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Montanan Land Source's news and events from around Montana that relate to land, ownership, mapping auctions and more.
New Map App available for testing
Posted: November 17th 2022
Montana Land Source has been developing a new map application, with some great new improvements. We have strived to keep all the important functionality of the original map, while adding some new exciting features and layers.
A beta version of the new map is now available for Market Expert Subscribers to test, before the original map is replaced.
The biggest changes in the new map are:
Multiple...
USDA Releases 2022 Summary of Land Values
Posted: August 23rd 2022
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 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. ...
For Land's Sake presentation video avalable
Posted: April 12th 2022
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 page: https://mtlandsource.com/2021-montana-land-market-values
or...
The video can be seen directly on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RZa9vP0ZiGk
For over twenty years, the annual For Land's Sake...
Beartooth Ranch sold
Posted: March 7th 2022
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 of Mel Gibson, the ranch was a large purebred Angus operation. Reportedly sold on a hand shake in 2005 to neighbor Kent Williams, founder of Montana Silversmiths, the ranch since has been developed...
Matador Beaverhead Ranch sells - highested priced ranch in Montana history
Posted: December 9th 2021
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 totals 113,000 deeded acres with approximately 226,000 leased public land acres for a total operational boundary of 340,000 acres. The seller, Koch Industries, was represented by Joel Leadbetter with...