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Council on Foreign Relations Panel Discussion: The Impact of Tariffs on America’s Heartland

Panelists discuss how rural America has been affected by recent tariffs and intermittent trade wars with U.S. trading partners, and the implications for global trade and the U.S. economy. Speakers include Shonda Warner, Managing Partner, Chess Ag Full Harvest Partners, Jim Mintert, Professor and Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, and Director, Center for Commercial Agriculture, Purdue University, and Brian Kuehl, Director, Federal Affairs, K Coe Isom; Executive Director, Farmers for Free Trade. Watch the discussion here.... read more

AgFunder News: ‘A Lot of People Overpromise and Underdeliver’

May 7, 2018 AgFunder News by Emma Cosgrove

Farmland investor Shonda Warner has a rare position in the world of agtech. As managing partner at Chess Ag Full Harvest Partners and an occasional angel investor in tech startups, she plays the role of both investor and user, as Chess Ag is both landlord and farmer on much of its 50,000 acre portfolio.

How ESG Farmland Investing Principles Help Rural America Prosper

The investment community can support rural U.S. communities desperately in need of attention by providing farmers with comfortable salaries and sharing business risk, says Shonda Warner, founder and managing partner of Chess Ag Full Harvest Partners.

Hard Asset Investor Interview

CSPAN- Farmland Prices

Participants talked about rising prices on farmland and investment speculation that the rising prices had encouraged. The price of farmland in America had doubled over the past decade. Low interest rates and record high crop prices had further spurred interest in investment.

New York Times – As Crop Prices Surge, Investment Firms and Farmers Vie for Land

From the potato fields of Michigan to the high prairies of Kansas, farmers are receiving record prices for their land — but economists and banking regulators warn that this boom, like so many before it, could end badly.

Destination Unknown: The agricultural land map is getting harder to read as buyers find both challenge and opportunity ahead.

As Matt Palmer looks around Arizona’s Gila Valley, ‌he sees it through the eyes of family and farming. ‌Others see the mountain-ringed river basin as a picturesque area ripe for development. Two very different perceptions, they create competition for acres and make it more challenging by the year for farmers here to buy or rent land they need to maintain their operations.

Farm Journal – Use Wall Street’s Money

Why investor capital might be good for farm business – Author: Nate Birt

Wall Street Journal – Farmland: The Next Boom?

Is farmland going to be the next gold? Author: Brett Arends

Progressive Farmer – The Down Side

Lower commodity prices and higher interest rates are reining in emotional buying as the market settles toward a new reality – Author: Victoria G. Myers

The Globe and Mail – Farmland funds grow in more ways than one

Farmland funds grow in more ways than one – Author: Brian Milner

Hard Assets Investor – Shonda Warner: Farmland Investing Is Here To Stay

The managing director of Chess Ag Full Harvest Partners details ways to gain exposure to farmland investing – Interview: Mike Norman

WealthManagement.com – Betting the Farm. Literally.

Farmland prices rise, but could be headed for correction – Author: Jennifer Popovec

Fortune – Betting the farm

As world population expands, the demand for arable land should soar. At least that’s what George Soros, Lord Rothschild, and other investors believe – Author: Brian O’Keefe

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