Op Ed: Farmland Investment – A Different Point of View
By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners Farmland has become an item on the menu of “investments du jour.” It is, perhaps, not especially surprising that investors have discovered the benefits of land ownership. Something else is surprising, though, and it has given this writer, a fifth generation farmer, some pause. The context for this
Read moreContributed Content: Farmland, Inflation, Stagflation and Real Rates
By Stephen Johnston, Director, Veripath Partners Based on what can only be described as the massive growth of the global money supply in the last 12 months, the apparent willingness of central bankers to continue to backstop unprecedented fiscal deficits, and a large contraction in economic activity, it appears we have the raw materials f
Read moreNew HighQuest Partners Research Details the Potential in Carbon Asset Investing
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media As the trend toward increased integration of sustainability and regenerative standards and operating practices has gained traction in U.S. agriculture, so too has the focus on adopting practices that sequester carbon, creating an “asset” that can be sold to investors. This brings
Read moreConsultant’s Corner: Growing Demand for Carbon Offsets
CONSULTANT’S CORNER: Please enjoy this posting of Consultant’s Corner -- where the industry experts from HighQuest Partners provide insight on the latest activities in the ag investing and agtech space. By Philippe de Lapérouse and Mark Zavodnyik, HighQuest Consulting Emissions and pollutants generated by food and agricultur
Read moreContributed Content: A Deeper Dive into Farm Investment
By Joseph Byrum When faced with a choice between investing in whatever technology startup is hot these days and what’s essentially a very large patch of dirt, the choice for many is obvious. Shiny beats dirty every time. But maybe that’s not the right way to look at things. My last article explored how the deflationary impact of tech
Read moreContributed Content: The Rise of Vertical Farming
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital As one of the leading advocates for the indoor farming sector, I was excited to see the March 2021 announcement that AeroFarms, a trailblazing vertical farming company, would be going public. Although the AeroFarms transaction was not the first public listing for an indoor farming company
Read moreContributed Content: Maximizing the Capture of Returns, Carbon, and Duration in Canadian Row Crop Land Investments
By Stephen Johnston, Director, Veripath Partners Introduction: Canada represents a farmland market of over 150 million acres with approximately 80 percent of that land in just three western provinces – Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Canada also has very large regional variations in prices, even for row-crop farmland. In addition, f
Read morePaper: Challenges and Perspectives in the Direct Marketing of Crop Inputs
By agri benchmark As Amazon has disrupted retail business, there is discussion about options for agricultural input manufacturers to sell directly to growers. A recent study conducted by agri benchmark Cash Crop identifies important potentials but also significant challenges. Local retailers and cooperatives have dominated the market fo
Read moreContributed Content: Why Real Assets Like Farmland are the Future
By Joseph Byrum In these uncertain times, tangible investments provide comfort to the risk averse. Unlike buying shares in a company enjoying a spike in publicity, or taking up more complex instruments like derivatives, land is something you can see, touch, and smell. Real holdings don’t just exist on a computer screen — they can be use
Read moreSustainable Farmland Investment In Brazil: Reconciling Environmental Preservation with Agriculture Development
By Matthew Kruse, CEO, Genesis Investimentos Brazil’s agricultural economy has been on a rampage the last several years. Strong exports and a weakening currency have made Brazilian grain some of the cheapest in the world. Brazil exports over two-thirds of its production, with China being the number one buyer. This has led Brazil to prod
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