Investors are showing interest in global farmland again. Besides individual investments in US farmland, foreign farmland has taken the spotlight. Areas like Canada, Africa, and Australia are becoming targets for farmland investors.

In 2008, while food prices soared to all time highs, farmland values increased by double digits across the US and globally. In the second half of 2008, food prices fell and so did farmland values. The difference between farmland and other investments is that farmland was able to fare the economic storm without too much lost value.