Comments on: Is Farmland Too Good of an Investment http://www.farmcpatoday.com/2010/06/23/is-farmland-too-good-of-an-investment/ A blog for farmers & others involved in the agricultural industry. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: admin http://www.farmcpatoday.com/2010/06/23/is-farmland-too-good-of-an-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-940 admin Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:25:05 +0000 http://www.farmcpatoday.com/?p=921#comment-940 I agree with your comments and appreciate your willingness to comment on my site. I especially enjoy the comments from the readers and look forward to many years of writing about farming. I agree with your comments and appreciate your willingness to comment on my site. I especially enjoy the comments from the readers and look forward to many years of writing about farming.

]]> By: Dave http://www.farmcpatoday.com/2010/06/23/is-farmland-too-good-of-an-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-937 Dave Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:38:13 +0000 http://www.farmcpatoday.com/?p=921#comment-937 Well, I would say that the challenge is finding good land at a price that makes sense, since it does seem like the supply is there, but the price too many times just doesn't make economic sense with the price of beans and corn. Granted, since I'm in Iowa, the most often indicators of 'quality' land are the corn suitability rating (csr) and average crop yields per acre. But, those measurements are just of the potential of the land, not how productive it is at any one time, which seems to be why people use soil tests for fertility. I would also agree that farmland does seem like it has hit an investment peak over the past two years, with the land prices plateauing (and people wanting far too much for poor land), the write ups of it as an investment in multiple major media outlets (bring it to attention of people that frankly, have no idea what they are doing, cheap money (which is a bit harder to obtain) and the current price of the outputs. Granted, I am not a farmer and have been trying over the past 5 years to educate myself about farming and farmland. Sadly, I have yet to find a concise resource on the topics. Most of my education has come piecemeal from farming boards, some short investment blurbs, bits of books and far too much research on the internet. So, I'm happy to have found this blog for the information it provides. Well, I would say that the challenge is finding good land at a price that makes sense, since it does seem like the supply is there, but the price too many times just doesn’t make economic sense with the price of beans and corn.

Granted, since I’m in Iowa, the most often indicators of ‘quality’ land are the corn suitability rating (csr) and average crop yields per acre. But, those measurements are just of the potential of the land, not how productive it is at any one time, which seems to be why people use soil tests for fertility.

I would also agree that farmland does seem like it has hit an investment peak over the past two years, with the land prices plateauing (and people wanting far too much for poor land), the write ups of it as an investment in multiple major media outlets (bring it to attention of people that frankly, have no idea what they are doing, cheap money (which is a bit harder to obtain) and the current price of the outputs.

Granted, I am not a farmer and have been trying over the past 5 years to educate myself about farming and farmland. Sadly, I have yet to find a concise resource on the topics. Most of my education has come piecemeal from farming boards, some short investment blurbs, bits of books and far too much research on the internet. So, I’m happy to have found this blog for the information it provides.

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