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Returns, Risks, and Legacies: Understanding Farmland as an Investment Asset

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  • Chandio, Rabail
  • Dentzman, Katherine
  • Strawhacker, Caroline
  • Smith, Sarah Al-Mazroa

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Farmland has long been both an agricultural resource and a financial asset, yet recent decades have seen new actors and investment logics reshape U.S. farmland markets. Drawing on interviews with landowners, appraisers, farm managers, lenders, and brokers in Iowa, this study examines how stakeholders interpret farmland as an investment. Findings highlight five themes: land’s stability and tangibility, evolving return expectations, investor diversity, rental market dynamics, and the role of technology. Results reveal heterogeneity in motivations and practices and suggest implications not only for market behavior but also for extension programming that supports diverse landowners and investors.

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  • Chandio, Rabail & Dentzman, Katherine & Strawhacker, Caroline & Smith, Sarah Al-Mazroa, 2026. "Returns, Risks, and Legacies: Understanding Farmland as an Investment Asset," Journal of the ASFMRA, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, vol. 2026, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jasfmr:410265
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.410265
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