Private Equity Spotlight cover image

Farmland Partners’ ‘short and distort’ public markets nightmare

Private Equity Spotlight

00:00

Investing in Farmland Assets

One of the reasons that we went public is that for many investors, particularly if you don't know and understand farmland, accessing the asset class is difficult. It's a very simple and easy way to invest in farm land. We thought it was a great advantage to the market, and it has proven to be. Our investors have daily liquidity in a farmland asset. The disadvantage, though, comes from exactly the same place, that daily liquidity gives an opportunity for the market to move up and down dramatically. I think yesterday, for example, our stock price went down something like five %. Well, the underlying farm land didn't change in value yesterday but once we're enlisted in the public market

Play episode from 02:06
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app