The most common way for individuals to invest in farmland is with the two big farmland REITs: Gladstone Land (NASDAQ: LAND) and Farmland Partners (NYSE: FPI). Residential real estate Liz Brumer-Smith: After two years of unparalleled rental and home price growth, it's becoming abundantly clear that the era of the red-hot seller's market is coming to an end. Debt isn't flowing as easily to buyers now as it was in 2021, but you can expect at least that level of return from farmland for the full year of 2022, because income will increase along with the food price inflation.