American farmland prices are consitently higher than Canadian values. However, American farmers see a slight advantage based on revenue per acre dedicated to land payments.
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Canadian farmers at slight revenue disadvantage to U.S. despite cheaper land costs
Canadian cultivated farmland cost $6,900 per acre in 2025 on average compared to $8,150 per acre in the U.S.
Fed-up Ontario farmer seeks move to Prairies
Exorbitant land prices put farm purchase, expansion out of reach, prompting young producer to look further west
Glacier FarmMedia – Rob Glover is done with Ontario. The 33-year old would like to own and operate a farm near his hometown of Peterborough, but the math doesn’t make sense. To purchase 100 acres and run a small herd of beef cattle, the price tag for the land could be $1.5 to $2 million […] Read more
U.S. Lawmakers seek to limit corporate, foreign ownership of farmland
Farm groups, lawmakers are concerned that foreign, investor ownership is driving up prices and threatening national security
Washington | Reuters – U.S. lawmakers from both parties are pushing legislation that would limit who can own American farmland, with a latest effort from Democratic Senator Cory Booker aimed at curbing corporate ownership. Farm groups and lawmakers are concerned that land buys by investors and foreign countries are driving up farmland prices and threatening […] Read more
Land prices continue upward trend
Low interest rates, good commodity prices, and non-farm buyers push land values higher across the province
The pandemic might have slowed the economy in 2020, but it didn’t slow the growth in land values. In fact, the ongoing global viral calamity is, in its own way, another factor contributing to per-acre purchase costs. In his annual “Southwestern Ontario Land Values” report, Ryan Parker, partner with London area real estate appraiser Valco, […] Read more
Grain World: Farm consolidation key to increasing yields
Saskatoon | MarketsFarm — Consolidating farms — going from numerous small operations to fewer, but much larger, farms — is central to improving crop yields, according to grain industry observers Neil Townsend and Jason Newton. Townsend is the chief market analyst for FarmLink Marketing Solutions, while Newton is the chief economist and head of marketing […] Read more
Report shows slower pace for rising farmland values
While lower-valued farmland more often showed a higher rate of increase, and price hikes varied from region to region, Canada’s farmland values on average have booked their slowest year-over-year rate of increase in almost a decade. That’s according to the annual Farmland Values Report from Farm Credit Canada (FCC), in which the federal ag lending […] Read more
FCC sees increase in Canadian farmland values slowing
Farmland values in Canada, on average, appreciated in 2016 — and while it was less of an increase than the year before, the gain easily beat a bank GIC. Land prices here in Manitoba, which have been rising steadily since 1992, on average gained 12 per cent in both 2015 and 2014. But after four […] Read more
England’s farmland prices fall ahead of Brexit vote
London | Reuters –– Farmland prices in England fell by 3.2 per cent in the first quarter of this year — the largest quarterly decline since 2008, weighed partly by uncertainty ahead of the June 23 referendum on European Union membership, estate agent Knight Frank said. Knight Frank’s Farmland Index fell to 19,538 pounds (C$35,881) […] Read more