Farmers

Keystone Farmland is here to partner with you whether you are looking to sell your farm, expand your acreage, or plan for the next generation.

SELLING YOUR FARM

Selling your farm to Keystone Farmland is easy and allows you to organize your other farm assets so that you can sever your home for retirement, reduce your debt load, plan for succession, or optimize your income tax position. We offer options for those selling their farm to us:

  • Outright sale
  • Sell to us with the first right to lease back the property on a long-term basis
  • Sell to us in exchange for units in the Keystone Ontario Farmland Evergreen Fund, or a combination of units and cash to meet your specific cash and equity needs, and still have the ability to lease the property
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GROWING YOUR FARM

Grow your farm’s acreage base quickly and achieve economies of scale without taking on the debt load associated with a farm purchase by partnering with us on a long-term lease. Take advantage of using high quality farmland at the outset of your business’ expansion without searching for it or settling for below average quality. Bring Keystone Farmland into the discussion when the farm you have been wanting to buy becomes available but is out of reach for purchase. As your business grows and evolves, there are opportunities to purchase the farm you have intensively managed as if was your own.

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TRANSITIONING YOUR FARM

As the next generation of Canadian farmers take over the family farm, selling to Keystone as a part of a succession plan allows for flexibility in division of assets between farming and non-farming family members, while keeping the land base intact for those continuing to farm and carry on your family’s legacy. For those who wish to exchange land for a combination of cash and units of the Keystone Ontario Farmland Evergreen Fund, this provides for retirement funds and a stable long-term investment for non-farming family members.

When you sell a farm to us as part of your succession plan

  • Seller

    Cash and/or units of Keystone Ontario Farmland Evergreen Fund

  • Successor

    Lease back the property

  • Non-farming family members

    Cash and/or units of Keystone Ontario Farmland Evergreen Fund as part of the succession plan