Gladstone Land Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Borrowings - Summary of Mortgage Note Payable and Line of Credit (Detail)

Borrowings - Summary of Mortgage Note Payable and Line of Credit (Detail)			3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 04, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016	Aug. 22, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) property	Jun. 16, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 05, 2014 USD ($)
New MetLife Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal Outstanding					$ 124,039,466
Commitment fee on undrawn amount (as percent)					0.20%
Additional amount available to be drawn					$ 22,300,000
Minimum annualized rate (as percent)					2.50%
New MetLife Credit Facility \| Term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate Commitment					$ 150,000,000
Principal Outstanding					$ 107,489,466
Weighted-average interest rate (as percent)					3.16%
Term of debt					10 years
Undrawn Commitment					$ 40,979,806
New MetLife Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate Commitment					50,000,000
Principal Outstanding					16,550,000
Undrawn Commitment					$ 33,450,000
Interest rate (as percent)					3.11%
New MetLife Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread (as percent)					2.25%
Farm Credit Central Florida Notes Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate Commitment	$ 3,120,000
Principal Outstanding					$ 22,309,645
Weighted-average interest rate (as percent)					3.48%
Term of debt	36 years
Interest rate (as percent)	3.78%
Reduction in interest rate (as percent)			16.10%
Farm Credit West Note Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate Commitment		$ 9,282,000
Principal Outstanding					$ 13,061,418
Weighted-average interest rate (as percent)		3.54%			3.66%
Term of debt		24 years 6 months
Farmer Mac Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate Commitment				$ 16,551,000	$ 125,000,000	$ 125,000,000	$ 75,000,000
Principal Outstanding					$ 49,348,500
Weighted-average interest rate (as percent)					2.94%
Undrawn Commitment					$ 74,743,000
Additional amount available to be drawn					$ 0
Additional properties pledged as collateral \| property					0
Farmer Mac Facility \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt				0 years
Interest rate (as percent)				2.87%
Farmer Mac Facility \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt				9 years 8 months 12 days
Interest rate (as percent)				3.08%