Transcript
Introduction
Eric
My guest today is Brandon Zick, the CIO of Ceres Partners. Brandon grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania before here on a Wall Street for over a decade. In 2010, he returned to his Agrarian roots at Ceres, where he manages a $1.4 billion fund that invests in farmland. In this episode, Brandon gives us an in-depth look at this unusual asset class, including the demand and supply dynamics, the economics of farming and how they choose which farms to invest in. Please enjoy this conversation with Brandon Zick.
Eric
Brandon, thank you for doing this today.
Brandon
Yes. Thanks for having me, Eric.
Eric
You grew up on a farm. I think you might have been the first friend I've made that actually lived on a farm. And when we started talking about it, I started to learn so much about what it's like and the economics and the value a family has in a farm. Maybe a fun place to start would be what it was like to grow up on a farm and what you learned about the value of it.