American Farmland: Why are Investors Turning to This Asset Class?

Source: Lancaster Farming 8_19_23

According to a 2021 estimate by USDA, about 30% of all American farmland is owned by non-farmers. Wealthy investors and not-so-wealthy investors are increasingly investing in farmland, including investments via farming-focused online crowdfunding platforms.

 In today’s less-than-ideal economic environment, farmland investment offers many benefits for them. These include: a natural hedge against inflation, attractive returns despite low volatility, excellent source of passive income, unrelated to any other class of assets, and availability of user-friendly investment platforms.

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