Though I don't invest, am interested in the subject, and wonder why I haven't seen any recent discussions on investing in farmland.
It seems like one of the safest places for investment in the light of the predicted 30% increase in world population over the next 35 years, and the absolute necessity of food to feed that increase. Short term (10 year) prices of meat and grain have risen as much as 300%, and farmland prices have more than doubled in the same period, despite the genetic engineering that has taken place with both commodities... (which production is said to be leveling off).
Does anyone here have a good handle on this? Downsides?
It seems like one of the safest places for investment in the light of the predicted 30% increase in world population over the next 35 years, and the absolute necessity of food to feed that increase. Short term (10 year) prices of meat and grain have risen as much as 300%, and farmland prices have more than doubled in the same period, despite the genetic engineering that has taken place with both commodities... (which production is said to be leveling off).
Does anyone here have a good handle on this? Downsides?