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Montana Land News: News and events related to Montana Land News from Montana Land Source.
U.S. Supreme Court Declines Wyoming Corner-Crossing Case: What It Means for Montana Published: October 21, 2025 On October 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Iron Bar Holdings v. Cape, ...
The slides from the Montana Land Source portion of the 2024 For Lands Sake presentation, which took place on February 6, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana is now available. The slides can be seen on the Montan...
The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service has released it's 2023 Summary of Land Values. The data is based on USDA surveys of land owners and managers, and ...
The video and slides from the Montana Land Source portion of the 2023 For Land's Sake presentation, which took place on March 7th, 2023 in Bozeman, Montana is now available. The video and slides c...
The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service has released it's 2022 Summary of Land Values. The data is based on USDA surveys of land owners and managers, and ...
The video of the 2022 For Land's Sake presentation, which took place in February 8, 2022 in Bozeman, Montana is now available. The video can be seen on the Montana Land Source 2021 land values pag...
The 12,350-acre Beartooth Ranch, formerly owned by actor Mel Gibson, is located south of Columbus, Montana and is the second large Montana ranch transaction to take place in 2022. Under the ownership ...
The largest and highest price ranch in Montana history has sold, breaking the previous record set by the sale of the Climbing Arrow Ranch in September of this year. The Matador - Beaverhead Ranch tota...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Pifer's Auction & Realty will hold a land auction in Sidney, MT on Tuesday, November 16, 2021. The land being auctioned is 1,110 acres of dry cropland, pasture and CRP land. The land is in five pa...
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Monday, November 15, 2021
Pifer's Auction & Realty will hold an online land auction for 5,002 acres in Phillips County, Montana. The land being auctioned is certified organic dry cropland and open pasture. The land is in s...
The highest priced ranch to ever be listed in Montana has sold. The Climbing Arrow Ranch totals 79,582 acres, with 73,180 acres being deeded, and was listed for $136,250,000. The Climbing Arrow is a u...
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Thursday, August 5, 2021
Andy Rahn from Montana Land Source will one of the panelists for the 2021 Chamber AM: State of Housing and Real Estate, in Billings Montana on August 5, 2021. Andy has been asked to be a panelist, as ...
The falling apart of a proposed public purchase of a large ranch on the lower Musselshell River highlights the shifting underlying values of the Montana land market, and the friction of those changes ...
The Crazy Mountain Ranch, otherwise known as the Marlboro Ranch, has been purchased by the Lone Mountain Land Company, a subsidiary of CrossHarbor Capital Partners, who also owns the Yellowstone Club ...
The Climbing Arrow Ranch, the largest and highest priced property on the Montana land market, is under contract less than one week after it was publicly listed. Listed for $136,250,000 and totaling ov...
The Forest Service has approved two public/private land trades in the southern Crazy Mountains. The land swap totals 1,900 acres and is valued at over $1,700,000. The land trade is only a small portio...
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Thursday, March 18, 2021
The Seminar Group will be presenting a seminar on Real Estate & Land Use Law in Montana in Missoula, MT in March 2021 for land use & real estate professionals. Much of the agenda is oriented around ur...
Andy Rahn gave a presentation to the Montana Farm & Ranch Brokers Association on the 2020 Montana land market in review, and early trends of 2021. The Montana land market in 2020 was very dynamic, and...
AgEconMT.com, the outreach website for the Montana State University - Department of Agricultural Economics department, recently published a post summarizing and recapping USDA cash rent survey data fo...
The Billings Gazette recently ran an article on ranch sales booming in Montana due to the coronavirus. The article featured Andy Rahn from Montana Land Source, as well as seasoned Montana ranch broker...
UPDATE - The infamous Montana 'Dueling Dinosaurs' fossils that were discovered on a Montana ranch in 2006, and subject to a high-profile court case as to whether they belonged to the surface o...
Past Event
Friday, November 13, 2020
2020: COVID-19's Impact on Montana Agriculture Montana State University (MSU) Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics and MSU Extension will hold the 2020 Agricultural Economics Outlook...
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Friday, November 6, 2020
Andy Rahn from Montana Land Source will present at the monthly meeting of the Billings Chamber Agriculture Committee. Andy will discuss Montana land values, a review of 2020 in the Montana land market...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Northwest Farm Credit Services is presenting a Virtual Ag Outlook Conference, with State-specific sessions. Hear insights from experts on current events and trends that will affect the near and long-t...
The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA) is the largest and most trusted professional organization of rural property experts in the United States. For 2020, the Society has ...
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Thursday, October 8, 2020
Once monthly, usually the first Thursday of each month, the Billings Farm & Ranch Brokers meet to network, hear presentations on topics relevant to the rural Montana land market, and to share new list...
A recent Forbes article highlights the recent surge in market activity for large ranches, due to the coronavirus, and characterizes the new buyers as "billionaire cowboys." The article refer...
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Thursday, August 13, 2020
RESCHEDULED - From August 6th to August 13th. The public is invited to attend four open houses to learn more about the East Crazy Mountain and Inspiration Divide Public Access Improvement Land Exchang...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is pursuing multiple land deals that will be considered at the August 13, 2020 Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting. W-Bar conservation easement - 6,751 acres, Wibaux Co...
The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service has released it's 2020 Summary of Land Values. The data is based on USDA surveys of land owners and managers. Over...
We are very excited to announce a collaborative effort between Montana Land Source and RanchInvestor.com to record podcasts about Montana land investment and the rural Montana land market. In addition...
Wildfire season is upon us in Montana, and so the Montana Land Source map application features two active wildfire layers provided by the National Incident Feature Service (NIFS). The two layers provi...
Past Event
Thursday, July 30, 2020
The public is invited to attend four open houses to learn more about the East Crazy Mountain and Inspiration Divide Public Access Improvement Land Exchange at the following dates and locations: LIVING...
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Thursday, July 23, 2020
The public is invited to attend four open houses to learn more about the East Crazy Mountain and Inspiration Divide Public Access Improvement Land Exchange at the following dates and locations: LIVING...
Two large conservation easements have been proposed in western Montana on Southern Pine Plantations timberlands that were formerly owned by Weyehaeuser and Plum Creek Timber. The proposed easements st...
Past Event
Thursday, July 16, 2020
The public is invited to attend four open houses to learn more about the East Crazy Mountain and Inspiration Divide Public Access Improvement Land Exchange at the following dates and locations: LIVING...
A land swap, being called the East Crazy Mountain and Inspiration Divide Public Access Improvement Land Exchange is being proposed on east side of the Crazy Mountains and in the Madison Range between ...
Montana's largest timber company, Weyerhaeuser Company, completed the sale of 630,000 acres to Southern Pine Plantations on March 26, 2020. The price of the transaction was approximately $145 mill...
Max Hansen, long-time property exchange expert from Dillon, MT who is now a Managing Director for Accruit, has provided the following information on the IRS and Treasury extension of 1031 exchange dea...
Videos of the 2019 Montana Land Values Presentation are now available. The 21th Annual Montana Land Values Presentation and luncheon was held on January 28, 2020 with a panel of three Accredited Rural...
The Wall Street Journal has published an article on wealthy city dwellers who have been seeking refuge from coronavirus on remote western resorts and ranches. The article focused primary on individual...
Here at Montana Land Source, we have been receiving an increasing number of inquiries about what impacts the coronavirus may have on the Montana land market. This crisis has created a great deal of ov...
In 2019, www.MTLandSource.com saw a tremendous increase in visitor traffic, as the site transitioned from a pay-only site for industry professionals to a public website. Montana Land Source has become...
Past Event
Thursday, March 5, 2020
The Seminar Group will be presenting a seminar on Real Estate & Land Use Law in Montana in Missoula, MT in early March 2020 for land use & real estate professionals. Much of the agenda is oriented aro...
Andy Rahn from Montana Land Source will be a presenter at the 2020 Winter Thaw Conference in Billings, Montana on February 22, 2020 at the Northern Hotel. Andy's presentation will be part of the T...
The Beartooth Ranch, formerly owned by film star Mel Gibson is back on the market. The ranch totals 12,350 deeded acres and is listed by Hall & Hall for $29.8MM. Gibson owned the ranch from 1988 to 20...
Past Event
Friday, January 31, 2020
Each winter, the Billings Chamber of Commerce holds an Ag Appreciation Banquet to show appreciation for area farmers, ranchers, and the agriculture industry. Agriculture is the region’s number o...
The 1st Annual Winter Real Estate Roundup was a first-time collaboration between Montana rural land appraisers and land brokers to provide a high-quality off-season education and networking seminar fo...
The large Paradise Valley Ranch south of Livingston has sold to area land owner Arthur Blank, co-founder of Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons. Blank has owned the 7,900-acre Mountain Sky Gue...
Congratulations to Bill and Dana Milton of the Milton Ranch in Roundup, Montana. Bill and Dana were honored with Montana’s first Sand County Foundation Leopold Conservation Award for their inspi...
The Silver Spur Ranch has gone under contract with the purchaser of the property being an area land owner. Purchase negotiations took place between the buyer and seller at the auction, with the deal b...
The Northern Montana Farm Land Auction, held by Shobe Action & Realty, took place last Friday in Shelby, Montana. The auction property is 1,863 +/- acres of dry cropland and CRP with organic certifica...
Yet another national article on billionaire ranch owners in the west was published last week by Bloomberg. While there can be no doubt that high-net-worth individuals play a role in the western land m...
The American Prairie Reserve, a non-profit organization that has set out to create a wildlife conservation area of over three million contiguous acres in northeastern Montana, has announced the purcha...
The demographics of land buyers are changing, as Baby Boomers age out and younger generations, with different values and lifestyles step into the marketplace. Historically, Montana land has been a goo...
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. Over...
Past Event
Thursday, July 25, 2019
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 i...
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 va...
"This is a great resource for anyone buying, selling, or just curious about rural Montana real estate. I have not seen anything this innovative in years; hats off to Andy Rahn!!!"
— David J. Dietrich, Attorney at Law · David J. Dietrich Law