An article from Perspectives From the Field
AgIS Capital Vice President of Acquisitions and Strategy Cody P. Dahl, Ph.D. recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Emmy award winning career journalist Dave Price on Where Landowners Get Their News, a podcast from American Farmland Owner.
Watch the video below to hear Cody’s perspective on how farmland returns have been impacted by the trade war, global economic shifts, and supply chain disruptions. This episode is also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
“The adage from his days on a horse still applies: ‘If you fall off the horse, get back on.’ He just now applies it in different ways. Supply chains, commodity prices, and demand for exports have all recently fallen off the horse. Producers and investors want to know when everything will get back on again.”
“The adage from his days on a horse still applies: ‘If you fall off the horse, get back on.’ He just now applies it in different ways. Supply chains, commodity prices, and demand for exports have all recently fallen off the horse. Producers and investors want to know when everything will get back on again.”
The following is an excerpt from American Farmland Owner’s article about this episode:
As a teenager in central Illinois, Cody Dahl envisioned a career working with horses. “I actually had the opportunity to work for some world-class horse trainers,” he told American Farmland Owner.
Perhaps, a future as a horse trainer. “I was making $500 a week and gas paid for. And what else could you ask for when you’re 18?
It turned out, his father had another ask. Although, it may not quite have been a request. The university professor wanted Cody to go to college or he was taking back the truck. Whoa! Message received.
Community college replaced horses. And several years later, Dr. Cody Dahl had a Ph.D. with a foundational commitment to the farmland that surrounded his youth. These days, Dahl is Vice President of Acquisitions for AgIS Capital, a Boston-based agricultural investment firm.
The adage from his days on a horse still applies: “If you fall off the horse, get back on.” He just now applies it in different ways. Supply chains, commodity prices, and demand for exports have all recently fallen off the horse. Producers and investors want to know when everything will get back on again.
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