On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, specialty farmland real estate investment trust Gladstone Land Corporation (LAND) announced its first quarter 2020 earnings results. At first glance, these results appeared to be quite impressive as the company beat the expectations of its analysts in terms of both top-line revenues and bottom-line earnings. This company has not been nearly as impacted by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic as many other firms have and, in fact, we saw it deliver very impressive year-over-year revenue growth in defiance of it. A closer look at the company's results