In Real Terms

U.S. Farmland: Murray Wise, Murray Wise and Associates


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The risk-adjusted returns for Midwest Farmland have outperformed almost every major asset class over the past 30 years, a fact not well known to most in the investment community. We look at some of the specific risks endemic to farmland ownership, discussing both row crops and specialty/permanent crops. The Podcast also looks at some geographical areas which might present some future opportunities.

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Murray Wise

Murray Wise has over 40 years of experience in global agriculture and land markets. During the farm recession of the mid-eighties, he saw the opportunity in farm asset management and pioneered the notion of agriculture as an investable asset class. With a core client group formed by institutional investors and pension funds, Murray managed one of the largest global portfolios of agricultural land.

Murray's entrepreneurial spirit has defined his career; he founded Westchester in 1986 after acquiring the Champaign, IL division of the Sandage Companies. Murray transformed Westchester Group, Inc. from a small farmland investment firm into an industry-leading agricultural land asset management company. In 2010, Murray and the team sold the agricultural asset management division of WGI to TIAA-CREF. The Iowa farm real estate and management office, MWA Capital, and the land auction division of Westchester Group, Inc. subsequently formed Murray Wise Associates, LLC.

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