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Regional Comparison of Farmland Values

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Farmland Prices on the Canadian Prairies

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Farmland - Gold with Yield

Farmland is gold with yield - it's highly correlated with inflation, but it produces income every year.

Assiniboia Farmland LP - Pricing NAV History

At Inception $25.000
Dec 31, 2008 $26.030
June 30, 2009 $26.531
Dec 31, 2009 $30.300
June 30, 2010 $30.414
Dec 31, 2010 $31.470
June 30, 2011 $40.120
Oct 31, 2011 $41.479
Dec 31, 2011 $39.617
Jan 31, 2012 $43.485
Apr 30, 2012 $48.092

Assiniboia Farmland LP - Distribution History (per Unit)

Dec 31, 2008 $0.3125
Jun 30, 2009 $0.3125
Dec 31, 2009 $0.4275
Jun 30, 2010 $0.3125
Dec 31, 2010 $0.4275
June 30, 2011 $0.1000
Dec 31, 2011 $0.4790
Bob Evans, P Ag

Bob Evans is a professional agrologist with a background in agricultural business.  After graduation from the College of Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan in 1979, Bob sold fertilizer equipment and subsequently worked for Grainews.  In 1986, Bob moved to Nipawin and entered the crop inputs industry with Gates Fertilizers.  In the winter of 2006-07, Bob and his partners sold their multi-outlet inputs business to Viterra at which time Bob started an independent consultancy with an agricultural emphasis. 

Bob is rostered with BDC Consulting to provide strategic management and succession advice.  In the past two years he has worked for a variety of clients ranging from tourism to the petroleum industry but the focus of his efforts have remained agricultural.  Working in conjunction with McCannell Farm Group, Bob has provided turnaround, growth and succession advice to large farm clients in Saskatchewan.