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

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Breakdown between Current and Deferred Income Taxes (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Current portion											$ (268,356)us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred portion										(743,676)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	568,675us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Total income taxes	$ 6,399us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 6,857us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 6,623us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 6,623us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 1,328,297us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 85,406us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 46,838us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 59,189us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 26,502us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 1,519,730us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 300,319us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit

Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to taxable income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.