Organizational aid
Farmland comparison worksheet
Organize your own qualitative notes on up to three Canadian farmland parcels. Everything stays in your browser. It does not price, score or rank land, and it is not legal, appraisal, tax, lending or agronomic advice.
Scope and caveats
- Fully browser-based. Your entries are kept in this browser's local storage and are never sent to FarmingLand.ca or any third party.
- No calculation, valuation, scoring or ranking. The worksheet only structures notes you enter yourself.
- Editorial and organizational aid — not a substitute for a lawyer, agrologist, appraiser, accountant, lender or environmental consultant.
- Use the print button below to save a PDF from your browser's print dialog.
| Consideration | Parcel A | Parcel B | Parcel C |
|---|---|---|---|
Soil documentation What soil survey, agri-capability class, texture, topography and organic-matter information do you have in writing? Where did it come from? | |||
Drainage Surface drainage patterns, salinity or wet spots observed, tile drawings, licensed drainage works and any downstream agreements. | |||
Access Legal access for each quarter, road classification (paved, gravel, seasonal), municipal maintenance, weight restrictions and approach permits. | |||
Water Wells (registration, depth, yield, quality), dugouts, surface sources, provincial water licences, irrigation district membership and allocated acres. | |||
Field configuration Cultivated acres per field, obstacles (sloughs, bush, rock, poles), equipment turning room, headland waste and how the fields work with your machinery. | |||
Crop history Multi-year rotation with herbicide groups, residual-risk products, manure or biosolids applications, and any known disease or pest history. | |||
Improvements Yardsite, shop, grain storage and handling, aeration/drying, fencing, corrals, waterers, shelterbelts, power service and communications. | |||
Tenure and encumbrances Registered instruments (easements, caveats, mortgages, options), existing leases or crop-share arrangements, and provincial ownership-rule considerations. | |||
Professional review status Which advisors have reviewed which documents — lawyer, agrologist, appraiser, environmental consultant, accountant, lender? What is outstanding? |
Worksheet reviewed 2026-07-28. The categories above mirror the framework in Evaluating farmland and the questions in Land questions. For the full due-diligence path, see the Buyer due-diligence checklist.
Source categories
When you fill in each row, the underlying evidence typically comes from a small number of source categories. Confirm the source and its date beside each note.
- Provincial land title records and registered instruments.
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada soil and land-capability resources.
- Provincial ministries of agriculture, environment and water authorities.
- Municipal planning, zoning and road authorities.
- Well records and provincial water-licence registries.
- Independent inspections, soil tests and Phase I environmental reports.
- Written statements from the seller, tenant or their advisors.
Frequently asked
- Does this worksheet send my parcel notes anywhere?
- No. Everything you type stays in your own browser. We do not collect, transmit, log or receive your entries, and there is no account.
- Does it calculate a value or rank the parcels?
- No. It intentionally does not score, weight, price or rank. It is an organizational aid for your own notes, not an appraisal or ranking tool.
- Can I rely on this instead of hiring a lawyer, agrologist or appraiser?
- No. It is editorial and organizational only. Real decisions about Canadian farmland require qualified legal, agrology, appraisal, tax, lending and — where applicable — environmental advice.
- How do I save or share my worksheet?
- Use the print button to produce a print or PDF copy from your browser. Your entries persist in this browser via local storage until you clear them.
Elsewhere in the FRSH network
If a parcel sits in the canola belt, CanolaFields.ca covers the regional context in more depth. For seed pricing context that can inform rotation and crop-history conversations, see SeedPrices.ca.