I was watching the Buckner and Griffiths Exchange yesterday. It’s a business show on the CBC that only airs once in awhile. Anyway, they were talking about the booming ag sector in Canada. Apparently farmers are making a killing this year because of the bumper crop. Rudyard Griffiths, a savvy social entrepreneur renowned for wearing his dashing red tie,… Read More »
I have good news and bad news! The good news is I bought another farm yay 😀 The bad news is I have to find a way to raise another $25,000 by the end of July for the down payment or I lose my $17,250 deposit forever (O_O) Would anyone be interested to buy some short term, securitized… Read More »
Earlier this week Farm Credit Canada, the leading agriculture lender, released their farmland prices report for spring of 2013. FCC appraisers estimate market value using recent comparable sales. These sales must be arm’s-length transactions. Here’s a summary of the report. During the second half of 2012 Quebec experienced the highest average increase at 19.4%. Saskatchewan, where my farm is located,… Read More »
This is a guest post by Peter Thompson. He is the founder of the boutique firm GreenWorld Forestry and Farmland Investments. GreenWorld concentrates on offering “real assets”, and greenworldbvi.com have been particularly popular. For a small investor with an adversity to risk it is very difficult to find investments that keep up with real inflation. By real inflation, we… Read More »
Earlier this year I blogged about why I was interested about farmland investing. And earlier this month I posted about how I was really close to buying my first farm. Well drum roll please because earlier this week I officially became a farm owner 😉 That doesn’t mean I’m a farmer though. I still live in the city, but… Read More »
To become successful investors we have to think like burglars, because we must be constantly looking for windows of opportunity 😀 I saw an interview recently on BNN about alternative investing and how buying a farm can be a wonderful long term investment. Of course as any diligent person would do, I did some more research into this topic to… Read More »