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Newly launched Agri Partners is offering debt exposure to UK farmland through private funding syndicates. It has completed its first two deals.
The UK-based estate agent is expanding its international farmland advisory and surveying business by recruiting two new members of staff to the International Farmland team.
Strong demand and less leverage means there is no bubble in North American farmland values, according to John Goodreds, senior director, natural resources.
New figures show that American farmland is expected to perform better than equities and bonds over the next 10 years and it is hoped Australia will follow suit.
US crop land values slowed in growth between 2012 and 2013, increasing nearly 13 percent over the course of the year.
Agricultural businesses hoping to attract institution investment and improve their production need to look beyond traditional valuation methods, argues David Krause.
The value of English farmland has gone from strength to strength in 2014, exceeding the £7,000 mark for the first time.