Update on Spring Land Sales!

[newguy]

When I was starting was buying a Quarter from an older couple and they could get 33 times from Land Bank and if I wanted it I had to match. Good on the seller for getting as much as he could but shame on the NDP government for bidding it up.

[SASKFARMER3]

But in all three cases the farmer selling gets
screwed, the only winner is real estate and land
company till us farmers quit renting then the
house of cards falls.

[newguy]

Canola seed keeps going up and farmers keep buying .Me think farmers will also keep renting with higher rents. If rent is too high for you then rent your land to someone else.

[hobbyfrmr]

Agree with newguy. I am always watching both
sides. A person can easily rent out. You can pay
60-90/acre but you can also.collect that as well.
Then you can sit in coffee shop in am and pub
in pm and talk about how the farmers are doing
it wrong. Lots of those guys around here. Same
old crusty turds smarter than the room!

[Horse]

Why is it always the rent to high? Mabey if the rentor let the rente sit in a nice shiny new combine or tractor for a while they wouldnt think rent was so high. I guess its what side you set on.
Who put land so high in the first place mabey those who want to look like the Huderites?

When all you progresive farmers target a 50/60 bu canola crop at 13/14 perbu expecting to make 500 profit per acre I realy dont think you have anything to bitch about.

[SASKFARMER3]

You three don't get farming. Why the f$&k would I
rent land from a land company. Why not buy it..

[SASKFARMER3]

Also why rent land on a 160 acre basis if their is
only 130 acres available to farm. Why pay for
water and trees, sloughs don't make me money.

[newguy]

Have you ever paid a more for land because he was a neighbour. I bet not. So if you can not pay going price for rent or buying do not expect a good neighbour to be Santa Clause to you.

[furrowtickler]

Agree 100% with S/f on the last coment... WTF is with retards. Time will sort it self out but in the mean time, it will cost us all a bit more till shit hits the fan.

[SASKFARMER3]

Newguy your new guy for a reason.
Section few years ago land trading at
40000 a quarter in area a long time
neighbor we purchased for 45000 a
quarter no questions asked. Second sale
three quarters guy showed up said I have
farmed by you its yours for this amount
we paid. Third section bought lady
showed up for grand daughters grad came
over Sunday and said this is how much
you have 15 min to decided we purchased.
Section of highest assessed land in one
of the RMs we paid top dollar above what
others were paying.
So stick it up your Ass on land.
Problem is one little pesky Real estate agent and Two land companies with out a
pot to piss in just a bunch of crooks
who came in last winter and told farmers
250k a quarter to 350 a quarter they
would pay, so land jumped form 79 to
350 in one winter. All never came to be
and only ones who received money were
the real estate agent. So yea I'm
pissed. Its a con taking place and some don't get it.

[ASRG]

I've rented out my crop land to the same guy for over 20 years. We do a crop share deal. 1/3 to me and I pay 1/3 of fert and chemicals. I provide the bin space. He makes all the decisions and all marketing choices.

I'll give him a hand (free) plowing snow if a B train is coming/driving truck or combine if he's short for a day or two.

Crop insurance is his....I don't participate (my choice)....if the crop is wiped out I get nothing....but then I don't pay my third of chem expenses.

Over the years I have done better than cash rent.

He is an excellent farmer and farms it like he owns it (eventually his son probably will....if he can afford it!). We have an excellent relationship.

[SASKFARMER3]

Thats neighbor working with neighbor.
Perfect, but when big flash comes in
with what seems like mountains of cash
some think ps on neighbor and go with
flash. Funny this time again like the
late 70s early 80s flash is just flash.
Most of these land companies don't have
a pot to piss in as we are finding out
in our area. One cant come up with the
money now and other cant flip for higher
dollars to some poor sucker immigrant.