We have numerous contacts throughout the entire farming community including land agents, livestock agents, farming companies as well as individual farmers. This enables us to identify and be aware of suitable farmland often before it comes on to the open market. We negotiate a purchase as though we are buying the property for ourselves – there are no competing demands, no secret commissions.
We also have contacts with landowners who do not wish to actively farm their lands and are seeking to secure a long-term lease to provide them with a more passive form of income. This can be an attractive model to investors as upfront costs are substantially reduced. In our experience the keys to successful leasing arrangements are that the lease is for a long-term and that tenant farmers respect the land and manage its condition as though it is their own.
There are numerous drivers underlying an investment in agriculture. Investors may be seeking specific produce to secure their supply chain needs feeding into other areas of their business. Others may be seeking secure, long-term investment returns from an underlying asset that, historically, has shown strong increases in capital value. Whatever the reason underlying your investment decision, FIMA will work with you to achieve your desired result.
We can source individual small-scale farms through to large farmland aggregations.