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Land prices erode farm returns

The rate of return on farmland has been eroded by the colossal rise in land prices, with the time to make a return on investment at least five times longer than 30 years ago

Alex Black
clock • 3 min read
Land prices erode farm returns

That was the conclusion from Brown & Co taking a look at agricultural inflation, also summarising that price inflation and yield improvements had not outperformed cost inflation. Tim Adams, agricultural...

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