Gladstone Land Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Borrowings - Additional Information (Detail)

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Borrowings - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
Borrowings - Additional Information (Detail)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) debt_instrument	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 13, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2017	May 31, 2017 USD ($) debt_instrument	Jun. 16, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate (as percent)	3.52%	3.25%
Borrowings under lines of credit	$ 3,900,000			$ 10,000,000
Metlife Term Loans \| Notes and bonds payables
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt						$ 15,032,000
Number of debt instruments \| debt_instrument						2
MetLife Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt	200,000,000
Revolving equity lines of credit borrowing capacity	75,000,000
New MetLife Facility \| Notes and bonds payables
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt	200,000,000
Farmer Mac Bonds Payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt	$ 125,000,000						$ 125,000,000
Number of debt instruments \| debt_instrument	15
Farmer Mac Bonds Payable, 2017 Issuances
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt			$ 1,300,000
Number of debt instruments \| debt_instrument	1
Mortgage notes and bonds payable \| Notes and bonds payables
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate fair value of mortgage notes payable outstanding	$ 278,800,000
Mortgage notes payable, carrying value	291,100,000
Short-term variable-rate mortgage notes and bonds payable \| Notes and bonds payables
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowings under lines of credit	$ 3,900,000
Maximum \| New MetLife Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt fee percentage					0.20%
Minimum \| New MetLife Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt fee percentage	0.10%

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