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USDA Releases 2023 Summary of Land Values
Posted: August 8th 2023
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 not actual land transaction data. Also, the survey focuses on agricultural production lands, and does not include recreational lands which are a significant portion of the Montana land market. ...
Prairie County Land sells at auction
Posted: May 11th 2023
1561.86 acres of agricultural land was successfully sold at auction, on May 10th, 2023 in Circle, Montana. Attendance at the the action was good, the room at the Vet's Club was full. Rick Kniepkamp from R-K Statewide Auction Service was the auctioneer.
The property sold for $1,250,000, and sold to an area operator. According to a local appraiser who is familiar with land class allocation in the...
Finger Buttes Ranch sells at auction
Posted: May 2nd 2023
The Finger Buttes Ranch was successfully sold at auction, on May 1st, 2023. Attendance at the the action was good, the room at the Moose Lodge in Belle Fourche, SD was mostly full. Mark McNamee from Clark & Associates Land Brokers was the auctioneer.
The bidding started slow initially, but picked up as the auction proceeded. The ranch was offered as a whole and also as two separate smaller...
2023 For Land's Sake presentation video and slides available
Posted: April 21st 2023
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 can be seen on the Montana Land Source 2022 land values page: https://mtlandsource.com/2022-montana-land-market-values
For over twenty years, the annual For Land's Sake presentation has been the...
3rd Annual Winter Real Estate Roundup a success!
Posted: March 15th 2023
The annual Winter Real Estate Roundup held in Bozeman, March 7-9, 2023, was a great success, with the largest concentration of Montana's top rural real estate industry professionals gathered together to deepen their expertise, strengthen the industry and network with each other.
The event is put on every winter by the Montana Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural...