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Record-Setting Conservation Easements to Protect 67,347 Acres

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Land Report Editors

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will pay Lyme Timber Company $17.3 million in two separate transactions to extinguish development rights on more than 100 square miles of forestland in the northwest corner of the state. According to published reports,…

Posted in Conservation, Feature, Great Lakes, Hunting, News Desk, Public Land, Recreation, Timber

Land Report May 2012 Newsletter

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Land Report Editors

Many items to consider from our May newsletter, but let’s stick to page one material. The Land Report Top Ten has a brand-new look with Montana’s Broken O Ranch now crowning the list. The 124,000-acre Bates Sanders Swan listing features…

Tagged with: Bates Sanders Swan, Broken O Ranch, Christie's, Dillingham Ranch, Governor Jan Brewer, Jan Brewer, Land Report Broker Summit, Lyme Timber, Mesa Vista Ranch, Russell Phelon, Sotheby's International Realty, Sporting Ranch Capital Management, Swain's Neck, T. Boone Pickens, Wisconsin DNR
Posted in Agriculture, Arizona, California, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Equities, Farming, Federal Policy, Great Lakes, Land Report Top 10, Massachusetts, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, Residential Property, Southwest, Timber, Water, West, Wisconsin

The Land Report Spring 2012

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Land Report Editors

Enjoy the Spring issue of The Land Report! Learn the stories of America’s Best Brokerages in our second annual survey. More than 70 are profiled from coast to coast. Find out why George Clooney has such strong ties to the land…

Tagged with: America's Best Brokerages, George Clooney, The Descendants
Posted in 2012 Spring, Agriculture, Auctions, Back Issues, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Dogs, Energy, Equestrian, Equities, Farming, Federal Policy, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Hunting, Magazine, Midwest, Minerals, Northeast, Pacific, Recreation, South, Southwest, West

Land Report March 2012 Newsletter

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Land Report Editors

The Spring issue of The Land Report has arrived! Right now it’s en route to bookstores such as Barnes & Noble and subscribers’ offices around the world, but thanks to the miracles of modern technology you can read right now…

Tagged with: Alexander Payne, Bernard Uechtritz, Bernie Uechtritz, Best Brokerages, Blue Lacy, Camp Cooley Ranch, Deal of the Year, George Clooney, Louis Moore Bacon, The Descendants
Posted in Agriculture, Auctions, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Conservation, Developers, Dogs, Energy, Equestrian, Equities, Farming, Federal Policy, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Hunting, International, Midwest, Minerals, News Desk, Newsletter, Northeast, Pacific, Public Land, Recreation, South, Southwest, Timber, Topics, Water, West

Land Report November 2011 Newsletter

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Take a moment to scan the November edition of The Land Report newsletter. You’ll be amazed at the amount of activity going on in land markets currently. Impending auctions of key parcels, record-setting new listings, fire-sale prices on bankrupt holdings –…

Tagged with: Banning Lewis Ranch, Brad Kelley, J.P. King, R.D. Schrader
Posted in Auctions, Bankruptcy, Cattle, Colorado, Developers, Farming, Great Lakes, Illinois, Kentucky, Midwest, Newsletter, South, Timber, West, Wisconsin

Minnesota Power to Expand Bison Wind Farm

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Minnesota Power has notified the North Dakota Public Service Commission of its intent to begin the second phase of the Bison Wind Farm project in central North Dakota. The additional capacity will increase total power generation to 185 MW. The…

Tagged with: energy policy, Minnesota, Minnesota Power, North Dakota, Renewable Energy, Stephen OKeefe, wind energy
Posted in Energy, Feature, Great Lakes, Great Plains, News Desk, Stephen OKeefe

Market Watch: Chicago Fed Cites Surge in Midwest Land Prices

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

Agricultural land values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District jumped 12% in 2010, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The district encompasses key portions of America’s Corn Belt, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The increase was the second largest on record…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, farmland, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin
Posted in Farming, Feature, Great Lakes, Midwest, News Desk

Land Report 100er: William Noble Lane II

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Bill Lane believed in taking the “steeper path to the farther goal.” A visionary with an independent spirit, Lane’s love of the land and the Western lifestyle led him to resurrect New Mexico’s legendary Bell Ranch and return it to…

Tagged with: Bell Ranch, Bill Lane, Eldon Farms, General Binding Corporation, William Lane
Posted in 2010 Summer, Cattle, Feature, Great Lakes, Magazine, Southwest

Corn Profits Sky High

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Corn revenues could easily surpass $40 billion in the United States this year as farmers rush to take advantage of rising interest in ethanol, according to a recent report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Tagged with: corn, corn ethanol, corn prices, farm policy, USDA
Posted in Agriculture, Federal Policy, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Midwest, South, Southwest, West

Corn Drives Land Prices Higher and Higher

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Eric OKeefe

It’s official. The New York Times proclaimed in August that the market for Midwestern farmland was “hot,” a declaration akin to labeling Hurricane Katrina “dangerous” two weeks after it devastated the Gulf Coast. Anyone remotely familiar with the Corn Belt…