Buy farm shares rather than grow your own

Legacy_user · 19 April 2017 at 10:26AM

I was considering growing my own crops to reduce costs, as it'd be more tax efficient than overtime

But i came to thinking, big farms are surely more efficient than i could ever be, I'd be better off buying shares of existing farms and agriculture companies, rather than buying my own plants, equipment, etc

Although growing your own would be a good hobby, getting outside, seeing the fruit of your labours, literally

Ebe_Scrooge · 19 April 2017 at 11:43AM

Surely if you bought shares in a farm ( even if farms are publicly listed, I'm not sure they are ? ), you wouldn't be receiving fruit and veg ? Just like shares in any other company, you'd receive a dividend if the business does well, and risk losing your investment if the business fails. If you want home-grown produce then you need to grow it yourself - or befriend someone else who grows their own and set up some sort of bartering arrangement

System · 19 April 2017 at 12:15PM

I was thinking of using returns to buy produce as an equivalent to growing your own, but i suppose to would still have chemicals

And growing your own would generally have the same risk
Big enough agricultural companies are listed...

Farway · 19 April 2017 at 2:14PM

You could spread the risk by buying shares in a big food manufaturer, like Unilever, and smile ironically as you buy organic products using the dividends

DYOR of course and other similar companies are available

Disclosure - I own some Unilver shares, annualised return to date is nearly 20%, past is no guide to future etc

Mojisola · 19 April 2017 at 2:51PM

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

Surely if you bought shares in a farm ( even if farms are publicly listed, I'm not sure they are ? ), you wouldn't be receiving fruit and veg ?

You could - https://communitysupportedagriculture.org.uk/what-is-csa/

Buy farm shares rather than grow your own

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