At The Money: Farmland Investing (Fan Favorite)
Masters in Business
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4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
On this special, fan favorite episode of 'At The Money', Barry speaks with Brandon Zick. He's Chief Investment Officer of Ceres Farmland Fund (now part of Wisdom Tree); the fund owns and manages about $2 billion in agricultural land assets.
They discuss the value in investing in farmland. Farmland is a real asset that can be accessed through private funds. The asset has seen broad, non-correlated gains, hedged against rising prices. And farming acreage shrinks every year.
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| 0:38.4 | Let's go, let's go, let's go. |
| 0:42.3 | Down with Juno's Farm, where I want to let's go. |
| 0:45.9 | Oh, life, high, life, let's go. |
| 0:49.6 | Take me down to Juno's Farm. |
| 0:52.3 | Take me down, Jimmy. |
| 0:53.8 | Have you ever thought about investing in farmland? |
| 0:57.5 | Real assets have become increasingly popular, primarily accessed through alternative |
| 1:04.0 | investments like private equity funds. |
| 1:06.6 | Farmland has seen broad, non-correlated gains, and they show little signs of slowing down. |
| 1:13.1 | After all, they ain't making any more land. |
| 1:16.5 | I'm Barry Rittaltz, and on today's edition of At the Money, we're going to discuss investing |
| 1:22.0 | in farmland. |
| 1:23.7 | To help us unpack all of this and what it means for your portfolio, let's speak with Brandon Zick. |
| 1:29.6 | He's chief investment officer of Saras Farmland Fund managing about $2 billion in ag assets. |
| 1:36.7 | And full disclosure, I'm also an investor in Saras through my own personal investing. |
| 1:42.2 | So Brandon, let's just start with a basic question. What makes |
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