PREA Analyzes 30 Years of US Farmland Resilience and Risks

1 articles · Updated · IPE Reference Hub · Aug 19

PREA’s latest article says US farmland has remained a durable real-asset allocation since the early 1990s, holding up through multiple macroeconomic shocks.
That resilience rests on capital preservation, relatively steady returns and reliable cash flows tied to essential-goods demand, constrained land supply and broader inflation-linked real-asset characteristics.
The analysis also frames farmland as a cyclical investment with risks that still need managing, even as its long-term appeal has strengthened across market cycles.
PREA places the asset class within institutional portfolios as investors keep weighing defensive income and diversification against evolving market and operating risks.