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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Real Estate and Intangible Assets - 2017 Acquisitions (Detail)

Real Estate and Intangible Assets - 2017 Acquisitions (Detail)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			20 Months Ended
	Aug. 09, 2017 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2017 USD ($) a	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) a farm option lease	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) a farm	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			73	58
Total Acres \| a			63,014	50,592
New Long-term Debt Issued			$ 302,988,000
Number of leases \| lease			1
Payments to develop real estate assets			$ 5,211,000	$ 9,797,000	$ 3,231,000
Rental revenue			$ 25,111,000	$ 17,306,000	$ 11,888,000
Arizona
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			6	2
Total Acres \| a			6,280	3,000
New Long-term Debt Issued			$ 23,333,000
Rental revenue			$ 1,572,000	$ 729,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			16
Total Acres \| a			12,641
Total Purchase Price			$ 128,672,000
Acquisition costs			554,000
Annualized straight line rent escalations			7,109,000
New Long-term Debt Issued			75,763,000
Rental revenue			4,500,000
Earnings			$ 1,100,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Arizona \| State of Arizona
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			2
Total Acres \| a			1,368
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Citrus Boulevard \| Martin, FL
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			1
Acquisition Date			Jan. 12, 2017
Total Acres \| a			3,748
Lessee term			7 years
Number of renewal options \| option			3
Term of renewal			5 years
Total Purchase Price			$ 54,000,000
Acquisition costs			80,000
Annualized straight line rent escalations			2,926,000
New Long-term Debt Issued			$ 32,400,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Spot Road \| Yuma, AZ
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			4
Acquisition Date			Jun. 01, 2017
Total Acres \| a			3,280
Total Purchase Price			$ 27,500,000
Acquisition costs			88,000
Annualized straight line rent escalations			1,672,000
New Long-term Debt Issued			$ 15,300,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Spot Road \| Yuma, AZ \| Lease One
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of renewal options \| option			1
Term of renewal			10 years
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Spot Road \| Yuma, AZ \| Lease Two
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of renewal options \| option			1
Term of renewal			2 years
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Spot Road \| Yuma, AZ \| Weighted average
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lessee term			8 years 6 months 19 days
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Poplar Street \| Bladen, NC
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			2
Acquisition Date			Jun. 02, 2017
Total Acres \| a			310
Number of renewal options \| option			1
Term of renewal			5 years
Total Purchase Price			$ 2,169,000
Acquisition costs			49,000
Annualized straight line rent escalations			122,000
New Long-term Debt Issued			$ 1,301,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Poplar Street \| Bladen, NC \| Weighted average
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lessee term			9 years 6 months 29 days
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Phelps Avenue \| Fresno, CA
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			4
Acquisition Date			Jul. 17, 2017
Total Acres \| a			847
Number of renewal options \| option			1
Term of renewal			5 years
Total Purchase Price			$ 13,603,000
Acquisition costs			43,000
Annualized straight line rent escalations			681,000
New Long-term Debt Issued			$ 8,162,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Phelps Avenue \| Fresno, CA \| Weighted average
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lessee term			10 years 3 months 15 days
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Parrot Avenue \| Okeechobee, FL
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			1
Acquisition Date			Aug. 09, 2017
Total Acres \| a		1,910
Number of renewal options \| option			0
Total Purchase Price			$ 9,700,000
Acquisition costs			67,000
Annualized straight line rent escalations			488,000
New Long-term Debt Issued			$ 5,820,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Parrot Avenue \| Okeechobee, FL \| Forecast
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Payments to develop real estate assets						$ 1,000,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Parrot Avenue \| Okeechobee, FL \| Tenant Two
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lessee term	6 years
Number of renewal options \| option			2
Term of renewal			6 years
Annualized straight line rent escalations	$ 542,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Parrot Avenue \| Okeechobee, FL \| Tenant One
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lessee term	7 months
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Parrot Avenue \| Okeechobee, FL \| Weighted average
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lessee term			6 months 17 days
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Cat Canyon Road \| Santa Barbara, CA
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			1
Acquisition Date			Aug. 30, 2017
Total Acres \| a		361
Number of renewal options \| option			2
Term of renewal			5 years
Total Purchase Price			$ 5,375,000
Acquisition costs			112,000
Annualized straight line rent escalations			320,000
New Long-term Debt Issued			$ 3,225,000
Payments to develop real estate assets		$ 4,000,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Cat Canyon Road \| Santa Barbara, CA \| Weighted average
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lessee term			9 years 9 months 4 days
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Oasis Road \| Walla Walla, WA
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			1
Acquisition Date			Sep. 08, 2017
Total Acres \| a			746
Number of renewal options \| option			0
Total Purchase Price			$ 9,500,000
Acquisition costs			45,000
Annualized straight line rent escalations			484,000
New Long-term Debt Issued			$ 5,460,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Oasis Road \| Walla Walla, WA \| Weighted average
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lessee term			6 years 3 months 7 days
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| JJ Road \| Baca, CO
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			1
Acquisition Date			Oct. 02, 2017
Total Acres \| a			1,280
Number of renewal options \| option			1
Term of renewal			5 years
Total Purchase Price			$ 900,000
Acquisition costs			26,000
Annualized straight line rent escalations			52,000
New Long-term Debt Issued			$ 540,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| JJ Road \| Baca, CO \| Weighted average
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lessee term			4 years 3 months
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Jayne Avenue \| Fresno, CA
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of farms \| farm			1
Total Acres \| a			159
Number of renewal options \| option			2
Term of renewal			5 years
Total Purchase Price			$ 5,925,000
Acquisition costs			44,000
Annualized straight line rent escalations			364,000
New Long-term Debt Issued			$ 3,555,000
2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Jayne Avenue \| Fresno, CA \| Weighted average
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Lessee term			19 years 10 months 17 days
February 2022 \| 2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Arizona \| State of Arizona
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Total Acres \| a			485
February 2025 \| 2017 New Real Estate Activity \| Arizona \| State of Arizona
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Total Acres \| a			883