Farming

Trend Watch: Income-Producing Properties

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Check out this informative video from ranch brokers Ken Mirr and Jeff Hubbard of Mirr Ranch Group. Ranch brokers Ken Mirr and Jeff Hubbard discuss the increase in demand they are seeing for income-producing properties for sale. These ranch experts…

For Sale: Oregon’s Smith Brothers Ranch

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Bob Smith admits that outsiders might consider his country, the rugged ranchland of east-central Oregon’s Columbia Plateau, a little dry. “Yeah, I’ve heard that,” he said. “But we get six or seven inches of rain per year, and we ran as…

Tagged with: Bob Smith, Columbia Plateau
Posted in Cattle, Conservation, Farming, Feature, Henry Chappell, News Desk, Pacific, Regional News

Record 17% Jump in Farmland Values

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Farmland values in the Federal Reserve’s Seventh District climbed a record 17 percent during the second quarter of 2011, according to the Chicago Fed’s Farmland Values and Agricultural Credit Conditions Report. This economic shot in the arm marks the largest…

Tagged with: Chicago Fed, corn, corn prices, David Oppedahl, farmland, Indiana, Iowa, soybeans, Wisconsin
Posted in Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, Midwest, News Desk

Indiana Farmland Reaches New Highs

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

Recent record-setting prices for prime Indiana farmland prompted The Land Report to reach out to Rex Schrader, chief financial officer of Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company. In late June, the company’s auction division sold properties in Spencer and in Randolph counties.…

Land Report July 2011 Newsletter

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Land Report Editors

There’s a lot of ground to cover in the July edition of The Land Report newsletter: auctions, equities, timberland, and several political developments affecting landowners, ranging from the passage of key legislation by the Texas Legislature to the appointment of…

Southwestern States Enduring Extreme Drought

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Land Report Editors

More than three-quarters of the Lone Star State is enduring extreme or exceptional drought conditions. Parts of the Oklahoma panhandle have gone without rain for over eight months. Some 9,000 wildfires have ravaged 2+ million acres of Texas terrain, including…

Tagged with: drought, Dust Bowl, Farming, Oklahoma, Oklahoma panhandle
Posted in Cattle, Farming, Feature, Federal Policy, News Desk, Southwest, Water

For Sale: Vermont’s Teal Farm

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Set at the western base of Camels Hump State Park, Teal Farm is a world unto itself. Its 500 acres includes a sustainably-managed northern hardwood watershed with streams, pond, wetlands, extensive trail network, waterfalls, and mountain pastures. The forest provides…

Trump Buys Kluge Winery at Auction

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

Donald Trump has increased his holdings in the heart of Virginia’s horse country when he paid $6.2 million for the 776-acre Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard. Trump bought the majority of the vineyard holdings at an April 7 foreclosure auction conducted by…

America’s Top Brokerages and Auction Houses: Farmers National Company

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Land Report Editors

Farmers National Company was begun in 1929–historically not a banner year for starting new businesses, but over 80 years have passed and the company is thriving. Originally, the company’s core business was farm management, and today it’s the largest, fastest-growing…

Tagged with: auction, farmland, land auctions, Nebraska, ranchland
Posted in 2011 Spring, Auctions, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Great Plains, Hunting, Magazine, Midwest, News Desk, South, Southwest, West

For Sale: Hawaii’s Hana Ranch

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Land Report Editors

A 4,500-acre working ranch on eastern Maui, Hana Ranch surrounds its namesake town of Hana. The breathtaking property boasts two miles of Pacific oceanfront and rises 2,200 feet up the slopes of majestic Haleakala. The ranch is divided by the Hana…