Agcapita Farmland Fund III has been opened to investors with a $20 million offering.

Sept. 17, 2011 - PRLog -- Agcapita Partners is pleased to announce that Agcapita Farmland Fund III has been opened to investors. Agcapita Fund III is the only RRSP eligible farmland fund in Canada and is a $20 million offering. Farmland has been demonstrating its unique features as an asset class since the financial crisis with solid absolute returns coupled with low volatility. Western Canadian farmland continues to trade at a demonstrated discount to other global markets.

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Agcapita is Canada's only RRSP eligible farmland fund. Agcapita believes farmland is a safe investment, that supply is shrinking and that unprecedented demand for "food, feed and fuel" will continue to move crop prices higher over the long-term.