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What is farmland selling for in your area? Have you seen an increase in value in your area?

Rising agricultural commodity values and tight inventory levels have seriously contributed to a significant upswing in the price of Ontario farmland in 2011, according to a report released by RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada.

What are your thoughts on this, and have you seen a increase in farmland value in your area?

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Permalink Reply by OntAG Admin on February 6, 2012 at 11:40am


ammemathesonFeb 03, 2:17pm via Twitter for iPhone

@OntAg rumour has it there's a $20k/per acre price-tag up the road. So, woah.

Permalink Reply by AgOntario on February 7, 2012 at 7:56am

This podcast list prices @ $12,000 per acre in Chatham-Kent and more for dairy and other value added

 Philip Shaw 
Why We Are Paying So Much for Farm Land?..my weekly audio commentary....    
Permalink Reply by OntAG Admin on February 7, 2012 at 11:27am

Permalink Reply by Roadrunner on February 16, 2012 at 6:49am

I heard $9,800 offered on 100 acre farm in Elgin County.

 

Permalink Reply by OntAG Admin on February 24, 2012 at 8:29am

COFFEE SHOP CHAT found on Twitter:


 only one confirmed at 20k but multiple confirmations of 15k and up. Farmer gossip is fun

 100 acres and 1000 head finishing barn. No house or livestock. Buyer was large cash cropper 

23 Feb

Land in Perth county has hit 20000 an acre in some recent sales according to the gossip at my  workshop today

Permalink Reply by OntAG Admin on March 19, 2012 at 12:48pm
Permalink Reply by OntAG Admin on April 16, 2012 at 5:04am

Farmland values in Ontario increased 7.2% in the second half of 2011, following gains of 6.6% and 2.4% in the previous two reporting periods.

The average monthly increase was 1.2% in 2011, which is double the average monthly increase the province witnessed in 2010. Farmland values in Ontario have been rising since 1993 and reached a peak increase of 8.2% in the last half of 1996.

Southwestern and eastern Ontario posted the most notable gains in land values, while regions in the rest of the province saw more modest changes. In several areas, demand for farmland significantly outweighed the supply as intensive livestock, crop and vegetable producers all wanted land.

Restrictions limited the ability for dairy producers to expand their quota holdings, fuelling a demand for land instead. Similarly, large intensive livestock enterprises were seeking land to satisfy nutrient management program requirements and to expand their operations.

Strong commodity prices and crop yields continued to stimulate demand by cash crop operations for workable farmland. In southern Ontario, competition for prime vegetable land spurred farmers planning to exit the business to sell their land instead of renting it out to other producers.

Commuters continued to purchase small farms north of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) for rural residential purposes, as the GO Transit system recently expanded to those areas. This has created greater demand for farmland in this region.

Permalink Reply by OntAG Admin on April 16, 2012 at 6:10am

modernfarmer Stewart Skinner
@OntAg 10-13k in north part of Perth county. 15k if beside a chicken/dairy farmer#Ontag
Permalink Reply by OntAG Admin on April 16, 2012 at 6:10am
Agridome Philip Shaw
@modernfarmer @OntAg Is it a land price bubble.....give it time
Apr 16, 12:48 PM via TweetDeck


Permalink Reply by OntAG Admin on April 16, 2012 at 6:38am

Erbcroft Luann Erb
16-20k. in Stratford Area RT @modernfarmer: @OntAg 10-13k in north part of Perth county.15k if beside a chicken/dairy farmer #Ontag
Apr 16, 12:58 PM via HootSuite
Permalink Reply by OntAG Admin on April 18, 2012 at 4:18am


JasparMelisApr 16, 8:21pm via Twitter for iPhone

@OntAg @Erbcroft heard about the farm that sold for 25k! Those prices definitely make it a whole lot harder for us young people #youngfarmer

Permalink Reply by Joe Dales on April 28, 2012 at 6:11am

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