Admit there is a problem interest rates and jobs

[furrowtickler]

Buy dirt ....

[farmaholic]

Buy dirt ....

How much more appreciation could there possibly be left in farmland?
I will not rent land from someone who wants a safe place to park money and expect a decent rate of return on his investment if it means a rental rate that doesn't make one iota of sense to the guy farming it. Farm it yourself Mr. "Investor".

Is farmland a tool to make a living with or an investment or both. Can it serve both the farmer AND investor at the same time? Over what time frame? I know the farmer's time frame is yearly... I'm not spinning my wheels for someone else's benefit.

[macdon02]

How much more appreciation could there possibly be left in farmland?
I will not rent land from someone who wants a safe place to park money and expect a decent rate of return on his investment if it means a rental rate that doesn't make one iota of sense to the guy farming it. Farm it yourself Mr. "Investor".

Is farmland a tool to make a living with or an investment or both. Can it serve both the farmer AND investor at the same time? Over what time frame? I know the farmer's time frame is yearly... I'm not spinning my wheels for someone else's benefit.

There's 3 types of inflation, demand, currency, and asset. The benefit of farmland is it can rally on all 3 at different points in time. The downside is the property tax as it's skimming your return. Taxes exceed what we pay in rent in some corn belt states. Just depends how many times we hear "the 1% must pay their share" as to how high they can go. The "investors" should start shifting back to equities rather soon i suspect. They been waiting to buy the dip and it ain't happening....DJ is up 30% since Nov 16. Can't touch that with land unless your owner operator.

[bucket]

The Baltic Dry ocean freight index his now in-decline since mid-August. Global supply chains are beginning to seize-up. Dr. Copper has taken a turn-for-the-worse.

Global growth is now turning down, including the U.S. U.S. manufacturing declined in August.

In my opinion, a market quake has already begun. The question is now; where will it fit on the Richter scale . . . .

And yet CN has ordered 200 plus new locomotive because of freight increases in North America....

Railways don't spend like that unless there is long term opportunity...