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Rent or buy farmland? A look at 2023 farmland rent-to-price ratios

Real Agriculture

The FCC Farmland Values Report showed increases for 2023, raising land affordability challenges for farm operations. Generally, the cost to rent farmland is lower than financing, making it a worthy alternative to support cash flow and minimize financial risk.

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Rent or buy farmland? A look at 2023 farmland rent-to-price ratios

Real Agriculture

The FCC Farmland Values Report showed increases for 2023, raising land affordability challenges for farm operations. Generally, the cost to rent farmland is lower than financing, making it a worthy alternative to support cash flow and minimize financial risk.

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On average, Canadian farmland values increased over 11% in 2023

Real Agriculture

Canadian farmland values increased at a lower rate in 2023 compared to 2022, but still posted a double-digit average increase at 11.5 per cent in 2022, according to the FCC Farmland Values Report. The highest average provincial increases in farmland values were observed in Saskatchewan, Quebec, Manitoba and.

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Government faces legal action over sewage sludge on farmland

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly An environmental campaign group is taking legal action against the government, accusing it of axing its pledge to regulate microplastics and chemicals in sewage sludge spread over farmland.

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Farmland in your area 2023: North-east England

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly The market for farmland in north-east England in 2023 has seen a drop of almost 10% in farmer buyers, but with private investors, lifestyle buyers, institutional investors and a new type of environmental buyer now increasingly active, the market overall shows demand continuing to outstrip supply.

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An uncomfortable truth about selling prime farmland

Real Agriculture

Urban sprawl is a real threat to farmland long-term in many areas of Canada and the U.S., but our attitude about developing farmland littered with hypocrisy. As I see it, farmers are in the land business as much as the food production business and that is the reality we tend not to discuss openly. Historically, Read More

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Global farmland prices rise as demand for land grows

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Markets around the world are seeing similar competing interests for farmland as those in the UK, with policy and economic changes influencing some big price movements. Biodiversity and climate change mitigation, along with water, energy and tree planting demands are all in the mix.

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