The “smart money” has been buying up farmland hand over fist for the past few years and you can see how they helped drive up land prices in the U.S. heartland. Some think this is the place to be if the shit really hits the fan. Not gold, but …
U.S. farmland prices hit record highs on crop demand
By Carey Gillam and Christine Stebbins
KANSAS CITY/CHICAGO | Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:56pm EST
KANSAS CITY/CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. farmland prices in the third quarter saw their biggest surge in over th…