TTU113: Why Farmland Investments is getting traction ft. Artem Milinchuk of FarmTogether
Top Traders Unplugged
Niels Kaastrup-Larsen
4.8 • 712 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Artem Milinchuk is the CEO and Founder of FarmTogether, a firm specializing in farmland investments. Artem was born in the waning days of the Soviet Union, and while growing up in Russia, saw the importance of access to fresh food for a society. Artem joins us today to talk about his investment journey and why he feels that having farmland as an asset class in your investment portfolio can be one of the smartest investment moves you can make.
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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
- How the transition from the Soviet Union to Russia influenced Artem’s investment strategies
- What exactly constitutes farmland as an asset class
- How investing in farmland has changed over the past 40 years
- How farmland investments help multigenerational families keep their farms
- What is the main driver for investors to move into farmland
- Why investors include farmland in their portfolios as an inflation-proof asset
- How reliable is farmland investment data
- What effect will climate change have on farmland investments
- How secure are government farm subsidies
- The effect 5G will have on farming and farmland investing
- What are the risks to consider when investing in farmland
- What is FarmTogether’s farmland investment process
- How should an investor go about incorporating farmland into their portfolio
- How much does an investor need in order to purchase a farm
- What types of investors seek out farmland
- What are the key questions potential investors should be asking before investing in farmland
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| 0:00.0 | We all need food, whether it's recession, whether it's COVID, whether it's 2008 financial price, people need to eat. |
| 0:09.3 | And so during those periods, farming has actually done tremendously well. |
| 0:13.0 | Imagine spending an hour with the world's greatest traders. |
| 0:16.7 | Imagine learning from their experiences, their successes, and their failures. |
| 0:22.6 | Imagine no more. Welcome to Top Traders Unplugged, the place where you can learn from the best hedge fund managers in the world, |
| 0:28.6 | so you can take your manager due diligence or investment career to the next level. |
| 0:33.6 | Before we begin today's conversation, remember to keep two things in mind. |
| 0:37.5 | All the discussion we'll have about investment performance is about the past, and past performance does not guarantee or even infer anything about future performance. |
| 0:46.3 | Also understand that there's a significant risk of financial loss with all investment strategies, and you need to request and understand the specific risks from the |
| 0:54.7 | investment manager about their product before you make investment decisions. |
| 0:58.7 | Here's your host, veteran hedge fund manager, Nealz Kostrup Larson. |
| 1:10.1 | Hey everyone, and welcome back to another edition of Top Traders on Plot, where today I'm joined |
| 1:14.5 | by Artem Milinochok, who's the founder and CEO of Farm Together. |
| 1:18.3 | And today we are continuing our journey into the world of alternative investment. |
| 1:23.7 | So first off, Artem, thanks so much for coming on the podcast. |
| 1:27.1 | I'm excited for you to be here. |
| 1:28.7 | Thank you, Nilsia. |
| 1:29.4 | I'm excited to talk with you. |
| 1:31.5 | Absolutely. |
| 1:32.6 | Now, what's really exciting for me about our conversation is that it's a new asset class for me. |
| 1:38.8 | And I think for many of our listeners as well. |
| 1:42.1 | But I have a feeling that once we get into the conversation, |
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