Touch the Soil News #1750 (Feature Photo – Farm Crops – Public Domain) Farmlandgrab news portal brings us the story of America’s largest owner of farmland. The farmland number is 242,000 acres. That would be a farm that is 10 miles wide and almost 40 miles long. So who would it be? None other…
Touch the Soil News #1692 (Feature Photo – A U.S. farm planted into corn – Public Domain) Farmlandgrab.org brings us more insights on who is buying American farms. A large player is Homestead Capital. Homestead Capital invests other people’s money into buying and owning farmland. New on the block is the State Universities Retirement System…
Touch the Soil News #1688 (Feature Photo Almond Orchard – Public Domain) The purchase and ownership of farmland has become an activity not only of farmers, but of Wall Street companies, pension funds and other investment interests. A company we like to follow is Gladstone Land, which is fully transparent in its operations and benefits…
