Captial and Crisis editor Chris Mayer says a new plot line is unfolding in the agriculture boom.

“It begins with the fact that there are fewer and fewer options these days for importers looking for large quantities of high-quality grains. But it speaks more to a deeper issue: an emerging shortage in fertile soil.” In a nutshell: we’re running out of good dirt.

This means that farmland is becoming a strategic asset… and one that is likely rise in value as the crisis in fertile soil plays out.