northern parts of Texas. In fact, Pickens has bought a number of…

Tagged with: Conservation, Mesa Vista Ranch, T. Boone Pickens, Texas, wildlife
Posted in Landowners, News Desk

Land Report Top Ten: November 2011

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Land Report News Team

From Hawaii to the Lone Star State, here are America’s priciest properties, led by $175 million Jackson Land and Cattle Ranch, pictured here, which is listed by Hall and Hall. 1. Jackson Land and Cattle: $175 million These 1,750 acres…

Sold! Texas’s Camp Cooley Ranch

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Land Report News Team

SEPTEMBER 6 UPDATE: Camp Cooley Ranch sold at auction for $28.5 million to Circle X Land and Cattle Company August 4. Twenty-two qualified bidders, along with their families, attorneys, lenders, and consultants, attended the auction, which was held at the Robertson…

For Sale: Canadian River Ranch

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Land Report News Team

Anyone familiar with the history of the American West knows the legend and lore that surrounds the historic XIT Ranch, whose 3 million acres encompassed the bulk of the western edge of the Texas Panhandle. The Canadian River Ranch covers…

Tagged with: Canadian River Ranch, Oldham County, Sam Middleton, Texas, XIT Ranch
Posted in News Desk, Ranchland

For Sale: Texas’s Beck Ranch

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Land Report News Team

This diverse Texas Panhandle ranch has been owned by the same family for 75 years and consists of 33,871 contiguous deeded acres. The Beck Ranch is a proven cow-calf or stocker operation with considerable irrigation development potential. Some 45 sections…

Tagged with: Beck Ranch, Clift Land Brokers, CRP, Hartley County, Texas
Posted in News Desk

Market Watch: Chesapeake Sells $2.16B Eagle Ford Stake

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Land Report News Team

The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has purchased a 33.3% undivided interest in Chesapeake Energy’s 600,000 net oil and natural gas leasehold acres in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. The deal was CNOOC’s first to close in the…

Tagged with: Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake, Chesapeake Energy, CNOOC, Eagle, Eagle Ford Shale, Land Report 100, Texas
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Resources

For Sale: Texas’s Historic Rockpile Ranch

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Land Report News Team

One of the most significant ranching legacies of the America West has come on the market for just the third time in over a century. McCoy Remme Ranches has listed the 55,374-acre Rockpile Ranch with King Land & Water. The…