Eric O'Keefe

Jan 14, 2025 | landreport.com | Eric O'Keefe

Photography by Library of CongressBy Eric O'KeefePhotography By Library of Congress1.8 min readIowa State Senator Michael Bousselot wants to make Minnesota Iowa again. More specifically, he wants the Hawkeye State to acquire Minnesota’s nine southernmost counties. “Iowa is a growing state with more people and a higher GDP than ever before,” Bousselot says. “But we want to continue to grow and grow faster.”Bousselot’s bright idea? Instead of luring new citizens, why not acquire them?

Nov 21, 2024 | landreport.com | Cary Estes |Eric O'Keefe

1.6 min readAcreTrader Management (ATM) announced it has successfully exited a four-year investment in an Indiana row crop farm. AcreTrader initiated the investment in the 169-acre corn and soybean farm in November 2020. At the time of closing, the investment property, which is located in Huntington County’s Wabash River Valley, had delivered an 18 percent net internal rate of return (IRR) to investors. The total net cash return to investors was $2.4 million.

Oct 30, 2024 | landreport.com | Joe Nick Patoski |Eric O'Keefe

It’s a familiar story: Big city needs water and is willing to pay for it. Property owners with extensive landholdings and abundant groundwater want to sell their water. Billionaires swoop in and buy surrounding acreage. Then, the local groundwater district redraws key boundaries restricting landowners’ ability to sell their water. Lawyers descend. Court battles ensue.

Oct 29, 2024 | landreport.com | Eric O'Keefe

Photography by Laurence ParentBy Eric O'KeefePhotography By Laurence ParentThe largest privately owned ranch on the market in Texas has sold to the oldest state agency in the Lone Star State. The Texas General Land Office (GLO) has acquired the 353,785-acre Brewster Ranch from Texas Mountain Holdings, owned by Brad Kelley. The sale closed on October 24. The ranch had been listed for $245,678,330. No financial details were released.

Aug 30, 2024 | landreport.com | Drew Beard |Eric O'Keefe

Donald Brennan looks out across Llangollen. “The view from the front door of this house is just awesome,” he tells me, still genuinely amazed by the an expanse of gently rolling farm and fields that he’s had the privilege to observe for nearly two decades. The retired chairman of Morgan Stanley Capital Partners is right to be impressed. Nestled at the base of a Blue Ridge Mountains foothill, Llangollen’s manor house has unencumbered views across much of Virginia’s finest hunt country.