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To: robert b furman who wrote (3896)	3/10/2016 11:48:22 AM
From: dan6	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26819

Bucky Katt on the Rat Dog thread told a story about how his father, a generation ago, was being mentored by a savvy investor in the Chicago area. He drew a circle 50 miles radius around Chicago and advised him to buy all the farmland within the circle that he could. He did very well... (details may be slightly misremembered.)

To: robert b furman who wrote (3896)	3/10/2016 11:48:49 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26819

Here farm land is quite productive if you have access to water but they make much more if they can "finance" a politician to put transportation near their land (high speed rail.... HBO had a good show on this scam) then rezone it for housing. With global warming, I imagine your WI land will become even more valuable with a longer growing season. I had some VERY TASTY corn from Sprouts Farmer's Market this past week. Any idea where they are growing it this early? I chickened out and bought stocks I know better last August (like AMAT) but SFM was on my watch list and I missed getting shares at the IPO price which I was unable to do when I tried.... too bad.