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“I know I’m making better decisions… we wouldn’t have that same level of success without the guidance and advice of the team.” – Terry Aberhart.
Features, Management

Summer Series: The right farm team

[Land] It’s the Catch-22 of the decade. Either buy that ultra-expensive land or someone else will. How do you make that decision?

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Reading Time: 8 minutes Two years ago in June, Terry Aberhart got a call from an account manager at the land investment company that, at the time, was leasing him about 2,000 acres of his roughly 15,000-acre operation. “Hey, we’ve been having some unsolicited offers come in,” the voice on the line said. The account manager went on: “In […] Read more
'To reach our goals on our farm, we will continue to invest in new technology.' – Riley Buchanan.
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Summer Series: Business on the ground

[Land] With these land prices, can young farmers hope to ever write a sensible business plan? Maybe, but it’ll take innovative thinking

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Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s a daunting mix for young farmers. Land prices are soaring, production costs are climbing, interest rates are uncertain. And that’s not to mention the mix of international politics, market volatility and weather woes that are breeding black swans at historic rates. With 2024 almost here, it’s hard to be any age. But how would […] Read more
VIDEO: Summer Series: Meet the Lindgrens, Pt. 2
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VIDEO: Summer Series: Meet the Lindgrens, Pt. 2

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Reading Time: < 1 minute In part one of our three-part series featuring the Lindgrens, you heard how this farm family found other ways to diversify their Saskatchewan farm as farmland prices spiked.  Hear more from the Lindgrens and their farm operation in part two of our three-part video series.
VIDEO: Summer Series: Meet the Lindgrens, Pt. 1
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VIDEO: Summer Series: Meet the Lindgrens, Pt. 1

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Reading Time: < 1 minute In a feature article earlier late last year, Country Guide asked why Jordan and Jennifer Lindgren made the choice of making their life as grain farmers so public. The Saskatchewan farmers and past Outstanding Young Farmer winners are aware this approach likely goes against the grain of what most farmers would choose to do, but […] Read more
Summer Series: Podcast with Norm Lamothe
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Summer Series: Podcast with Norm Lamothe

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Norm Lamothe of Woodleigh Farms Ltd. is a multi-generational (6th generation) family-run business. Norm and his family are committed to ensuring that all the environmental impacts are considered when making decisions in their operations and following organic and sustainable practices. In recent years they have shifted away from traditional methods of agriculture to what we […] Read more
The answer to any real estate question always depends on location and on productive potential.
Features

Summer Series: In search of bargain farmland

[Land] Are there still any great deals on Canadian farmland? Where are they, and what’s the catch?

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Reading Time: 12 minutes On the surface, the news isn’t great for farmers looking to expand. Everywhere you look, it’s a seller’s market. The law of supply-demand is working against you, with multiple bidders on practically every property. Technology seems like it’s against you too. Check out our accompanying story “New ways to buy and sell farmland”. The days […] Read more
‘Am I better off to pay more for land right next to me, or pay the right value for land that’s farther away?’ – Pascal Thériault.
Features

Summer Series: Win from the sidelines

[Land] The spike in farmland prices has boosted the equity of farmers all across Canada. We ask McGill economist Pascal Theriault, is this a historic opportunity?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Are farmers leveraging their new-found equity to generate new business opportunities or farm wealth? To explore what farmland values mean for farms and farming across Canada, Country Guide sat down with Pascal Thériault, agricultural economist at Macdonald Campus, McGill University and vice-president of Quebec’s Ordre des agronomes. Country Guide (CG): The specifics vary across the […] Read more
“Continue to see increases in farmland.” – Kim Passmore and Brandon Wilcox, registered appraisers. S.W. Irvine & Associates, Guelph, Ont.
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Summer Series: Where will land prices be in 10 years?

[Land] Insider predictions on what to expect from land prices in the next decade

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Reading Time: 5 minutes There is just one word to describe the value of farmland in Canada: high. Or maybe that should be HIGH. Cultivated farmland across Canada jumped an average 12.8 percent last year, says Farm Credit Canada. It’s the biggest jump since 2014 and part of an upward trend that has seen land values post continuous gains […] Read more
“Any opportunity we’ve had to expand our land base, we’ve done so.” – Jordan Lindgren.
Features, Management

Summer Series: “Not just with acres”

[Land] “We had to find another way to diversify,” says Jennifer Lindgren

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Reading Time: 10 minutes The question we’ve come to ask is why Jordan and Jennifer Lindgren made the strange choice to turn being a grain farmer into such a public life. Unlike most farmers, the Lindgrens’ marketing campaign puts their farm and their family right in the public spotlight. Can it possibly pay? And what’s it like behind the […] Read more
"They (customers) have to be able to find us easily. We have to make sure we’re on the right store shelf." — Sandford Gleddie.
Features, Potatoes

Summer Series: Getting big with small potatoes

[Change Management] Can you transition your hot new idea into a stable, growth-oriented business? The Little Potato Company’s Angela Santiago had to figure out how to do just that, and quick

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Reading Time: 8 minutes At first, it seemed their real job would be to build awareness. What could have been clearer than that? After all, they had the idea already. Jacob van der Schaaf and his daughter, Angela Santiago, could see a market gap for the kind of small, flavourful potatoes that van der Schaaf had grown up with […] Read more

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