Farmland Investment

UK farmland has continued to be one of the best-performing asset classes so far this year, with demand far outstripping supply. Farmland values in the country have climbed to an all-time high during the first quarter of 2011 and now stand at GBP 7,900 per acre....

Over the past three years, investors with agricultural property in their portfolio have found that their assets have topped the investment performance league in the UK....

Despite falling flat in the final quarter of 2010, English farmland values ended the year 13 per cent higher than 2009, new figures released by Knight Frank have revealed. According to the firm's Farmland Index....

An increased demand and shortages of rural land has ensured that UK farmland has enjoyed significant price growth in recent years.

And with reports suggesting that this increase in value could be anything up to 120 per cent within five years it is no surprise that a number of individuals are now looking to the market to realise an impressive return on investment....