Montana Land News

Twice a year, the Billings Farm & Ranch Brokers and the Bozeman Farm & Ranch Brokers get together for a joint meeting at noon at the American Legion at 110 Third Avenue in Big Timber, Montana.  At the meetings, brokers and other rural real estate professionals get together to network, hear a presentation on a topic relative to the rural Montana land market, and for brokers to share their...

Moccasin, Montana Farm Land Auction Auction Date: WED, AUG 28, 2019 6:00 P.M. Owners: Wayne & Denise Sandstrom, Roundup, MT Online-Only Auction Featuring 317± acres of land in Judith Basin County, Montana, with county road access near US Highway 87, 2 miles southeast of Moccasin, MT. Approximately 227± acres is considered tillable and has been farmed consistently in recent years. This is a...

Once monthly, usually the second Wednesday of each month, the Southwest Montana Farm & Ranch Brokers meet at noon in Bozeman at the Holiday Inn.  At the meetings, brokers and other rural real estate professionals get together to network, hear a presentation on topics relative to the rural Montana land market, and to share new listings as well as to discuss properties they are looking for on...

The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service has released it's 2019 Summary of Land Values. The data is based on USDA surveys of land owners and managers. Overall the 2019 Montana average farmland real estate value, a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on farms, was slightly down in 2019 from 2018 and 2017. Overall the average value of cropland...

Wildfire season has arrived to Montana.  The Montana Land Source map-app has active wildfire layers that show perimeters and details about current Montana wildfires.  Simply turn on the wildfire layers in the map-app to view mapped wildfire information.  Click the link below for a short YouTube tutorial video on using wildfire layers in the Montana Land Source map-app.  

Once monthly, usually the first Thursday of each month, the Billings Farm & Ranch Brokers meet at 8:30 am at the Billings Association of Realtors office at 2021 Overland Avenue in Billings.  At the meetings, brokers and other rural real estate professionals get together to network, hear a presentation on topics relative to the rural Montana land market, and to share their new listings as well...

Cloud Peak Energy filed for chapter 11 on May 10, 2019. As part of the bankruptcy proceedings, Cloud Peak Energy is pursuing a marketing process for all of its assets. Cloud Peak Energy is marketing its Arrowhead lands in Big Horn County, Montana and Sheridan County, Wyoming (historically referred to as the CX Ranch). The property could either be sold as a stand-alone real estate deal or as a...

Northwest Farm Credit Services has released it's 2nd quarterly Market Snapshots e-Newsletter, with updates on land values as well as multiple regional agricultural commodities. In general, land values in Montana are reported to be up slightly but volume is down.  

NOTICE - Due to the July 4th holiday, The Billings Farm & Ranch Brokers will not be holding thier regularly scheduled meeting. Once monthly, usually the first Thursday of each month, the Billings Farm & Ranch Brokers meet at 8:30 am at the Billings Association of Realtors office at 2021 Overland Avenue in Billings.  At the meetings, brokers and other rural real estate professionals get...

Once monthly, usually the second Wednesday of each month, the Bozeman Farm & Ranch Brokers meet at noon in Bozeman at the Holiday Inn.  At the meetings, brokers and other rural real estate professionals get together to network, hear a presentation on topics relative to the rural Montana land market, and to share new listings as well as to discuss properties they are looking for on behalf of...