Improving the resilience of Canadian agriculture requires more flexible and targeted conservation and safety net programming, according to doctoral and distinguished fellows with the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute.
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Improving agriculture’s economic and environmental sustainability
Policy fellows highlight need for more targeted risk management programs, land assessment and vegetable sector soil support
Prairie farmland rentals rates difficult to track
Rental rates could be important in 2025 as grain producers deal with lower grain prices and relatively high input costs
In Red Deer County in central Alberta, a survey found cropland leasing rates were around $75 per acre. Renting that same land could be 40-50 per cent more expensive in 2025 — but it’s difficult to even make a guess because land rents are considered a “dark market.”
Renting land better than buying for cash flow: FCC
Each farm needs to make the decision themselves, but a bit of analysis can help when choosing
Rising farmland values and higher interest rates have swung the affordability pendulum in favour of renting, not buying, farmland.
Tips to navigate transition storms
The cash flow needed to acquire land can fall outside of long-term profitability
Last month, in the U.S., we heard Steven Bohr of Next Generation Ag Advocates encourage young farmers with tools for transition. The average price per acre in Iowa, as of last Nov. 1, is estimated at US$11,835, and 34 per cent of the land has owners over 75 years of age. Sixty per cent of […] Read more
Woman, mid-60s, has successful farm and tax planning opportunities
It makes sense for her to take advantage of lower tax brackets while she can
A woman we’ll call Teresa, who farms two sections of grain in southeastern Manitoba, is 63. She works through a farm corporation worth $1.4 million and has personal farmland worth $1.75 million. The breakdown: she has non-farm assets of $419,000, savings of $400,000 plus a TFSA with assets of $100,000, and other savings of $800,000. […] Read more
Buy or rent? Land rent-to-price ratio can help farmers decide
FCC sees current ratios on farmland as (roughly) stable
Higher interest rates don’t seem to be affecting the ratio between land values and land rental costs — at least, not yet. Farm Credit Canada’s latest analysis of farmland rental prices says they’re roughly maintaining their traditional linkage, says J.P Gervais, the organization’s chief economist. “We were curious to see whether that would bring up […] Read more
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