December 19, 2022
Our team of agricultural appraisers have continued to observe strong market conditions and upward trends in land values in many areas throughout western Canada. As most appraisal assignments are required to establish a current market valuation, the necessity for current market sales data and knowledge of value trends in specific micro or sub-markets…
November 17, 2022
Serecon is working on several economic impact studies within various agricultural industries. The analysis for economic impact studies is a method of evaluating the economic effects of a particular policy, project, industry, or event on a specific region or community. This type of analysis typically involves examining the direct, indirect, and induced…
October 20, 2022
Get real value from a drone on your farm, from finding cattle to mapping crops with multispectral cameras. The LandView Drones Ag Drone School will take you from first takeoff to legal autonomous mapping missions in two days.The first schools are located in Alberta (Claresholm, Benalto, Forestburg, and Cherhill). Overall, we'll have 18 locations…
July 4, 2022
Earlier this year Serecon began assessing the economic impact of extension activities for a number of Alberta’s applied research associations (ARA) and forage associations (FA). This work is driven by the knowledge that research and agricultural investments are believed to be one of the driving factors in the historical and future strengthening…
May 2, 2022
Serecon is happy to announce that after years of completing projects for various businesses and organizations in Ontario, we now have a physical office in southern Ontario. Our Peterborough branch office is headed by Joshua Arias who has recently joined our team on a full time basis but has completed numerous projects in the past with us. Connect with…
March 11, 2022
The latest Farmland Value Trend Newsletter has now been released, summarizing the agricultural real estate trend in Alberta and Saskatchewan for 2021. 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 2021 Farmland Value Trend Newsletter or…
February 17, 2022
Over the last few years, Serecon has welcomed new members to our team who have provided a greater background and have added further knowledge to our collective group which has been beneficial to our clients needs and the various projects we are involved with across the Canadian agriculture industry. We continue to seek new team members who are interested…
January 24, 2022
Landview Drones, which is led by Markus Weber of Serecon, has numerous Ag Drone Schools planned across the prairies this spring. The classes deal with every aspect of productive, safe, and legal use of remotely piloted aerial systems by farmers & agronomists. Topics covered include: - Introduction to Remote Sensing of Vegetation - NDVI and other…
November 16, 2021
Since the beginning of 2015, Serecon has appraised and inspected over 35,000 acres of farm and ranch land in Vulcan County. Over the last year alone, our agricultural appraisers have appraised +/- 6,000 acres. The properties varied from irrigated land, dryland, grassland, river valley lands, and country residential properties. Research and analysis…
October 29, 2021
Every year after harvest, farmers have time to assess the year’s results, look at their current situations, and plan their next moves. For some, winter is the time they decide to make big changes. Numerous indicators point to a higher-than-normal surge in farmland transactions in the coming months. The average age of farmers continues to rise,…