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.
Despite cheaper land costs, Canadian farmers at slight revenue disadvantage to U.S.
Canadian cultivated farmland cost $6,900 per acre in 2025 on average compared to $8,150 per acre in the U.S.
Farmland becoming less affordable: FCC
Buying farmland became more costly in 2024, according to Farm Credit Canada.
Renting land better than buying for cash flow: FCC
Each farm needs to make the decision themselves, but a bit of analysis can help when choosing
Rising farmland values and higher interest rates have swung the affordability pendulum in favour of renting, not buying, farmland.
Alberta farmland price growth lags national average
While prices continue to rise, the rate is slowing and other province have faster growth
Reading Time: 5 minutes Average Alberta farmland prices were up three per cent in the first half of 2023, significantly below the Canadian average increase of 7.9 per cent. The data, released in a Farm Credit Canada report on Oct. 3, shows the province is following a national trend. “It’s not unexpected, given where we were at the end […] 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
Buy or rent? Land rent-to-price ratio can help farmers decide
FCC sees current ratios on farmland as (roughly) stable
Higher interest rates don’t seem to be affecting the ratio between land values and land rental costs — at least, not yet. Farm Credit Canada’s latest analysis of farmland rental prices says they’re roughly maintaining their traditional linkage, says J.P Gervais, the organization’s chief economist. “We were curious to see whether that would bring up […] Read more
Farmland is selling, but who’s paying the higher prices?
‘Non-traditional’ farmland buyers help drive up prices, highlighting tight land supplies across Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmland prices continue to rise across Canada, but who’s paying them? Not only farmers, says Farm Credit Canada’s chief economist. “We think there’s between nine to 15 per cent of (farmland) transactions that are purchases made by non-traditional buyers. That’s significant,” J.P. Gervais told an online news conference last month. Who are these non-traditional buyers? […] Read more
Alberta farmland values up 10 per cent on average
Alberta's increase comes in below a national average that exceeded expectations
Reading Time: 4 minutes Average Alberta farmland values rose 10 per cent in 2022, according to Farm Credit Canada statistics released March 13. That’s less than the 12.8 per cent average for the rest of the country, but it’s the largest increase the province has seen since 2015, when prices rose 11.6 per cent. Last year’s figure follows increases […] Read more
Farmland values exceed expectations
Ontario leads the country with 19.4 per cent increase
Average farmland prices were up 12.8 per cent in Canada in 2022, the largest increase seen since 2014 when the increase was 14.3 per cent. The increase follows gains of 8.3 per cent in 2021 and 5.4 per cent in 2020. J.P. Gervais, FCC’s chief economist, said the numbers were a little bit of a […] Read more
The price of farmland is defying interest rate hikes – so far
Buyers still bid up land but latest figures don’t reflect full impact of higher lending rates
Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite significant interest rate hikes, the price of farmland kept shooting up in the first half of the year. Land prices jumped 5.9 per cent in Alberta in the first six months of 2022, according to the latest data from Farm Credit Canada, and that was smallest rise on the Prairies. Prices were up an […] Read more