Farmland Partners Inc. officials are going on the attack, vigorously defending the company after an online report damning the company's operating procedures surfaced last week.
On July 11, a post by Rota Fortunae (translated to "Wheel of Fortune"), entitled "Farmland Partners: Loans To Related-Party Tenants Introduce Significant Risk Of Insolvency – Shares Uninvestible," appeared on the website SeekingAlpha.com. Shares in Farmland Partners (NYSE: FPI) fell nearly 39 percent in trading on that day.