Do you make money by running a farm in Canada?

When you are on a flight to Saskatchewan, you can see mainlanders and foreigners "gold diggers" of all colors and accents, much like Alberta eight years ago. Experts predict that Saskatchewan will be the most active region in Canada in the next decade. At present, the world's scarcest resource products, such as oil, minerals, agricultural land, etc., are all available in Saskatchewan, which is still in the early stage of development and has considerable prospects. I am also one of these "gold diggers". I don't want to get rich by buying farmland, but I don't want to run a farm at a loss. In addition to the general trend of increasing the value of agricultural land in Saskatchewan, I want to do some planting and breeding projects on my farm, and I have a slight surplus in self-sufficiency. In Canada, I lived a peasant woman's life of "picking chrysanthemums under the hedge and seeing Nanshan leisurely". Every investor must first understand why you buy a farm. Whether it is waiting for the land to appreciate and wait for an opportunity to sell it to make money, or buying a farm to operate and produce agricultural products to make money, or like the lifestyle of farmers. There are great differences in land prices among Canadian provinces, and there are also great differences in government management requirements. Your motivation will determine where you should buy a farm. At present, the price of agricultural land in Saskatchewan is cheap because Saskatchewan did not open the agricultural land market in the past. With the decrease of arable land in the world, international food prices are rising, especially in recent years, the opening of agricultural land market in Saskatchewan has attracted a large number of investors. I believe that agricultural land in Saskatchewan will go up in a straight line. No matter what kind of thinking, you can make money by buying farmland at this time, but it is a little different. 89% of the land in Canada belongs to public land, of which 4 1% is owned by the Federation, 48% by provinces (regions), and the rest 1 1% is privately owned. Public land mainly includes aboriginal reservations, national parks, provincial parks (equivalent to nature reserves), forests, public land and government land; Private land is mainly farmland, pasture, industrial and commercial land, residential land and so on. To invest in a farm in Canada, you must have professional knowledge, be familiar with local laws and policies, and know the threshold for running a farm. Many farms have clear production and planning requirements from the government. A considerable number of agricultural products are controlled by the corresponding "marketing bureaus", and some still need licenses or even production and sales quotas (quotas can be transferred with the farm or purchased separately) to produce or sell. For example, raising cattle and chickens, the government approves production according to market demand. Pigs and beef cattle are produced free of charge, but they still have to meet the government's food safety. In addition, Canada is not short of water, but it has clear regulations on agricultural water use. Farm management needs to take water from underground or lakes and ponds, and it must comply with the regulations. Therefore, before buying land, we must first understand whether the production water consumption meets the requirements of the government. Canada implements strict environmental protection policies, and farm emissions and pesticide use must meet government standards. For example, chicken farms and pig farms must control the pollution and odor of chicken manure and pig manure. The government also has strict requirements for protecting farm wildlife and forests. There are roughly the following ways to invest in agricultural land to run a farm: First, buy a piece of agricultural land to collect rent from others, which is the most elementary way of investment. Such investors do not run farms themselves, but invest in agricultural land for profit, so they are not real farmers. The government's agricultural support policy basically does not benefit such landowners, but supports real farmers who run their own farms or rent land to run farms. Many investment immigrants from China have a lot of cash. In Canada, there are no other projects that can be invested in appreciation except speculation. Just because of the appreciation potential of agricultural land in a certain area, they invest to buy agricultural land and rent it to others for planting. In this way of investment in Saskatchewan, people who invest in agricultural land will get 3-5% land rental income every year. If they invest in farmland in the form of loans, it will be flat, and they can only get benefits after the land increases in value. Second, cooperative management of agricultural land, that is, some land operates its own planting and breeding projects, and some land is leased to others. For example, if you don't have enough agricultural machinery to complete the whole planting process, you can contract some production procedures (such as plowing land and spraying pesticides) to others and pay others' expenses. Or I have land and you have agricultural machinery. Let's * * * buy seed fertilizer together, and * * * sell grain together, and share it in proportion. This kind of cooperator is based on mutual trust, which is equivalent to partnership. A new farmer like me, who doesn't understand the local agricultural situation, can't easily invest a lot of machinery and equipment in blind production. Instead, cooperate with the contractor first, and then consider operating alone after gradually understanding the agricultural market and relevant government policies. Third, the independent management of agricultural land, that is, their own farms. This method is common in small and medium-sized family farms. Old farmers with planting experience have thousands of acres of land and need necessary machinery and equipment. However, the young and middle-aged farmers who have developed in recent years are often compound. For example, Pete, a well-known local farmer mentioned earlier, is an agricultural mechanic. He has supporting large-scale agricultural machinery and tools. In addition to farming his own farmland, he also rented land from other farms to digest excess mechanical power. Landlords earn land money, and renters earn planting income, which is the best of both worlds and mutual benefit. Family farm is the most basic unit of agricultural production in Canada, which has both advantages and disadvantages. This kind of family farm management also restricts the large-scale development of Canadian agriculture to some extent. Modern agriculture has prompted more and more farmers to set up joint ventures and cooperative agricultural companies to carry out large-scale agricultural production and management. This model has the advantages of fast acceptance of new technologies, strong anti-risk ability and remarkable economic benefits. Our newly established sheep seed industry company is such a production and operation mode, giving full play to the advantages of group cooperation, and I believe that the sheep industry can quickly form a scale in a relatively short time. In short, there is basically no risk in farming in Canada, but it is hard, but there is no huge profit. How much profit does farming have? Although it can't be compared with the domestic real estate speculation income, Canadian agricultural experts believe that it is completely achievable to invest100000 Canadian dollars in farm development and operation, and get 15-20% annual income. It is also an indisputable fact that Canadian farmers are richer than upper-middle class residents in ordinary cities.