Last week, Saskatchewan’s government announced that it is restricting pension funds and other investors from purchasing farmland. Saskatchewan has nearly half of Canada’s farmland. The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, the group most effected by the decision, is Canada’s largest institutional investor. So it is no wonder that the decision has people talking. The question is whether people are having the right conversation, because whether pension funds are allowed to invest in Saskatchewan or not, Canadian farmers are facing a financing crisis. Farmers cannot get access to the right kind of capital to build stable farms. Now is the time to change that.
FARM EXPANSION WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK
Area One Farms provides growth equity for farm expansion. Area One Farms works with 25+ Canadian farm families to expand their operation to accommodate growth for their children, buy out parents, and complete land improvement projects.
Watch our presentation at Farm Management Canada’s Agriculture Excellence Conference here.