Buy farm shares rather than grow your own

Legacy_user

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

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

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

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

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/