In investing, it’s often said that nothing goes up or down in a straight line.
Stocks, bonds, commodities… they all go through periods of growth, correction, collapse, mania, etc.
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Canadian farmland values reach record levels
CALGARY – Canadian farmland values have reached record levels this year as demand has outpaced supply in most markets, says a report released Tuesday by RE/MAX.
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GREAT VALUE IN SASKATCHEWAN FARMLAND
Saskatchewan farmland, based on its productive capacity, continues to trade at a significant discount compared to land in other parts of Canada and around the world. “We particularly like … Saskatchewan because there’s this demonstrable discount on farmland prices if you look at (the cost for) a bushel of productive capacity,” “Right now, Saskatchewan land trades at about $800 for a tonne of productive capacity and Alberta trades at about $1,500 for a tonne of productive capacity.
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HOW YOU COULD’VE MADE 140%… FROM “ARMCHAIR FARMING”
Two summers ago, I visited Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan. I’ve been writing about investing in farmland there since 2008. I showed readers how to invest in Assiniboia’s farmland partnership. The price was about $26 per unit. Today, it’s about $58 per unit – plus investors have received $2.66 per unit in distributions. All-in, that’s a 140% total return.
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The Next Real Estate Bubble: Farmland
Farmers have been taking on mounting debt, creating an unsustainable increase in land prices and risking a crash that would ripple through our economy.
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Farmland prices: Is the bubble about to burst?
WASHINGTON — Record-high prices for corn, soybeans, wheat and other commodities have left growers flush with cash to purchase more land. And what the farmers don’t pay for out of their own pockets, historically low interest rates provide them with easy and cheap access to money to close the deal.
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Local farmers express concern over potentially losing land
For Leduc County resident Brent Halwa, farming is the only career he has ever known.
His family’s four acres of property, as well as the 1,400 acres of land he rents and earns a living off of, will all be affected should the proposed City of Edmonton annexation of 38,000 acres of Leduc County land be approved.
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Staples: A new suburb on Edmonton’s northeast farmland makes sense
EDMONTON – City council made the right call to move ahead with the plan for a massive new residential neighbourhood in the city’s far northeast corner, the Horse Hills region along the North Saskatchewan River.
I say this even as I favour a denser, less sprawling city. There’s also no doubt that Horse Hills farmers spoke out eloquently at the city’s two-day public hearing on the area structure plan about the need to preserve farm land, none more so than farmer Andrew Voogd.
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Speakers appeal to Edmonton council to think before handing over fertile land to developers
EDMONTON – People sporting green ribbons and buttons packed the council chambers Friday morning — even lining the upper balcony — as they waited for the first speakers on Edmonton’s food and agriculture policy.
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Farmland continues to outperform most other assets
Farmland continues to outperform most other assets when it comes to growth in value. READ