Farming

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…

Tagged with: Hana Ranch, Hawaii, Sotheby's International Realty
Posted in 2010 Fall, Cattle, Farming, Feature, Magazine, News Desk, Pacific

Joe Montana: The Land Report Interview

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

At Villa Montana, Joe Montana does not talk about football. At all. Meet the man on his Sonoma County getaway and all he talks about are his wife, their two girls and two boys, and the memories they share on…

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

Indiana Farmland Skyrockets in Q4

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Land Report Editors

A combination of global and regional factors, including increased demand for grain, falling yields, and rising commodity prices, propelled the value of top-tier Indiana farmland as much as 25 percent in the final quarter of 2010. The usual rate? Over…

Iowa Farmland Moves Up 13%

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

The Chicago Fed reports that farmland values rose 10% in the Seventh Federal Reserve District, which covers all of Iowa, the southern two-thirds of Wisconsin, the northern half of Illinois, the northern two-thirds of Indiana and the southern three-fourths of…

Tagged with: farm prices, farmland, Iowa land, Midwest
Posted in Farming, Midwest, Regional News

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…