Letter From Europe: French cropland rents remain stable, while England’s bust the bank

The rush for more land is pushing up rents in free-market England, while in France’s more regulated environment, tenants are paying substantially less

by NORMAN DUNN

Soaring grain prices, which as we all now know have less to do with ethanol demand and much more with dramatically reduced wheat and barley reserve stocks the world over, have sharpened the appetites of grain growers for renting more land this fall.

Better Farming January 2008