As the Wellcome Trust buys up the Co-operative Groups farms, four tips on how to invest sustainably in agricultural land
The Wellcome Trusts recent acquisition of the Co-operative Groups farm business for £249m has turned the spotlight on investment in agricultural land in the UK.
While the number of traditional landed estates declined during the last century, the role of the patrician landowner has often been taken up by wealthy educational investors such as the Oxbridge colleges. As land supplies diminish, profitable estates can be hard to find as Mark Twain aptly noted: Buy land, theyre not making it any more.