4 rock-solid ASX dividend shares to buy for 2021

This article is about four ASX dividend shares that pay consistent payments to investors, even during difficult times:

Rural Funds is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns farmland across different agricultural sectors including cattle, almonds, macadamias, vineyards and cropping (sugar and cotton).

The REIT was actually one of the top FY21 picks by broker Bell Potter which liked the high-quality tenants and steadily-growing asset values of the farms.

Those farms are spread across a variety of states and climactic conditions for useful diversification.

The ASX dividend share aims to grow its distribution by 4% per annum. This is funded by contracted rental increases and productivity improvement investments at its…