July 31, 2024
As part of Serecon's management consulting work, we provide analysis and research into the Canadian horticulture space. Serecon conducts feasibility studies and market analyses for commercial tree fruit, berry production, and vegetables in western Canada. These studies assess the economic viability of various fruit types, including apples and raspberries…
April 24, 2024
The latest Farmland Value Trend Newsletter has now been released, summarizing the agricultural real estate trend in Alberta and Saskatchewan for 2023. In an effort to provide an analysis that reflects variances across the province, we have again included regional analyses. For complete details, please download the 2023 Farmland Value Trend Newsletter or…
February 8, 2024
Serecon continues to play a leading role in the development of environmental sustainability indicators for Canadian field crop production, through our continued role as the Secretariat for Field to Market Canada. Through our Secretariat role at Field to Market Canda, we continue to develop environmental sustainability indicators that will promote understanding…
November 21, 2023
As part of Serecon’s advisory and management consulting services, we provide comprehensive cost of production studies within supply management and other agriculture industries. We offer a rigorous survey design and data collection process through detailed stakeholder interviews to collect reliable, farm level information. Given our team’s strong…
August 30, 2023
Serecon’s team has a vast breadth and depth of experience with Specific Claims having completed numerous retrospective or historical and current market value appraisals in addition to consulting on a wide variety First Nations Claims throughout western Canada. The Serecon team has provided valuations, agricultural loss consulting studies, and impact…
June 5, 2023
Serecon's team is involved with more renewable and sustainable strategies that are being adopted to help reduce carbon emissions and promote environmental health. We assist industry and government in understanding the benefits, risks, and requirements to implement these types of initiatives as the adoption of biogas, anaerobic digestion, and renewable…
December 19, 2022
Our team of agricultural appraisers have continued to observe strong market conditions and upward trends in land values in many areas throughout western Canada. As most appraisal assignments are required to establish a current market valuation, the necessity for current market sales data and knowledge of value trends in specific micro or sub-markets…
November 17, 2022
Serecon is working on several economic impact studies within various agricultural industries. The analysis for economic impact studies is a method of evaluating the economic effects of a particular policy, project, industry, or event on a specific region or community. This type of analysis typically involves examining the direct, indirect, and induced…
October 20, 2022
Get real value from a drone on your farm, from finding cattle to mapping crops with multispectral cameras. The LandView Drones Ag Drone School will take you from first takeoff to legal autonomous mapping missions in two days.The first schools are located in Alberta (Claresholm, Benalto, Forestburg, and Cherhill). Overall, we'll have 18 locations…
July 4, 2022
Earlier this year Serecon began assessing the economic impact of extension activities for a number of Alberta’s applied research associations (ARA) and forage associations (FA). This work is driven by the knowledge that research and agricultural investments are believed to be one of the driving factors in the historical and future strengthening…