** Shares of real estate investment trust (REIT) Farmland
Partners Inc FPI.N up ~1.4% to $13.11
** Janney Montgomery Scott upgrades to "buy" from "neutral"
** Brokerage raises fair value estimate to $16, implying an
upside of ~24% on stock's last close
** Says FPI to benefit from various global demand factors
for its farm portfolio in 2023
** Adds FPI owned and managed lands are 100% occupied, as of
Sept 2022, with ~26 different crop types including corn,
soybeans, wheat
** YTD, stock is up ~5%
(Reporting by Anirban Chakroborti in Bengaluru)
((Anirban.Chakroborti@thomsonreuters.com;))