Tag: cropland

Farmland Prices Surged 22%… Should You Buy?

| April 12, 2011 | 0 Comments

I’ve never seen anything quite like this… The price for an acre of farmland has gone ballistic.  The ultra safe asset shot up 22% last year! When I first read the news I thought, “This is great!” You see, my family has owned irrigated cropland in central Nebraska for more than a century.  (And I’ve […]

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Boom Or Bust For Agribusiness Stocks?

| October 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

Have you noticed the second half of 2010 is shaping up to be a banner year for commodities… Yep, hard assets are rocketing higher.  And the US Dollar is plummeting. As a result, Ag stocks are growing faster than weeds! The Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO) is a good proxy for Ag stocks.  It holds […]

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Don’t Settle For Gold When You Can Buy Dirt

| August 3, 2010 | 0 Comments

Now, more than ever, you need Agriculture. Ag will always be near and dear to my heart.  The cornfields of Nebraska are a part of me.  It’s where I spent the first eighteen years of my life. It was during those years on the farm I developed my love of financial markets.  And I’ve been […]

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