Gladstone Land Corporation Announces Presentation Times at Upcoming Conferences

MCLEAN, Va., March 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gladstone Land Corporation (NASDAQ:LAND) (“Gladstone Land” or the "Company") announced today its schedule of presentation times at certain upcoming conferences for the spring of 2017.

Event – Sidoti & Company Spring 2017 Convention:

About the Sidoti & Company Emerging Growth Convention:  The Sidoti & Company Fall 2016 Emerging Growth Convention will focus on companies with market capitalizations of $600 million and less, connecting their executive management teams with institutional and high-net-worth investors, while building interest and visibility into the most overlooked, undervalued segment of the equity market. 

About Sidoti & Company, LLC:  Sidoti & Company, founded in 1999, is Wall Street’s preeminent provider of equity research, generally focused on companies with market capitalizations of under $3 billion.  Sidoti & Company’s approach affords institutional investor clients a combination of high-quality research of over 250 companies, a small- and micro-cap company-focused nationwide sales effort, broad access to corporate management teams, and extensive trading support.  Sidoti & Company serves nearly 500 institutional clients in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., including many leading managers of portfolios with $200 million to $2 billion of assets.  They also host a biannual Emerging Growth Convention in New York and are a provider of company sponsored research.  For more information, please refer to Sidoti.com.

Event – Global AgInvesting 2017 Conference:

About the Global AgInvesting Conference:  Since its inception in 2009, Global AgInvesting (GAI) has been the world’s premier agriculture investment conference series, attracting over 8,000 attendees worldwide.  As the most well attended event series dedicated to the agricultural investment sector, the success of GAI can be credited to the fact that its conferences are not trend-based events created by a generalized conference company.  GAI is produced and conceived by a management team dedicated to this marketplace with a track record for delivering over 20 industry-leading conferences featuring the most relevant and contemporary content, the most knowledgeable speakers, and the most important networking opportunities in the sector.

Event – REITWeek 2017:

About REITWeek® 2017:  NAREIT's Investor Forum® creates an opportunity for investors to meet with more than 500 REIT executives in New York City June 6-8.  During REITWeek, NAREIT Corporate Members will share their business plans, forecasts, and strategies with institutional investors in a series of individual company presentations, one-on-one meetings, luncheons, and networking events.  Over 130 individual company presentations are expected to be given over the course of three days.  In addition, REITWeek offers attendees compelling panels that provide the latest perspectives on the economy, industry trends, and other investment insights and information.

About Gladstone Land Corporation:  Gladstone Land is a publicly-traded real estate investment trust that invests in farmland and farm facilities located in major agricultural markets in the U.S., which it leases to farmers, and pays monthly distributions to its stockholders.  Gladstone Land currently owns 59 farms, comprised of 54,340 acres in 7 different states across the U.S., valued at approximately $455 million.  Its acreage is predominantly concentrated in locations where its tenants are able to grow fresh produce annual row crops, such as berries and vegetables, which are planted and harvested annually or more frequently; as well as permanent crops, such as almonds, blueberries, and pistachios, which are planted every 10 to 20-plus years.  The Company also may acquire property related to farming, such as cooling facilities, processing buildings, packaging facilities, and distribution centers.  Gladstone Land has paid 49 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock since its initial public offering in January 2013.  The current per-share distribution on its common stock is $0.043 per month, or $0.52 per year.  Additional information can be found at www.GladstoneLand.com.

Owners or brokers who have farmland for sale in the U.S. should contact:

Eastern U.S. – Bill Frisbie at (703) 287-5839 or bill.f@gladstoneland.com
Western U.S. – Bill Reiman at (805) 263-4778 or bill.r@gladstoneland.com
Midwest U.S. – Bill Hughes at (618) 606-2887 or bill.h@gladstoneland.com

For stockholder information on Gladstone Land, call (703) 287-5893.  For Investor Relations inquiries related to any of the monthly dividend-paying Gladstone funds, please visit www.Gladstone.com.

For further information:  Gladstone Land, 703-287-5893

Released March 13, 2017