📣 | Ep. 11: Irrigation & Water Rights - How They Sell
Feat. Bruce Warkentin | National Leader of Horticulture and Irrigation at MNP
Available on all major platforms, YouTube and our website; follow the link below!
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We’ll explore:
✅ What makes irrigated farmland different from dryland acres—and how it changes yield potential, risk, and valuation.
✅ Opportunities for irrigation expansion across Western Canada, and the challenges of water access, infrastructure, and regulation.
✅ Taxation issues unique to irrigated land—why purchase price allocations matter when land, infrastructure, and water rights are all part of a sale.
✅ How water rights work in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and why their transferability, security, and taxation matter.
✅ The benefits of a functioning water rights market, from attracting capital to improving bank security and optimizing farm assets.
✅ The growing trend of farmers divesting poorer-performing land to focus resources on high-quality, high-producing acres—and what that means for the future of farmland ownership.