Financial

Forestry, Farmland, and Vineyard properties can bring property portfolio diversification on a number of levels.
Over the last 100 years Forestry has consistently beaten inflation and farmland has also produced a number of good returns.
Vineyards bring pleasure and if managed in the right way can produce some of the best returns (although this can be capital intensive and of high risk).
Consider these facts:

Forestry, Farmland, and vineyard property is still property the difference is however there is the added value of crops as well as rental income to consider.

Future Trends

With increasing demand coming from both the Western markets and with an ever increasing population and the emerging demand from industrial growth of such countries as China, India, Brazil, Russia and Korea. The long term trend for crops timber and other forestry and agricultural produce should result in higher prices.