Western Canada Farm Debt Crisis: Is Too Big to Farm Real?

Western Canada farm debt crisis is escalating — and the question of who gets to farm, at what size, and under what debt load is no longer theoretical. In this live briefing, Dan Aberhart brings together Robert Andjelic, Canada's largest private farmland owner, Kevin Hursh, a 2,500-acre farmer and agriculture journalist, John Kotylak, farming over 11,000 acres, and Dallas LeDuc, fire chief and outspoken voice on absentee landlord taxation — for a no-holds-barred conversation on the right farm size, farm creditor protection, the $50 billion farmland transfer underway in Western Canada, and whether farms have simply become too big to farm profitably. This is the conversation the industry is having behind closed doors. Now it is happening live. Hammond Realty — Saskatchewan farmland transitions — https://hammondrealty.ca CropAid Nutrition — Soil health system — https://cropaidnutrition.com Bone Trail Originals — Handcrafted appreciation pieces — https://bonetrail.ca Gripp.ag — Equipment tracking and farm operations platform — https://gripp.ag Convergence Conference 2027 — February 2 to 4 — https://www.convergence.ag/ Like, subscribe, and turn on notifications so you never miss a live briefing. Growing the Future Productions — Western Canadian agriculture's foremost live briefing platform. CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome and Panel Introductions 6:00 Robert Andjelic on the Scale of Western Canada Farm Debt 15:00 Kevin Hursh on the Right Farm Size and Consolidation Pressure 25:00 Is Bigger Always Better — The Farm Debt Crisis Argument 36:00 The $50 Billion Farmland Transfer and Who Is Buying 47:00 John Kotylak on Farming 11,000 Acres and the Financial Reality 58:00 Dallas LeDuc on Absentee Landlord Taxation in Western Canada 1:09:00 Young Farmers Getting Locked Out — The Debt and Land Cost Wall 1:20:00 What Needs to Change — Panel Closing Positions 1:28:00 Final Thoughts and Where This Goes Next