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

Real Estate and Intangible Assets - Summary of Geographic Locations of Properties (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 Farm acre	Dec. 31, 2012 acre Farm
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Farms	21	12
Total Acres	5,991	1,631
% of Total Acres	100.00%	100.00%
Rental Revenue	$ 4,027,687	$ 3,390,594
% of Total Rental Revenue	100.00%	100.00%
California [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Farms	8	6
Total Acres	1,455	1,229
% of Total Acres	24.30%	75.40%
Rental Revenue	3,362,020	3,183,739
% of Total Rental Revenue	83.50%	93.90%
Florida [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Farms	6	6
Total Acres	402	402
% of Total Acres	6.70%	24.60%
Rental Revenue	454,135	206,855
% of Total Rental Revenue	11.30%	6.10%
Oregon [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Farms	2	0
Total Acres	2,104	0
% of Total Acres	35.10%	0.00%
Rental Revenue	123,138
% of Total Rental Revenue	3.00%	0.00%
Michigan [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Farms	4	0
Total Acres	269	0
% of Total Acres	4.50%	0.00%
Rental Revenue	84,679
% of Total Rental Revenue	2.10%	0.00%
Arizona [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of Farms	1	0
Total Acres	1,761	0
% of Total Acres	29.40%	0.00%
Rental Revenue	$ 3,715
% of Total Rental Revenue	0.10%	0.00%