Texas

For Sale: Texas’s Beck Ranch

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Land Report Editors

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 Cattle, Feature, Minerals, News Desk, Recreation, Regional News, Southwest

For Sale: Texas’s Jubilee Ranch

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Land Report Editors

In addition to its many improvements, this Bosque County ranch is a short drive to Dallas (2 hours), Fort Worth (90 minutes), and Austin (two hours). Numerous structures can be found on its 1,045 acres, including a custom 6,500-square-foot main house,…

Market Watch: Chesapeake Sells $2.16B Eagle Ford Stake

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Land Report Editors

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…

For Sale: Texas’s Historic Rockpile Ranch

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Eric OKeefe

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 LLC.…

Amazon.com Founder Bezos Shoots for the Stars

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Land Report Editors

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, whose 290,000 acres ranks No. 27 on the 2010 Land Report 100, was inspired by the wide open West Texas skies he remembered from boyhood summers on his grandfather’s ranch. About seven years ago, he began…

Tagged with: Amazon.com, Blue Origin, Corn Ranch, Culberson County, Jeff Bezos, Texas
Posted in Feature

Texas Land Values Drop Just 7% in 2009

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Eric OKeefe

The Texas land market saw bargain hunters staring down unmotivated sellers throughout 2009. The end result, according to Charles Gilliland and Abhijeet Gunadekar at the Texas Real Estate Center, was a dearth of property sales of more than $1 million…

Tagged with: Texas, Texas A&M Real Estate Center
Posted in Cattle, Eric OKeefe, Farming, Feature, Hunting, Recreation, Regional News, Southwest

Historic Dahlstrom Ranch Conservation Easement Finalized

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Eric OKeefe

A conservation easement of historic proportions was purchased in the heart of the Texas Hill Country only a short drive from the Capitol of Texas. Hays County, the City of Austin, and the Hill Country Conservancy (HCC), with funding from…

Library: Working Dogs of Texas

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Land Report Editors

Both the author and the photographer are valued contributors to The Land Report, and there’s no doubt in my mind that landowners from coast to coast will be able to identify with this book. So let’s begin by getting two…

Tagged with: Eric O'Keefe, Henry Chappell, Texas, Wyman Meinzer
Posted in Eric OKeefe, Feature, Hunting, News Desk, Regional News, Southwest, Topics

Partner Profile: Holistic Management International

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Land Report Editors

Peter Holter and the fine folks at Holistic Management International (HMI) are valuable partners of The Land Report. We believe in their mission, and once you learn more about them we think you will be supportive as well. HMI is a…

Slowdown Forecast for Texas Land

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Eric OKeefe

Ag economists at Texas A&M are predicting that the red-hot Texas land market will lose its sizzle next year. Since 2003, land prices have increased an average of 14.5 percent annually, and with the median price statewide approximately $2,300 per acre, that…