investors buying farmland

[wedino]

[URL="http://seekingalpha.com/article/1129851-michael-ballanger-gold-mania-phase-approaching-for-junior-miners?source=yahoo"][/URL]

Towards the very end of the article he states "Investors should be buying things, investing, taking their savings and making sure that they are selling or shorting cash. That includes owning companies that produce gold, silver, resources, farmland, anything that kicks out a rate of return on commodities and goods that people require."

Kinda hits it on the head as to why investors are driving up farmland value.

[sumdumguy]

My information just last night predicts $750 gold.
Who the h knows?

[phoenix64]

Too bad they weren't all legitimate investors,
another group of Chinese bought land in the
area...phoned farm land security board, company
is called "yangs crop corp" one Canadian
shareholder, f.l.s.b. rubber stamped it! Borderline
insanity

[cottonpicken]

If your "information" didnt put you into gold ten
years ago,i would worry about how competent
your "information"is,or keep banging your head
against the wall,who cares.

[phoenix64]

Info is correct "who cares"? I care this is land that
will never be resold, it affects the lives and
viability of all our smaller centres, start caring and
get ur head outa ur ass!

[parsley]

cott was replying to sumdum.....

[wd9]

Viability of small centers is far more
related to farm size than anything. Where
there used to be 50 farmers now 2 farm
it. Those 2 don't buy anymore groceries.

[sumdumguy]

Cotton, Good for you. We all have our own ship
to sail. I was just passing on the info. Most of it is
pure crap, but nonetheless, its interesting.

[Daylate]

So are them 2 farmers pillars of the community,
wd9? not sure who's to blame for the lack of
groceries, the 2 farms still visible in the community
or the sellers that don't support their town or moved
away. Economics make the decision for a family to
make a choice whether to buy or sell, but often it is
up to the remaining family visible in the community
to be held accountable for a decision, not the ones
that moved away, then the sellers look down on the
community on their way through every year, talking
about the greedy Smith's who needed all this land! It
works both ways! No one side is too blame.

I guess in a perfect rural setting we could all support
our family on 160 ac. It would be nice to see these
small towns thrive again and get back to the
basics.But until then, excess it up!!!

[wd9]

Maybe pillars, maybe not. Point is as you
know, not enough critical mass to keep
the small town open.

So maybe it doesn't matter if those two
live in that area or 5000 miles away.

[dave4441]

This has been happening since 1940. Studies
were done in the 70s re rural depopulation. Now
it is actually happening in 3rd world countries like
China. You guys think it is hutterites or
immigrants that are causing it? Holy crap, give me
a break! Fact of the matter is Ag has not been
that profitable some years. In today's economy
no one is going to live on a small farm's income.
Is this the new issue that keeps the NFU alive?

[phoenix64]

Yah that's right Dave, throw the towel in and
resign yourself we don't need you. People like u
will sit there with ur thumb up ur ass, waitin to get
run over like an f...in freight train, as for the rest of
us, we will try our damndest to encourage policy
change for the good of the ag community and for
young farmers that have some jam and give er go
just like the immigrants that came here with
nothing over a 100 yrs ago