Updates and perspectives from Bonnefield on Canadian agriculture.
Each year, Bonnefield’s Property Management team travels more than 30,000 kilometers to visit each of our properties and meet with the farmers who operate them. These visits offer a perspective…
Farmland continues to gain recognition as a stable and diversifying asset class that has historically provided inflation protection, low correlation to public markets, and long-term value preservation. Within it, investors…
Despite a challenging macroeconomic backdrop and persistent geopolitical uncertainty, Canadian farmland remained resilient in 2025, holding its value and posting modest gains across much of the country. This performance reinforced…
Canadian investors today are navigating a complex macroeconomic backdrop marked by persistent inflation, slower growth, and rising unemployment (often signs of a “stagflationary” environment). These factors have contributed to increasing…
At the heart of Bonnefield's farmland investment model are the relationships we cultivate – not only with our investors, but with the farmers we support through our leasing solutions and…
In recent months, U.S. trade policy has taken center stage, with heightened rhetoric around tariffs and the potential for retaliatory actions from global trading partners. While no new U.S. tariffs…
In recent years, headlines about pension plans and seasoned investors like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett investing in farmland have sparked interest in the asset class. Unlike traditional stocks and…
2024 has been an exciting year for Bonnefield, as we continue to support Canadian farmers by expanding our investment footprint into new geographies and agricultural regions. In this newsletter, we…
Record-high stock markets, geopolitical crises, US political uncertainty, potential rebound in inflation, currency volatility, interest rate uncertainty... we live in "interesting" times. All this uncertainty has led to an increasing…
After a year marked by wildfires and continued global concerns over water scarcity, the headlines at the beginning of the 2024 growing season across North America, Europe, and South America…
Sophisticated investors are increasingly looking at Canada's agricultural industry for attractive, diversified opportunities. In the global context, Canada's agriculture and agri-food industry punches well above its weight. Despite ranking as…
