In 2018, our team had been investing individually in farmland for over a decade. Because of our backgrounds in agriculture, we knew about farmland’s appeal, but recognized the high cost of entry and the burden of farm management kept farmland inaccessible to the average investor. At the same time, we saw an opportunity to provide farmers with innovative routes to capital for expansion. Using our combined experience in finance, tech, and agriculture, we created the first accessible farmland investments platform.
Making farmland a transparent and accessible asset class that fuels agricultural prosperity.
To democratize access to investment-grade farmland and serve as a strategic growth partner to our nation’s farmers.
Land is our passion. Land is essential for the wellbeing of individuals, families, communities, and our world.
At the core of AcreTrader is a highly qualified team, combining decades of experience in financial services and agriculture alongside billions of dollars in revenues and investments.
an investor’s options were very limited in gaining exposure to this alternative asset, and what few options there were:
carried the burden of high fees; required significant capital and time commitments; gave investors little or no control over portfolio composition. investors have access to a vast number of options for gaining exposure in this alternative asset with:
low management fees; an easy-to-use online investing portal; ability to diversify farmland holdings across the country in minutes. Brian serves as the Chief Architect of AcreTrader, focusing on secure, scalable platform design. He builds and maintains systems using Go, Django, Next.js, GCP, Terraform and PostgresSQL, with deep expertise in application security architecture and testing. Brian’s foundation includes over a decade of service as a Signal Operations Support Sergeant with the Arkansas National Guard. Previously at Acres he served as a Software Engineer focusing on backend development, risk management, and network/security best practices. He’s known for clear communication, critical thinking, building reliable systems, and customer-focused problem solving. Brian holds certifications including CompTIA SecurityX(formerly CASP+), CySA+, PenTest+, and Security+.
