Comments for The rising price of farmland at http://www.adamsmith.org , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.adamsmith.org Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:38:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/economics/the-rising-price-of-farmland-200804201253/#comment-58 That's it's exempt from the death tax, that it doesn't pay rates (and thus has a lower carrying cost) they certainly affect the value of agricultural land. But hen those two things have been in place for many years now, while the subsidy change is new. - Tim Worstall Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:13:57 +0100 http://www.adamsmith.org/blog/economics/the-rising-price-of-farmland-200804201253/#comment-57 Do you suppose it helps that farm land is exempt from the Death Tax? - madsen Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:27:04 +0100