- Farmland is a great asset class with returns that rival equity.
- Farmland shows low correlation to the usual asset classes, thereby providing major diversification benefits.
- Adding farmland to a diversified portfolio should reduce its volatility and drawdowns while not really lowering its expected returns.
- Farmland also proves to be a decent hedge against inflation in the medium to long term.
- Farmland REITs such as Farmland Partners provide an easy way for retail investors to get access to a broad portfolio of farms.
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Farmland Is An Excellent Portfolio Diversifier And Good Long Term Inflation Hedge