If you’re looking for prime real estate, look no further.  There are plenty of fantastic OK farms for sale, as well as ranches and land that you can have at auction prices. Once you get your hands on the perfect property, you can enjoy the benefits of farming off of it for decades to come.  And [...]

Take a drive down historic Route 66 to get a feel for the types of land offered by Lippard Auctioneers at one of their many farmland auctions in Oklahoma.  Route 66 makes its way through the state of Oklahoma for 370 miles.  Entering the state in the northeast corner near Miami, Route 66 continues on through Tulsa [...]

The sixth longest river in the United States begins in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, flows east through Kansas, south through Oklahoma, and then eastward again into Arkansas where it merges with the Mississippi River. Running for almost 1,500 miles, the scenic Arkansas River has both historic and economic significance to landowners. Historically, numerous bands [...]

Oklahoma State University’s Agricultural Economics Extension department has compiled a great deal of statistical information on Oklahoma land values over decades in this interactive chart. Taking the weighted averages of succeeding three-year periods, the chart breaks down land values from statewide to regions to counties. And in so doing, it presents some very interesting information. First, the [...]

The University of Missouri Extension service has compiled statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to produce these amazing charts. The first tracks Missouri land values as well as farm land values in Iowa, Illinois, and the 48 contiguous states from the years 1912 to 1991. The second tracks farm land values in those states and [...]

With its approximately 326,000 horses, Oklahoma is a living legacy to the Wild West.  Horses were first brought to the U.S. in the 1600s by Spanish explorers.  As the population moved westward, so did the horses.  The prairies of Oklahoma–resplendent with bluestem, Indian, and switch grass–are ideal habitats for horses.  With its many springs and [...]

With 12 ecoregions, Oklahoma is one of the most ecologically diverse states in the nation.  With 69,919 square miles of land and over 1,000,000 surface acres of water, Oklahoma is home to over 350 species of birds, over 100 species of mammals, and over 170 species of fish.   In addition, due to habitat conservation and [...]

In what seems to be a perpetually dismal economic climate, good news can be hard to come by. Except, that is, for those in the business of buying and selling land. According to the Bismark Tribune, low interest rates and high prices for commodities like corn  have driven up the demand, and thereby the price, [...]

Figures were reported last month (Feb 8, 2013) for the damage to land values done by the floods in 2011 along the Missouri River. Farms that had survived 100 or more years in the same family were covered in sand after the severe flooding. The devastation left many families, who were unable to afford the [...]

According to a recent article on the AG Professional website, farmland values in the U.S. Plains states increased more than 20% in the last quarter of 2012. Farms were sold at record prices. This has been the seventh consecutive quarter with increased gains in cropland values. The volume of sales increased as well. Rural real estate sales [...]