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How to profit from the rising price of farmland

Despite rising prices, farmland continues to be an attractive asset class around the world The real – ie, inflation adjusted – worth of UK agricultural land hardly changed from the 1950s through to the mid-1990s. Then, as the country’s housing market started booming, farmland prices joined in the fun. But unlike British residential property, which has since stuttered, agricultural values have kept on climbing. So is this the peak, or is buying farmland still a good idea? We’ll take a look below – but the good news is, there’s a stock you can buy that’ll make you money either way.… continue reading

May 17, 2012