Land prices

[Hopalong]

If sale of farmer owned grain companies is any indication, retiring farmers have more clout than young ones who want to expand.
Seems to be a me first attitude and get what we can.

[fjlip]

The price of land everywhere else is much higher and growing crops will take a lifetime to pay for it. Why should it be different in Sk? Land here is the cheapest at $2000/ acre. Agree banks, FCC do not want lower values. Farmer's average age is nearly 60. There will be a massive transfer of wealth in next few years. Farming children will get a "deal" anyway, those selling will get a good nest egg.

[BreadWinner]

Yes I get the Western producer or maybe it should be renamed the Leftist Producer. I think the laws won't be changed they will be just looking to see if the existing laws are being broken.

[phoenix64]

Jeez b.w. Good one, never heard that one before, gladly not everyone thinks like you do, we don't need absentee landowners bidding up farmland, farmers bid it up higher in 1980 ( when pre 2003 land ownership laws were in place) with 2013 adjusted dollars, point is..... Farmers need to own the farmland they farm, when shit hits the fan, and it will again, producers can get through on their built equity in farmland, ain't gonna happen renting land from parasite fund companies.

[bgmb]

I know for a fact our ag minister does not see a problem with investors from any country buying land. Glad to see the provinces are paying attention. We cant afford to have to watch who buys strategic resources such as farm land.

I have no problem with foreign families who want to come over and farm. But investors from china and other questionable countries should be shut out.

[ColevilleH2S]

Every person who calls themselves a Canadian should know the history of Absentee landlords in preconfederaton PEI. Even the Wiki page on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absentee_landlord"]Absentee Landlord[/URL] is dominated by the tiny island's tale of woe.

[sk_wheatking]

once again,why would anyone want the price of land to go down when you OWN land now!?

Let me see land priced at 1500-2000 an acre.....**** that! Yes I will take that pickup truck for 85,000 that's worth NOTHING in 2 years,,,,,,,actually can I have 2 of them. I know that you have to make a living but buy what you can afford. Land is dirt cheap in sask. buy some anywhere in the u.s. , alberta,manitoba on and on and on.

[BreadWinner]

I guess where do you draw the line on farmland ownership???? Farmer only, retired farmer, widowed farmer wife, estates, farmers relatives, saskatchewan citizen, Canadian citizen, landed immigrant, pension fund, investment funds, sole investor, etc.
Hey while we're at it why don't we give it all back to our First Nations and we can rent from them, that one will make you think a while.

[phoenix64]

I don't think anyone wants the land to go down, though it will always cycle up and down relative to margins in the industry. Problem is, farmers willing to expand or new ones wanting to start are more than willing to buy up a section or a half at today's prices but are shut down by a land owner wanting to sell to one buyer, in comes the foreign entity or land investment fund with billions at their disposal and buying up blocks of land that will never be resold to farmers again but to another fund company.

[BTO_farmalll]

sf3 Farmer,

Who Was The Broker That Did That Deal????? Just Tell Me Man, Quit Playin Games Already!!!!!! Gotta Lead I am Followin Up on Next Week, But Like I Said, Just a Lead!!!!!!!!!