Farm Investors Welcome

Stock Markets Open Door to Land Pools

Ag REITs allow investors to own shares of farms across the country, from California to the Eastern Corn Belt. Some already are large enough to qualify as wholesale lenders and resell mortgages to the secondary Wall Street markets. (DTN file photo by Kurt Lawton)
Why own farms when you can own shares in a farmland pool? The advent of agriculture's first real estate investment trusts means small-scale investors can get a share of farmland's action for the first time.

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