William Pohl III
“Good farmland investing is mostly patience and humility. The soil and the seasons are in charge; we just keep faith with them.”
A land-first approach to capital.
William Pohl III is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Arcia Farmland Partners. He built the firm for enduring capital — the pensions, endowments, and family offices that measure farmland returns in decades, not quarters.
Under his leadership, Arcia has assembled a platform anchored by more than $120 billion in committed capital, spanning ten fund strategies across five American agricultural regions, underwritten with an operator-led, water-first discipline.
His approach treats soil as capital to be rebuilt, water as the first question in any acquisition, and the operator — not the acre — as the true engine of return.
We do not buy acres. We back operators who make acres productive.
How leadership shows up.
Operator-Led, Not Asset-Led
We invest in exceptional operators first and land second. The operator, not the acre, drives the return.
02Water Before Price
We underwrite the water right and its durability before we underwrite the purchase price.
03Soil as a Depreciating Asset
Soil health erodes without care. We invest to rebuild it, treating it as capital to be maintained.