Agriculture in Focus Up 19% for the year versus the S&P 500's 11%, DBA gives investors the inflation hedge of commodities with strong performance. "This ETF is one of the most popular options for achieving exposure to agricultural commodities; DBA invests in a diversified basket of various agricultural natural resources, and as such can be a useful diversifying agent or inflation hedge," an ETF Database analysis suggested. When inflationary pressures abound, investors can sidestep the direct effects with assets like the Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC) and the Invesco DB Agriculture Fund (DBA).