By Chip Hanlon 

Alfalfa. Soybeans. Wheat.

They probably don't arouse the senses the way the words "I-phone," "biotech" or even "gold" do. In fact, after a month of travel in support of the Delta Global Agriculture UIT, I'm quite certain those agricultural terms do not yet awe or inspire the average investor. How do I know?

Because they don't yet inspire the vast majority of above-average investment professionals, despite the sector's strong performance of late (example: as of Friday's close, the above-mentioned ag portfolio was up 6.7% on the offer since its inception on July 10th, while the S&P 500 has yet to even reclaim its highs of mid-July).

When you speak publicly often enough, you surely get a sense of when you "have the audience," when your listeners are tuned in and are very interested in what you're saying; that simply was not the case during most of the speeches I gave on the subject of global agriculture this month.

And I don't mean this as a knock on the people to whom I was presenting; I was sincerely quite impressed with the professional, classy caliber of the audiences I was in front of. That being said, after a while I took to starting my presentations with the glib question, "By a show of hands, who in here is just dying to know about global agriculture?" a line which was met by the appropriate amount of laughter...click here to read more "Global Agriculture Story Still Unappreciated" at GreenFaucet.com