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"Flat Land"
(Singh, Gunadekar & Gilliland) No. 1909, Tierra Grande reprint, 3pp. (7/20/2009) |  Land prices rose in 2008 but not as steeply as in the past few years. Economic uncertainty at the national level is beginning to take its toll on Texas land markets. Some market observers anticipate flat sales while others predict a decline.
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| "Pay Dirt"
(Gilliland) No. 1904, Tierra Grande reprint, 2pp. (4/27/2009) |  Continuing economic uncertainty is prompting some investors to purchase farmland as an investment. Cropland prices and rents have increased steadily since 2004, in part because of rising commodity prices. But the 2008 run-up and subsequent collapse in commodity prices have caused other investors to rethink their strategies.
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| "Downloading Dirt: Reaping Results of Soil Surveys"
(Nichols & Gilliland) No. 1873, Tierra Grande reprint, 2pp. (10/15/2008) |  Truckloads of free info about the soil characteristics of specific properties -- vegetative productivity, erosion factors and best uses -- available on U.S. Department of Agriculture's Web Soil Survey site.
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| "Blazing the Preservation Trail: King Ranch's Legacy of Wildlife Stewardship"
(Gilliland) No. 1855, Tierra Grande reprint, 2pp. (4/24/2008) |  King Ranch shareholders have been well ahead of the curve in their commitment to a conservation-driven land management ethic. As early as 1912, the ranch's business decisions were made only after considering their effects on the diverse wildlife populations and natural habitats of this legendary South Texas landholding.
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| "Little Pieces, Big Prices"
(Pachchigar & Gilliland) No. 1848, Tierra Grande reprint, 2pp. (1/20/2008) |  Texas land sales are slowing somewhat, but prices are still rising. For the first time, the per-acre price was more than $2,000, reaching $2,075 for the first half of 2007.
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| "Ranching for Rookies"
(Gilliland) No. 1845, Tierra Grande reprint, 3pp. (1/20/2008) |  Landowners, especially those buying land for weekend getaways, may not understand the rangeland management strategies necessary to keep vegetation and wildlife in healthy balance
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| "International Appeal: Foreign Investors Buy Big"
(Holland & Gilliland) No. 1825, Tierra Grande reprint, 2pp. (7/23/2007) |  Foreign buyers dramatically increased their holdings of Texas timberland in 2006. Temple-Inland plans to sell more than a million acres of Texas timberland in 2007.
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| "The Price is Right"
(Pachchigar, Klassen & Gilliland) No. 1821, Tierra Grande reprint, 3pp. (7/23/2007) |  Texas rural land prices increased 23 percent in 2006. The statewide price is $1,825 per acre. Volume of sales remained strong with 8,202 sales in 2006
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| Texas Land Market Developments -- 2006
(Klassen & Gilliland) No. 1818, Reference, 10pp. (7/1/2007) |  Texas land markets roared into uncharted territory in 2006 with buyers' insatiable demand for properties driving the statewide price per acre 23 percent higher that they were in 2005. Here is a region-by-region report.
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| Texas Land Market Developments -- 2005
(Klassen & Gilliland) No. 1788, Technical report, 10pp. (9/6/2006) |  Demand for Texas recreational land and an influx of investment-driven buyers combined to propel the 2005 land market to a historic high. The price of an acre of Texas rural land rose by 16 percent to $1,483. It was the fourth consecutive double-digit percentage increase.
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| "Jumpin' on the Land Wagon"
(Carciere & Gilliland) No. 1783, Tierra Grande reprint, 3pp. (7/13/2006) |  Texas land has been a solid investment for the past decade.
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