The case for
Arable land per person keeps falling and weather volatility raises the cost of a bad year. Seed genetics, fertiliser and irrigation are the levers left, and all three are concentrated among a handful of suppliers.
Yield growth slows while demand rises, so the value moves to inputs, seeds and processing.
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Restore the book20.4%Deere
Equipment plus precision agriculture software on top of it.
DE · Equity · $461.41 · $5B · Food and agriculture
−+×19.2%Corteva
Seed genetics and crop protection, the actual yield lever.
CTVA · Equity · $158.05 · $74B · Food and agriculture
−+×15.3%Nutrien
Fertiliser at scale, fully exposed to the price cycle.
NTR · Equity · $507.99 · $77B · Food and agriculture
−+×10.5%Archer-Daniels-Midland
Processing and trading; paid on volume, not on price.
ADM · Equity · $481.71 · $46B · Food and agriculture
−+×6.8%Mosaic
Phosphate and potash, the most cyclical link in the chain.
MOS · Equity · $57.67 · $24B · Food and agriculture
−+×5.8%Agriculture Fund
Direct soft-commodity exposure without an operating company.
DBA · ETF · $58.04 · $191B · Food and agriculture
−+×22%Gold Trust
A hedge that does not depend on this thesis being right.
GLD · Commodity · $79.97 · $47B · Ballast
The case against
Agriculture is brutally cyclical and politically managed everywhere. One good harvest resets prices, and subsidy regimes can rewrite the economics overnight.
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