$75 to $125. An acre rent, explain how you make a profit in Saskatchewan!

[grrrr]

I was being sarcastic.

[SASKFARMER3]

It's a conversation that's going on in every small
town across sask.
But that's farming someone always thinks they got
it figured out. Since the sixties I can list every one
in our area that thought their was never a poor
year. All have left the industry.
Oh we'll that's why they call it life lessons..

[Rareearth]

What is the ave size of a sask farm today?

There are many intangibles that go into the
decision to expand a farm, not just the traditional
dollars per acre or 1/3 -2/3 crop share models. It
seems obvious in the USA anyway that the price
of land or rent is being driven by profitability or
cash income. Like land in the resource rich areas
of sask and Alberta have been.

Wish I knew what the future brings with monetary
easing, inflation or deflation. Only time will tell.

I don't think that holding farmers back is a wise
move, let them be competitive globally, level
playing field, grow the crops and infrastructure to
support each regions natural competitive
advantages. I wish I knew what they all were, and
for which commodities. Unfortunately we have to
survive with commodities. Everything is a cycle.

Should our regions be dominated by hogs, dairy,
wheat, lentils, canola or soybeans, etc ? Now I'm
off topic, but it really is about competitive
advantages big or small, and what the future
vision is inside and outside your production
region. Could bring schools, rm's, hospitals,
doctors etc. trying to be positive about the
realities.

Another point, I'm not involved with medical
situation in sask, but inflation is driven by supply
and demand and in our booming economy no
doctors want to buy in or stay in, what's that say?

Yet I believe we live in one of the worlds safest,
most secure, high standards of living places in the
world. Should have started a new thread

[SASKFARMER3]

Rare earth I'm not saying stop or stagnate
expansion. Just as a long long running family farm
we ave seen this over and over and over.
Paying 125 an acre in Saskatchewan is insane.
I'm on 99000 and less land assessment and I still
think it doesn't work.

[Rareearth]

I do agree with your thoughts and comments.
Everything is a cycle, not sure if they will survive
the current cycle or how long this will continue.

I don't like it either, and you bring forward many
questions as to what's driving this, sustainability
for sure.

If it is so called "smart money" trying to part cash
into " safe assets" it doesn't really matter how
price of land correlates to the price of gold, stock
markets, etc. they must believe inflation will
destroy most asset groups and land is cheap
compared to gold, applies to the institutional
investors maybe some farmers , colonies . Could
it be money from the home land?

Cottons the guy, seems to understand the "what
ifs" economically with inflation. Or is it Errol and
his deflationary views. Probably both are right,
just a matter of time and who is more right.

[malta]

I don't care what people pay for rent. What I do care about is government bailing them out when they start to go south. We have been through this cycle before where some farmers pay what ever it takes to buy or rent land. Things go bad and they are headed for bankruptcy so our spineless politicians step in to "save" the family farm. I can guarantee that when the prices turn down in a couple years we will see a new round of subsidies and debt writedowns (especially by FCC) to bail out those who put greed ahead of common sense.

[Rareearth]

Careful what you wish for. The whole ag sector
could go to the crapper. That's when there were
rallies at sask place, nisa, agristability, crow gone,
govt rail cars, cwb, freight rate caps , et. Etc.
seems we need govt to some extent, they are not
the enemy.

There is a currency war going on right now. Hard
to see, but what if the USA, euro, china, Japan
(canola, wheat) are delevereging, debasing,
monetarily easing or flat out printing as much as
they can as fast as they can. Our Canadian dollar
goes higher, exports go down as our commodities
are expensive to other origins. The other origins
will grow lentils, chickpeas, canola, soybeans etc
cheaper than we can afford to sell them for. We
might need govt help of some sort. We might not
be able to wait to 2050 and 14 billion people to
creat the demand for food every one seems to be
getting ready for now.

[ajl]

1 to what malta said.

[Rareearth]

And the conspiracy theory where only the largest
most debt ridden get subsidized?

Maybe if the govt doesn't step in and support the
ag sector for what ever reason, every one else
goes down say only large farms over 10,000
acres, the average farm can then scoop up the
left overs and grow the farm, retire, rent out,
develope for residential what ever, sell to
neighbour or big gov....... What ever the
nationality might be.

[cottonpicken]

Went to regina to pick up a door and wife drove
into airport saying suprise we are off to
babylon,after being here again it only reminds me
of how right i am.

[malleefarmer]

hehe charlie says after all the studies
size doesnt matter

reckon i will tell that to my wife.....

woops im off topic with warped humour
merry xmas guys

[BTO_farmall]

Sask3, Others,

I want to know Specific Towns where Ground is Renting fer $75 - $125 an Acre. Who is this 3rd Operation yer talkin bout???? How Many Acres LDM farmin out there now???? What Theys payin 4Rent???? What Land Rentin 4 in The Valley????

[grrrr]

http://www.kramerauction.com/real_estate/property/details.php?AuctionID=743&Past=1

[BTO_farmall]

Jesus Christ, Way Up There!!!!!!!!!! Nevermind all The Wind Blown Swaths. Thanks grrr, Makes My $150 I signed a Month ago LOOK CHEAP!!!!!!!! Guys, Any other Rent Stories Around?????

[sumdumguy]

$150?

Must be Hutt Heaven.