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Nabers Group is excited to empower retirement plan investors to access farmland investments on FarmTogether!

The Solo 401k from Nabers Group provides more investment options, the highest contribution limits, and the lowest fees.

After spending almost a million dollars on research and development to create a one-of-a-kind revolutionary Solo 401k software, Nabers Group can deliver IRS-approved 401k plans to our clients faster than anyone else in the marketplace and for the lowest price on the planet.

Nabers Group plans have 100% IRS-approval rate

Authenticity and integrity are the foundational pillars of the Nabers Group community. Each Nabers Group team member has and invests with his own Solo 401k plan. That means when you call our team with a question about your plan, you’ll get an answer from someone who has gone through the exact same process as you, and who continues to use his Solo 401k to grow his retirement nest egg.

White glove service

Our mission is to provide the most efficient, supportive and compliant process to our accountholders in getting their retirement account structure established so they can begin investing. We have a vast network of resources available to our clients, including banks and bankers, CPAs, tax experts, non-recourse lenders, real estate experts, crypto veterans and more so our clients are well-supported in moving toward your wealth goals.

Professional Network

We pride ourselves on providing the most flexible Solo 401k plan on the planet. You can invest in what you want, and when you want. There are no minimums to open or use your plan. You can contribute on your own schedule. You can change your adopting employer, or plan trustees at any time. All without any hidden fees ever.

Flexibility

Founded by Jeff Nabers in 2006, Nabers Group and <a href="http://solo401k.com/welcome?ref=farmtogether" target="_blank">Solo401k</a> have long been industry leaders for the self-directed retirement community.Nabers Group was the first non-custodial document provider in the industry and has helped thousands of self-directed investors take control of their retirement future. CEO Jeff Nabers was instrumental in the development of the Solo 401k, meeting regularly with IRS and Dept of Labor lawmakers during and after the passing of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 which brought the Solo 401k into existence.

Why Nabers Group?

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Nabers Group

A+ Better Business Bureau Accredited business

Lifetime customer support to the accountholders

If you work for yourself, the Solo 401k from Nabers Group provides more investment options, the highest contribution limits, and the lowest fees of any fully self-directed retirement plan.

PENSCO is a leading Self-Directed IRA custodian, helping clients hold alternative assets in IRAs since 1989.

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PENSCO

Quest Trust Company is a self-directed IRA that permits the account owner to invest their IRA in what they know best.

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Quest Trust Company

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Alto is thrilled to let everyone invest their retirement money in US farmland on FarmTogether.

Alto delivers an easy-to-use, automated process for investing in alternatives with your IRA savings.

Historically, investing in alternative assets, such as farmland, from an IRA account was a tedious process burdened by red tape. With modern technologies and process automation, Alto does away with exorbitant administrative fees, fax machines, and going to the bank to send wire transfers.

Simplify alternative investments in IRAs

Invest in any offering on FarmTogether using tax-advantaged retirement funds. Link your Alto IRA account, or sign up and roll funds from your existing retirement account into Alto.

Choose your investments

Income generated from your FarmTogether investments is automatically returned to your IRA. Reinvest this cash in other offerings, or roll it back to your primary retirement account.

Reinvest your cash yields

When your investment comes to term, funds are returned to your Alto IRA and maintain their tax-advantaged status. Reinvest those profits in another FarmTogether offering, or roll them into another retirement account.

Tax-advantaged growth

Tax Advantaged Investing

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Alto IRA

We’ve partnered with Alto IRA, a modern provider of IRAs for alternative investments. Alto enables you to invest in FarmTogether while protecting the tax-advantaged status of your qualified funds.

Madison Trust Company is a full service Self-Directed IRA custodian which enables investors to purchase alternative assets.

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Madison Trust Company

New Direction Trust company empowers retirement investing by providing access to real estate, farmland investments and more.

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New Direction Trust

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The supply & demand story for farm, timber & physical resources is driving lots of interest in this space.  We’ve heard from many investors who are excited to invest tax-advantaged into the growing Ag world and FarmTogether makes this easier than ever.

Rocket Dollar’s goal is to empower American’s to unlock their retirement funds to invest in more than stocks and bonds.

Our team has created a process that makes it fast and straightforward for anyone to create, fund, and invest in virtually any permissible assets they wish with their retirement savings, with no penalties associated with early withdrawals.

Access to wide range of assets

Rocket Dollar offers two main products: a Self-Directed IRA and a Self-Directed Solo 401(k). We set up a variety of Self-Directed IRAs including Roth, Traditional, SEP, and Inherited.

Variety of retirement accounts

We charge a flat upfront fee of $360 to establish a new account and $15 per month for our Core product's on-going compliance. Unlike our competition, we decided to make our pricing transparent and straightforward.

Transparent fees

Rocket Dollar account holders have the power to invest in any asset class allowed by the IRS. Invest securely and easily in Farmland, Real Estate, Startups, and more. Getting started with a Rocket Dollar is easy. Read <a target="_blank" href="https://www.rocketdollar.com/partners/farmtogether-details">how it works</a>.

Why Rocket Dollar?

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RocketDollar

5 types of alternative assets classes available to Rocket Dollar account holders

Rocket Dollar’s goal is to empower all Americans to unlock their IRA retirement funds to invest what they know best and not just stocks and bonds.

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Entrust is excited to offer investors the opportunity to invest their retirement funds in farmland with FarmTogether.

The Entrust Group is trusted by thousands of investors, who want to guide their retirement investments their way.

Entrust allows you to invest in FarmTogether using your retirement funds, which will grow tax-free or tax-deferred.

Entrust has been doing this work for over 40 years. We’ve helped thousands of investors diversify their portfolios and invest in alternative assets.

Experience

With an Entrust Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA) your investment opportunities are endless. Your Entrust SDIRA can hold any asset permitted by IRS regulations.

True Diversification

Your Self-Directed IRA allows you to call the shots, but we’ll give you access to all the resources you need to make informed choices about your account. For more information, visit Entrust Learning Center.

Education

Streamlined process and online portal make managing your assets easier.

Simplicity

The Entrust Group (“Entrust”) provides account administration services for self-directed retirement accounts and tax-advantaged plans. Entrust can assist you in purchasing alternative investments, like american farmland with FarmTogether, which is unavailable through banks and brokerage firms. The Entrust Group works to provide investors more time and freedom to determine their financial future through a wide array of tax-deferred or tax-free options, as administrator and record keeper.

Why Entrust

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The Entrust Group

Entrust administers more than $3.6 billion in total assets, and all cash deposited by account owners is fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) up to $5 million.

A+ Better Business Bureau Accredited business;

The Entrust Group provides investors the ability to take control of their retirement investments and diversify beyond traditional stocks and bonds.

Premier, regulated Self-Directed IRA Custodian for alternative investments such as real estate and farmland.

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NuView Trust

FarmTogether offers Equity Trust clients another way to diversify by investing in what they know.

Equity Trust Company is a leading custodian of self-directed IRAs and has been helping investors since 1974.

With Equity Trust you can create a customized portfolio of alternative assets as well as traditional investments with a single custodian.

Investment Freedom

Simplify investing through myEQUITY, Equity Trust’s industry-leading online account management system. myEQUITY makes it easy to direct, track, and manage your account with intuitive online wizards and a clear line of sight to your account data.

Innovative Technology

Equity Trust’s track record of excellence is unmatched in the industry. With 45 years of financial service experience, over 150,000 investors rely on Equity Trust to custody over $28.7 billion in assets.

Recognized Leader

Recognized as an exceptional service provider, Equity Trust has nearly 400 employees dedicated to you.  The company completed 1.8 million transactions in 2019.

Service Excellence

Many investors don’t realize it’s possible for your IRA to invest in crowdfunding opportunities, real estate, notes, private equity, and a wide variety of other “alternative” investment opportunities as well. Equity Trust, a leading self-directed IRA provider, can help you unlock your retirement account to achieve your investing goals. Building a diversified retirement portfolio with FarmTogether is possible with Equity Trust.

Why Equity Trust

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Equity Trust Company

With 45 years of experience in the financial services industry, Equity Trust simplifies investing with an industry-leading online account management system and unmatched service excellence.

More than 150,000 investors rely on Equity Trust to custody over $28.7 billion in assets.

The company completed 1.8 million transactions in 2019.

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FarmTogether helped us to expand operations and leverage outside the capital. The level of support is unmatched. FarmTogether is the only platform that solves for our needs.

TriNut Farms is a family-owned vertically integrated farmland operator. TriNut has specialized in tree nut farming since the 1980s.

The review is a collaborative effort between FarmTogether Farmland Director, TriNut management, and seller. Key investment considerations include, but are not limited to, the location, soil quality, water rights, maturity of the trees, tillable acreage, among other factors. TriNut keeps a close look at land valuation and employs a value-driven approach to underwriting and due diligence, including a rigorous evaluation of the risk-adjusted returns profile of the opportunity and the appropriate pricing and structure for the prospective investment.

Initial Due Diligence

TriNut validates its internal determination of value with an independent, third-party appraisal to ensure that its assessment is balanced and comprehensive. Together with FarmTogether senior team, TriNut assesses sensitivities to potential changes in asset performance, global and local crop markets, climate change, and farmland capital markets.

Screening and Risk Management

TriNut works with outside legal counsel to complete legal due diligence, including title and insurance review. TriNut engages industry-recognized third-party vendors to prepare an engineering, environmental, and insurance review and documentation, among other areas of engagement. A member of FarmTogether investment team visits the property.

Investment Closing

TriNut asset management team is responsible for the ongoing farmland management and monitoring of all of the farmland investments through FarmTogether.

Farmland Management

TriNut leverages the extensive network of landowners, brokers, farming professionals, and 30 years of business expertise to source optimal investment-grade risk-adjusted farmland that can benefit from TriNut’s operational scale resulting in lower costs for investors. When a potential investment opportunity identified, TriNut team performs initial due diligence.

Sourcing & Underwriting

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TriNut Farms

Over 30 years of combined agricultural experience, operating since the 1980s;

TriNut manages and operates over 4,000 acres of farmland with almonds and other nut trees;

TriNut Farms is a family-owned vertically integrated farmland operator. TriNut specializes in nut trees since the 1980s. Operations include growing, harvesting, and marketing.

FarmTogether is looking for partners who are ready to bring investment-grade farmland direct ownership to investors.

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Become a Partner

Green Leaf Farms provides management and leasing for investors since 1972 with focus on orchard development and management.

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Green Leaf Farms, Inc.

Tillable works to bring balance to the farming industry, by assuring rental agreements are fair to landowners and farmers alike.

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Tillable

Dellavalle specializes in analyzing: soils, plant tissues, irrigation, influent waters, composts and fertilizers, serving clients worldwide.

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Dellavalle Ag. Laboratory

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Increase in Tillable Acres from 130 to 150 Acres

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Increase in Crop Productivity from 170 to 195 Bushels

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Unlock Value thought Improvements: McLeish Farm

McLeish Farm was a sale-leaseback opportunity with 130 tillable acres and 24 pasture acres at purchase. The farm came with an old house and a tree stand. During the prior 10 years, the farm was on a corn and soybeans rotation. Farmland Opportunity increased tillable acres by reclaiming pasture land, removing trees, and the house. Farmland productivity was improved by installing drainage on reclaimed land. In addition, Farmland Opportunity built a relationship with the owners of a hog facility to access manure to increase soil fertility and reduced input costs. Improvements required additional capital of 4.6% from the purchase price, which was partially offset by tax depreciation benefits.

Case Study

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FarmTogether is an incredible platform that covers all aspects of farmland investing for retail investors. It's clean and made to be flexible enough to cover any requirement.

Farmland Opportunity sources high quality, consistently productive, row crop farmland located in the United States.

Farmland Opportunity’s investment team has expertise in land acquisition, soil fertility, drainage, real estate law, and asset management. Their strong industry relationships and local knowledge enable Farmland Opportunity to identify great deals for our investors.

Farmland Opportunity performs extensive property and market level due diligence, including tenant profile and market research. Our farmers typically pay cash rent in advance of the planting season, so investors do not bear crop yield or price risks that year.

Once FarmTogether and Farmland Opportunity have a mutual agreement on acquiring the property, a closing process starts. Together with Farmland Opportunity, the investment team is responsible for legal due diligence, including title and insurance review, closing documents, wire in the funds to the closing agent. 

Farmland Opportunity will be responsible for tenant oversight to collect payment for our investors and ensure long term land stewardship.

We look for off-market deals with the potential for us to add value through enhancing productivity and reclaiming tillable acreage. 

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Jay is a 3rd generation landowner and a founder of Farmland Opportunity, a US row crops investment fund. Today, Jay manages over $400M and 90,000+ acres of institutional quality farmland in 10 states. Previously, Jay worked at Microsoft, Bain, and founded two technology companies. He earned his BA and an MBA from Harvard University.

Pete has over 20 years experience in private practice and state government. He has extensive knowledge of farm real estate, agricultural law and business entity planning for family farms. He earned his J.D. from Idaho College of Law and B.A. from Washington State.

Prior to Farmland Opportunity Cody founded Advanced Ag, LLC in Creston, IA, built it to $20M in sales before selling to Wilbur Ellis. He earned his B.S. in Agriculture Business from Iowa State University.

Matt is a 4th generation grain and livestock farm family. He worked for Elanco Animal Health division of Eli Lilly in sale and marketing. He earned his B.S. in Agronomy and Agriculture Business from Iowa State University.

Jason is a 4th generation dairy farm family and former seed, fertilizer sales representative for Harvest States and Dairyland Seed. Prior he was general manager of fertilizer plant, WS Ag Center. He earned his B.S. in Agronomy from University of Wisconsin.

Farmland Opportunity

Farmland Opportunity comprises 90,000 acres of investment-grade farmland valued at more than $400M;

Operations cover top row crops production regions across 10 states;


Farmland Opportunity sources high-quality, consistently productive, row crop farmland located in the United States.
 <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-girotto-1ba65/' target='_blank'>Jay Girotto</a> is the president of the group and is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr. Girotto has worked for Microsoft and Bain Capital, and has built two companies. 
 He is a third-generation farmer and holds a BA and MBA degrees from Harvard University.
 The investment team has backgrounds in agronomy, drainage tile, precision farming, real estate law, and livestock as well as local networks for deal sourcing and identifying operators.
 In this <a href='https://capitalallocatorspodcast.com/2019/10/13/farmland-opportunity/' target='_blank'>podcast</a>, Jay talks about his path to farmland investments and more.

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Leading Harvest is committed to supporting leaders in the agriculture industry that can advance environmental, social, and economic outcomes at scale. We are thrilled to welcome FarmTogether as a Program User and to support their journey to third-party verified sustainability certification.



Leading Harvest is a new nonprofit organization at the vanguard of sustainable agriculture. 

To practice sustainable agricultural stewardship to improve crop production and ensure long-term agricultural sustainability.


Sustainable Agriculture

To maintain or enhance soil health to optimize crop yield and protect long-term soil productivity on agricultural lands.

Soil Health and Conservation

To protect water resources and manage water for efficient agricultural productivity.

Protection of Water Resources

To achieve crop protection objectives while protecting people and the environment.

Protection of Crops

To conserve energy used by agricultural operations and minimize adverse impacts to the atmosphere and the global climate.

Energy Use, Air Quality and Climate Change

To manage waste, agricultural chemicals and other materials from agricultural operations to minimize their adverse impacts to agriculture and the environment.

Waste and Material Management

To manage farmland in a manner that maintains agricultural production while conserving biodiversity where appropriate or legally required.

Conservation of Biodiversity

To manage Special Sites on farmland that are geologically or culturally important in a manner that recognizes and respects their unique qualities.

Protection of Special Sites

To operate safely and responsibly; contribute to the economic well-being, social networks and health of local communities; and to recognize and respect the rights of local communities and Indigenous Peoples in regions of agricultural operations.

Local Communities

To provide a safe and healthy working environment, fair compensation and training for Standard user personnel, contract management company employees and contract farm labor necessary to improve the practice of sustainable agriculture.

Employees and Farm Labor

To comply with applicable federal, state and local laws, statutes, and regulations.

Legal and Regulatory Compliance

To promote continual improvement in the practice of sustainable agriculture by conducting management reviews and monitoring performance.

Management Review and Continual Improvement

To promote the use of regional agricultural best management practices on farmland leased by farmland tenants to broaden the practice of sustainable agriculture and to promote the efficient use of agricultural inputs and the management of adverse environmental impacts.

Tenant-Operated Operations

Their inaugural Farmland Management Standard is organized around 13 sustainability Principles.



Inaugural Farmland Management Standard

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Leading Harvest

Leading Harvest’s inaugural product is a first-ever universal outcomes-based certification program. It verifies that farmland is being managed sustainably through outcomes-based evidence and third-party audits. For Leading Harvest, sustainability means best-in-class performance across all environmental, social, and economic issues, from soil health to climate change, from community well-being to safe and fair working conditions for farm laborers. Leading Harvest offers solutions to grow confidently, together. 

Leading Harvest rationalizes the market for sustainability verification through a universal, outcomes-based certification program that can be applied across all crops and geographies and covers all major economic, social, and economic issues. As evidence of this universal approach, in its inaugural year Leading Harvest is already being applied across 26 U.S. states and on over 25 diverse row and permanent crops.

Through its auditing program, Leading Harvest creates a pathway for growers, landowners, companies, and investors to verify economic, social, and environmental outcomes on farmland through third-party audits.