CALGARY, AB, CANADA, September 1, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — In a report released this week by Statistics Canada: “Canadian farmers are projected to produce more wheat, canola, barley, oats, soybeans and corn for grain, according to recent yield model estimates using satellite imagery and agroclimatic data. Increased production was largely driven by better growing conditions in Western Canada.” (Statistics Canada, 2022-08-29)
Production from Canadian farms is expected to rise 55% compared against 2021 production data making it the third best harvest since 1908.
Report Highlights:
• In 2022, wheat yields in Saskatchewan are expected to rise by 55.2% to 43.6 bushels per acre, while harvested area is projected to rise by 12.5%, resulting in a 74.4% increase in production, to 15.4 million tonnes.
• Wheat production in Alberta is projected to increase by 79.5% to 11.5 million tonnes compared with 2021, which is largely the result of higher yields (+64.4% to 57.2 bushels per acre), while harvested area is expected to rise by 9.3% to 7.4 million acres.
Veripath Partners co-founder Stephen Johnston, in a statement made today, said: “Canadian farmland continues to provide the foundation for impressive output. Wheat production in Alberta is expected to increase by almost 80 percent with Saskatchewan trailing only slightly at almost 75 percent. The combination of productive farmland, responsible farming practices and exciting new innovations in biotechnology make Canadian farmland a productive asset class with a sustainable future.”
Stephen Johnston is available for media interviews and can be reached at sjohnston@veripathpartners.com. The Statistics Canada research report “Model-based principal field crop estimates, July 2022” can be found here:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220829/dq220829a-eng.htm?HPA=1
Veripath operates on the conviction that worldwide demand for the agricultural products used for food, feed, and fuel makes farmland an excellent long-term investment and that compelling valuation discounts are present in the Canadian market. In addition, Canadian farmland has demonstrated a strong historic capability of hedging both inflationary and stagflationary economic climates.
Since its official offering memorandum launch in 2020, Veripath has experienced rapid growth as capital allocators seek exposure to the Canadian farmland asset class. Veripath’s offerings can be accessed through several full-service Canadian broker dealers. Utilising a unique split fund, evergreen structure, Veripath opens the Canadian farmland thesis to a large universe of investors and makes compliance with the various provincial farmland ownership regulations simple and straightforward. Canadian farmland allocations have several compelling characteristics that make them a worthwhile portfolio allocation for both institutional and retail investors and Veripath’s structures are available to both.
Who is Veripath: Veripath is a Canadian alternative investment firm focusing on farmland. Veripath believes that there are a number of factors that are supportive of the Canadian farmland investment premise, a few of which are highlighted below.
• Value: Canada has some of the most competitively priced farmland in the developed world – particularly on a productivity adjusted pricing basis.
• Diversification: Farmland exhibits low correlation to traditional stock/bond investments so can improve portfolio risk diversification.
• ESG: Western Canadian zero-till portfolios capture material amounts of carbon.
• Inflation Hedging: Farmland has historically had strong inflation/stagflation hedging capabilities and outperformed in real terms during periods of low real rates/high inflation.
• Demand: Farmland is a non-volatile way to capture the anticipated incremental demand coming from population growth and growing demands for food, feed, fuel and water globally.
• Veripath divides the Canadian market into two separate geographies of ~84M acres each in order to streamline and simplify farmland ownership regulatory compliance. Veripath Farmland (UR) LP invests in all of Canada (excluding SK and MB) and Veripath Farmland LP invests just in SK and MB. The two sister Funds have the same terms and fee structures.
Disclaimer: This document is for information only and is not intended to provide the basis of any credit or other evaluation, and does not constitute, nor should it be construed as, an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy securities of Veripath, the Funds or any other entity, nor shall any part of this document form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or investment decision in relation to any securities. No reliance should be placed on the completeness of the information contained in this document. This document is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all matters concerning Veripath. Prospective purchasers of this investment opportunity may be provided with formal offering documents and will need to be qualified for investment prior to making any investment. No person has been authorised to give any information or to make any representation not contained in such formal offering documents. No securities regulatory authority or regulator has assessed the merits of the proposed offering or reviewed any of the offering documents. This investment opportunity is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. There is a risk that any investment made will be lost entirely or in part. Only prospective investors who do not require immediate liquidity of their investment and who can afford the loss of their entire investment should consider this investment.
This document may contain forward-looking information and statements (collectively, “forward-looking information“) within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information is provided for the purpose of providing information about the current expectations and plans of management of Veripath relating to the future. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking information. More particularly and without limitation, this document contains forward-looking information relating to Veripath’s investment objectives and strategies and its expectations with respect to the benefits of investing in Canadian farmland. Forward-looking information is based upon a number of assumptions and involves a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Veripath’s control, which would cause actual results or events to differ materially from those that are disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking information. Although management believes that expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking information since no assurance can be given that such information will prove to be accurate. Veripath does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable securities laws. There is no guarantee of performance and past or projected performance is not indicative of future results.
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