Agriculture

Land Report April 2018 Newsletter

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Overachievers, led by Dan and Michael Murphy of Colorado’s M4 Ranch Group, were honored at the Realtors Land Institute’s Apex Awards in Nashville on March 13. The Murphys took top honors as APEX 2017 Top National Producer. Get the lowdown…

Broward County to Pay $42 Million to Acquire 38-Acre Palm Tree Farm Next to Fort Lauderdale Airport

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Commissioners agree to mediated settlement with family of Florida Congressman Clay Shaw over negative impact of new runway at Fort Lauderdale Airport. When Broward County decided to expand the Fort Lauderdale Airport, adjacent landowners soon found themselves waterlogged. The culprit?…

Posted in Agriculture, Feature, Florida, News Desk, Public Land, South, Water

Journal Readers Select Hall and Hall Listing as House of the Year

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The votes are in: 121,544 Wall Street Journal readers cast their ballots online, and Montana’s Dancing Wind Ranch, listed by Jim Taylor of Hall and Hall, took top honors as the newspaper’s House of the Year. The results were announced…

SOLD! 770-Acres of Nebraska Farmland Go For $1.75 Million

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Single Bigger Acquires Prime Waterfowl Tract Along North Platte Thirty-one bidders registered for the auction of 770 acres located four miles west of Sutherland; more than 100 attended the January 30 sale. The acreage was offered in four parcels, including…

Posted in Agriculture, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Nebraska, News Desk, Recreation, Water

Corn Belt Ag Values Edge Slightly Higher in 2017

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The Chicago Fed reports that a three-year slide in farmland values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District has come to an end. According to senior business economist David Oppedahl, an annual increase of 1 percent in nominal terms was recorded…

The Bull Breaks Loose: Land Transactions Finished on a Tear in 2017

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Land Report Editors

Record employment numbers. Equity markets at all-time highs. The largest overhaul of the tax code in decades. No wonder land transactions finished on a tear in 2017. Pick a market, any market. Almost all seem to be buzzing with activity,…

Posted in Agriculture, Cattle, Energy, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Taxes

SOLD! Farmland LP to Acquire Weidert Farm

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The sustainable farmland investment fund beat out all comers to acquire Weidert Farm, a 6,000-acre agricultural powerhouse in Washington’s Walla Walla Valley. “We appreciate the strong interest Weidert Farm garnered from investors and local farmers,” said Peoples Company President Steve…

Tagged with: Farmland LP. Peoples Company, Wally Wall Valley, Weidert Farm
Posted in Agriculture, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Pacific, Washington

The Land Report Top Ten: Winter 2017

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Land Report Editors

The Lone Star State dominates the leader board with four of the nation’s leading listings. — The Editors 1. Molokai Ranch (Hawaii): $260 million This 55,574-acre ranch ranks as one of the Aloha State’s largest and encompasses more than one-third…

Chicago Fed Reports Minimal Change Over Last Year

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District saw a year-over-year decrease of 1 percent in the third quarter of 2017. The Midwest has not experienced a year-over-year decrease or increase in agricultural land values greater than 1 percent in…

Land Report Top 10: Molokai Ranch

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Land Report Editors

Totaling 55,575-acres, Molokai Ranch is the most significant offering in the state of Hawaii; the new owner will be among the top five private landowners in the state. Molokai Ranch offers a remarkable combination of towering sea cliffs, secluded beaches,…