We expect 2020 to be another exciting and dynamic year for investments in production agriculture. One of the ways to understand momentum behind agriculture investment is to examine consumer food preferences. According to Nielson’s recent “How America Will Eat” report, sales growth during the last year for fresh foods has increased $4.6 billion, organics is up more than $925 million, and plant-based foods has grown to $982 million. Social and health conscious younger generations are increasingly concerned with all aspects of the food they eat to include how, where, and by whom it is grown. Based on these developments, we’ve developed the top five investment trends to watch in 2020.
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