Agriculture is a key diversifier in an appropriately managed portfolio. Its cash flow behaves differently than that of other asset classes and its asset value appreciation suffers little volatility seen in other real asset profiles. Hamilton Agriculture focuses on ways to provide investors this unique investment profile, but utilizes its deep networks and experience to provide alpha over other managers in the industry

Our investment strategy focuses on four core approaches

  • Direct Farming Operations

    Investments in institutional scale farming operations, both in permanent and row crop assets. Hamilton Agriculture owns both the land and the operating entity to maximize agricultural asset return through efficiencies otherwise unavailable to rent focused agriculture investors

  • Specialty Crop Conversion

    Identification of land where higher value crops can be grown is often discussed, but is often much more involved than growing more expensive commodities. Our professionals have significant experience capturing the real option value inherent in row crop and timber land by successfully converting these assets into commercial specialty crop operations.

  • Improvement Farms

    Irrigation is the most important component of any farm. While this fact is well known, there is considerable acreage across farm country that remains unimproved. Hamilton Agriculture professionals have decades of experience improving irrigation on farms and capturing the significant value upside associated.

  • Non-Operated Ownership

    Farms have an almost 100% rental utilization and also have an attractive asset value growth profile. Most farm ownership is available through non-operated ownership arrangements with tenant farmers who pay a rent to landowners. With small, but predictable cash yields, the majority of the return in non-operated assets is from value appreciation. Hamilton Agriculture offers access to non-operated farms using the same management “Your Farm, Your Goals” principles as in its farm management properties at highly attractive fee profiles including no incentive fee for market based value appreciation