#93: Investing in Farmland for Passive Cash Flow ft. Artem Milinchuk

7 Feb 2022 · 35 min
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7 Feb 2022 · 35 min

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Podcast interview (aired 2022-02-07) of Dr. Peter Kim with Artem Milinchuk, CEO/founder of FarmTogether, about opening farmland as an investable asset class for retail and institutional investors. Key points: US farmland is a large (≈$3T) but underallocated market (~2M farms) with ~ $100B of land expected to change hands annually; FarmTogether offers curated farmland investment opportunities (raw crops and permanent/tree crops) with multi-year, typically 10-year holds, using proprietary underwriting tech (Terra) that ingests satellite imagery, soil maps, county data, ML/NLP and site data. Typical net cash yields and return profiles discussed: raw crops ~2–3% cash yield (net of fees) with ~4–6% expected appreciation; permanent/tree crops offer higher cash yields (3–5% typical, sometimes 10–15% in later years) and total returns around ~10%. Risks highlighted: water/access to water, commodity prices, trade policy, aging farmer demographics, purchase price vs comparables, and currency/export dynamics. FarmTogether emphasizes ESG/regenerative agriculture (Leading Harvest standard) and aims to expand products, secondary liquidity, and global/institutional access.

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2022-02-07

$3 trillion (US farmland market)

About 2 million farms

About $100 billion per year

Approximately 5.9% per year over the last 50+ years

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