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Leasing +omir o r
There is a significant
trend towards more leasing
of farmland in Canadian
agriculture.
While land ownership
remains one of the basic
characteristics of modern
farming in Canada, there
has been strong evidence in
recent years .of a shift away
from 100 per cent land
ownership, particularly in
western Canada.
Don McClatchy, an
Agriculture Canada
research economist in Ot-
tawa, notes that recent cen-
sus figures show 63 per cent
of all farm operators own all
the land they farm. But in
1971, roughly 69 per cent of
Canada's farmers owned all
the land they farmed, while
in 1951, the figure stood at 77
per cent.
The number .of farm
operators who rent all the
land they farm decreased
from 8.5 per cent in 1951 to
six per cent in 1976.
"There has been a big in-
crease in the category of
MR. AND MRS. GARY EAGLESON
Christine Haberer and Gary Eagleson exchanged marriage
vows in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Zurich, July 29. Dr. Nor-
man Berner, Kitchener officiated. The bride is the daughter of,
Fred and Audrey Haberer, Zurich and the groom is the son of
Harvey and Shirley Eagleson, Greenway. The maid of honour.
was Laurie Heimrich and the bridesmaids were Elaine
Westlake and Lorna Corbett. Julia Merner was the flower
girl. Steven Haberer was the best man and guests were
ushered by Larry Shapton and Keith Walper. The organ music
was provided by Mrs. Lenora Turkheim and the soloist was
Elaine Westlake. After a honeymoon to Eastern Ontario the
couple is taking up residence in Zurich, Photo by Jack Doerr
farm operators who partly
own and partly rent their
land," says Dr. McClatchy.
"Between 1951 and 1976, the
number of farming
operations in this group
more than doubled, from
14.5 per cent to about 31 per
cent of all census farms in
Canada."
The main explanation for
this increased leasing of
farmland probably depends
on two important underlying
trends, Dr. McClatchy
suggests. First, there is the
movement towards larger
farming units which has
been taking place in Canada
over the last few decades.
Coupled with this trend has
been the rapid rise in the
value of farmland itself. •
Many farmers wish to ex-
pand their operations in
order to increase profits, or
at least maintain them in
the face of increasing costs.
However, cost of purchasing
additional land is often more
than producers feel they can
afford. The solution for
many farmers is to rent is 23 per cent.
land. "Renting farmland seems
Another interesting to be a more accepted prac-
feature of this shift towarri,a tice in western Canada than
farmland rental is the in other parts of the coup-
regional nature of the trend. try," Dr. McClatchy says.
The proportion of leased
farmland is much higher in western Canada than in the � t '
east, with about 33 per cent } 1`
of all land farmed in , the
Prairies and British Colum-
bia being rented. In Quebec
and the Atlantic Provinces,
the figure is only about 11
per cent, while in Ontario it
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