farmland bubble

[crusher]

Land was within Edmonton city limits.
We still farm there, have since 1892.
Farthest east I go is Star, AB. Next
property we buy will be #1 sand, not
soil.

[crusher]

Land was within Edmonton city limits.
We still farm there, have since 1892.
Farthest east I go is Star, AB. Next
property we buy will be #1 sand, not
soil.

[crusher]

Land was within Edmonton city limits.
We still farm there, have since 1892.
Farthest east I go is Star, AB. Next
property we buy will be #1 sand, not
soil.

[freewheat]

Crusher you lucky B******! First you must have excellent health, to be farming for over a hundred years, and then you tell me you have land worth 27 000 an acre! Have I got a deal for you!!! lol

[tmyrfield]

I must remember to use /sarc.....

[kato]

The direct marketing involves something that not everyone has, and that's the desire to work directly with the public. I know one cattle producer right now who has absolutely no interest in it, and he's outside doing chores as I type this. Which is why farmer's markets are my specialty, not his. I for one, just love working with the public.

I can see the day coming when we get older and are looking for less physical work, when we would have less cattle and add value to them, but for now, Hubby is perfectly happy with what he does. Besides the cows, we've gotten quite specialized in backgrounding light calves, and they've been good to us. He is very good at what he does, and so far it has kept us in business through some pretty nasty times.

When we get to where the cows is all we want to deal with, then value added will be a more likely option for us. In the meantime, I'll keep on with my own little direct marketing project, and Hubby will happily carry on with what his talents work best for. When the day to add value and maybe direct market beef comes along, the marketing I'm doing now will be a good foundation for it.

[Klause]

We bought for $790/cult acre... just closed the deal this past week.


Cheapest in the area, rest of land that we know sold went for $980 - 1150/acre.

This is Muenster, SK.


Selling the place in MB for around $860/ cult acre.... and that's in the bush, kinda like farming north of La Ronge in SK.

The farmland bubble is alive and well, and will be till a) interest goes up, b) grain prices crash.


We mortgaged that quarter... 15 yrs... payment is $500/month. No wonder everyone is buying, buying, buying!