Welcome to the 2022 edition of Savills Global Farmland Spotlight.

In this edition, we have charted the performance of farmland to the end of 2021. Throughout 2021, a number of global institutions and asset managers rebranded their farmland and forestry investment themes to include a focus on “natural capital investing”, not only considering the agricultural returns from farmland (be that leasing or operating) but, increasingly, the income streams provided by carbon, biodiversity and other elements of natural capital. Permanent crops are where these trends overlap, meeting needs for food and natural capital at the same time.

We also provide an update on global farmland value trends and focus on two of the key global markets for both private and institutional investors that are experiencing significant changes in investor activity as a result of the increasing interest in permanent crops: the USA and Europe.

Richard Binning

Director of Farms and Estates

_{Read the articles within Global Farmland Spotlight below.}