August 23, 2018
The Obstruction Mapper has been updated to provide landowners and agricultural industry stakeholders with valuable information about the impact of field farming practices on productivity and other factors. The Obstruction Mapper is able to analyze the financial impact of roads, oil and gas sites, grain bins, yardsites, or any other obstructions that…
August 7, 2018
Over the past year, Serecon has completed valuations of over 20 ranches throughout Saskatchewan. The ranches have been primarily cattle operations with mostly grassland as well as some amount of hay land and crop land. The ranches are generally located in the following areas: Rosthern Kerrobert Kindersley Eatonia Maple Creek Swift Current Consul Val…
July 25, 2018
Farmland real estate appraisal and valuation work in the MD of Foothills, which is south of Calgary, indicates that quality cropland in the municipality has appreciated approximately 17% over the last two years on average. Properties with different characteristics such as ranchland, country residential, or holding properties have seen varying changes…
July 5, 2018
Valuation analysis of agricultural real estate data in the west central region of Saskatchewan indicates that land values for good quality cropland has appreciated approximately 7% on average over the last six months. The analysis includes sales research in areas including, but not limited to, the general areas of Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Kindersley,…
June 25, 2018
Mike Vorona of Serecon, who is also a Director with the Alberta Agricultural Economics Association, is the program chair for the upcoming conference in Edmonton. To find out more; please email Mike.
June 11, 2018
Serecon has completed valuation and appraisal work throughout the prairies for over 25 years. We have analyzed farm or agri-business properties in southern Manitoba including cropland, ranchland, irrigated land, commodity handling facilities, farms, and more. Recently, our work has been in the following areas: Russell Dauphin Killarney Boissevain Portage…
May 18, 2018
The latest Farmland Value Trend Newsletter has now been released, summarizing the agricultural real estate trend in Alberta and Saskatchewan for 2017. In an effort to provide an analysis that reflects variances across the province, we have again included regional analyses. For complete details, please download the 2017 Farmland Value Trend Newsletter or…
May 1, 2018
Markus Weber, an agricultural consultant with Serecon and the president of LandView Drones, was interviewed by CBC National as part of a feature discussing the use of drones for Canada’s farmers. Watch the feature here:
March 20, 2018
Market research in the southeast region of Saskatchewan indicates that cropland has appreciated in value approximately 8% on average in 2017. The analysis includes sales research in areas including, but not limited to, Regina, Weyburn, Estevan, Indian Head, and Moosomin. To find out more about agricultural property value trends throughout southeast…
March 15, 2018
Farmland near Calmar, Alberta, which is located west of Leduc, has experienced strong demand over the last few years. The area is located in Leduc County which is immediately south and southwest of Edmonton. Our appraisal analysis in this area indicates that high quality cropland has increased approximately 9% in 2017. To find out more about the…