They’re not making any more farmland.

David Rabinowitz, father of Ruth Rabinowitz

David Rabinowitz, father of Ruth Rabinowitz, at his Mitchell County, Iowa, farm in the 1980s.

David Rabinowitz and Ruth Rabinowitz in California

David Rabinowitz and Ruth Rabinowitz visiting Natural Bridges park in Santa Cruz, California, in 2016.

USDA graphic shows percentage of farmland rented or leased in 2012

USDA graphic shows percentage of farmland rented or leased in 2012.

Todd Henry Kuethe

University of Illinois professor Todd Henry Kuethe

Spectators at farmland auction, New Carlisle, Ohio

Spectators at farmland auction in New Carlisle, Ohio, in the summer of 1948.

A screenshot of a slide from Gladstone Land investor presentation

A screenshot of a slide from Gladstone Land Corps. investor presentation on Feb. 20 shows the benefit of investing in farmland.

Iowa corn farm

A corn farm in Jasper County, Iowa, in May 1940 from the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Photograph Collection.