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How to profit from the rising price of farmland

By David Stevenson, 16 May 2012

British farmland prices have almost trebled in the last decade. And unlike residential property prices, they're still rising. So have we hit the peak, or is buying farmland still a good idea? David Stevenson picks one way to profit whatever happens.

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