Canadian

Family

Offices:

Investing

in

Farmland,

the

Alternative

Asset

with

a

Sustainable

Upside

By David Israelson, Financial Post

February 23, 2022

Excerpt from article:

Whether as an agricultural investment or for future land development, farmland can diversify a portfolio with a non-correlated asset

“According to Statistics Canada, the average price of farmland per acre in 1988 was $464,” he said. “In 2018, the average of farmland per acre in Canada exceeded $3,000 … Based on this historical data and the future outlook, investment in farmland is promising.”

Wealthprofessional.ca reports on research by Veripath Partners, a fund specializing in Canadian farmland investment, showing that Canadian farmland is a strong source of potential inflation protection. In the 1970s, the value of farmland in Canada rose 275 per cent in real terms and was one of the only assets to outpace the consumer price index.

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