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Massey Ferguson 2600H utility tractor. Photo: Massey Ferguson
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Is farm equipment best bought or leased?

Farm Financial Planner: Or is either option better than the other?

By Andrew Allentuck August 15, 2025
Whether to buy or lease farm equipment is a crucial question, though one with no definitive answer. Let’s analyze the numbers using an example from management and accounting firm BDO.

Alberta Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation RJ Sigurdson does the ceremonial fire up of Farming Smarter’s new tractor it was able to purchase with the help of the province’s one-time capital grant of $3.2 million to Alberta’s 12 applied research associations. The boost to Farming Smarter’s equipment for potato research helps with the association’s operating costs as a non-profit association. Photo: Greg Price
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Farming Smarter receives financial boost from Alberta government for potato research

Farming Smarter one of 12 research associations getting part of one-time $3.2 million capital grant

By Greg Price June 26, 2025
Farming Smarter near Lethbridge got a boost to its research equipment, thanks to the Alberta government’s increase in funding for research associations.


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