Hancock Agricultural Investment Group - An "institutional" asset manager in agriculture

Stephen A. Kenney, President of Business Development for the Hancock Agricultural Investment Group (HAIG), speaks about the rationale and investor benefits of investing in agriculture.

The Hancock Agricultural Investment Group is the largest institutional farmland manager in the United States. The firm manages approximately $1.2 billion in prime agricultural real estate for institutional investors, including public and corporate pension funds, corporate taxable investors and Taft-Hartley plans.

HAIG's farmland assets consist of 180,000 acres in the United States, Australia and Canada. For investors in the agriculture sector, HAIG offers investment advisory services starting at $5m or managed accounts, which thanks to their product diversification HAIG is able to offer in a highly customized format.

The firm is part of the Hancock Natural Resource Group, the world's leading natural resource investment management firm with over $9 billion of assets under management.