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Did you know that over the past two decades, agri-investment earnings have exceeded S&P 500 and Gold earnings by over 300%? Or that Farmland has become one of the best hedges against Inflation and The Stock Market? These are just a few of the facts in our eye-opening report.


Farmland vs. Best & Worst Stock Periods

Farmland vs. Best & Worst Stock Periods

During bad years for stocks, farmland returns were strong. This makes farmland a good hedge for a stock portfolio. Additionally, even in good years for stocks, farmland still produces positive gains.

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  • Farmland is a theoretically safe, investment producing, inflation-protected hedge.

    - Barton Biggs, CNBC 1/5/2011

  • Land has proven a decent investment over long periods…[and] has also proven a terrific hedge against inflation.

    - Wall Street Journal 9/24/2010

  • The era of cheap food is at an end.

    - UK Global Food and Farming Futures Report, Financial Times 1/24/2011

  • Farmland in Romania is undervalued relative to some other parts of the European Union.

    - Reuters 9/24/2010

  • Prices [of agriculture commodities and farmland] aren't high enough and most people don't believe it.

    - Jim Rogers, CNBC 8/3/2010

  • The case for long-term investment is sound... For investors looking to make a long-term commitment to agriculture investment, private equity could offer the biggest rewards.

    - Wall Street Journal 3/14/2011

  • Central-Eastern Europe provides a good combination of risk and return... Farmland values are still well below those of Western Europe.

    - Knight Frank Wealth Report 2011

  • The market appeared fundamentally sound and that land prices were responding properly to high crop prices.

    - New York Times 3/3/2011

  • The third way to gain exposure to booming soft commodities is by buying farmland.”.

    - Financial Times 12/12/2010

  • In the long run, he said, many of the forces that have pushed food prices higher in recent years won't go away, and might even intensify.

    - Wall Street Journal 2/23/2011

Astute readers are spotting a trend! Agricultural authorities, financial industry journalists and monitoring organizations are all writing about the value of investing in farmland. Why? Agricultural industry researcher and journalist Robin O’Donoghue [1]. explains, “Demand for food is increasing. Population growth combined with increasing global affluence is having a dramatic impact. World demand for food is expected to double between now and 2050.”

Over 40% of Bulgaria’s workforce and nearly 50% of Romania’s workforce is devoted to farming
Over 40% of Bulgaria’s workforce and nearly 50% of Romania’s workforce is devoted to farming.

For Fortune Magazine in June, 2009, senior editor Brian O’Keefe [2]. pointed out how this trend is escalating. “Over the past few years, hedge fund gurus like George Soros, investment powerhouses like BlackRock, and retirement plan giants like TIAA-CREF have begun plowing money into farmland.” In the same article, European financial wizard Lord Jacob Rothschild added, ”We’re surely going to have an inflationary situation fairly soon. Owning a hard asset like land is a good hedge.” And in conclusion, commodities guru Jim Rogers added that he is ”convinced that farmland is going to be one of the best investments of our time.”

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Sunflower Seeds are the Black Sea Farm Belt’s second largest crop.
[1] R. O’Donoghue, Irish Farmers Journal, January, 2008
[2] B. O’Keefe, Fortune Magazine, June, 2009

Yet this is just the tip of the ice berg! At Black Sea Agriculturewe know. It’s our business to track agricultural trends and help you profit from them. Above, you’ll find quotes from authorities who have spoken out in numerous other articles. We invite you to click on each one to read more.

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