It is perfectly legitimate for you to ask for that.
In fact, this is not unprecedented. I remember when I, too, was part of the next generation and took over my father's farm. Back then, Farm Credit Canada would provide a loan for the purchase of land, and their interest rate was 2%. The program later expired, but at least I had two or three years of it. At the time, it was a 30-year program. Now, you mentioned 40 years, which is a normal period. The number of years could vary. In short, it existed.
Back then, interest rates were much higher than they are today. They were 8%, 9%, 10% or 12%. That said, the ability to buy land at a 2% interest rate benefits farmers, not speculators. That's important to say here. It would help a large number of young farmers buy land from a neighbour or land that is not too far away. Otherwise, there comes a time when the land goes to people who don't necessarily intend to farm it. In addition, it doesn't necessarily guarantee self-sufficiency for farmers on their land.
Is the importance of self-sufficiency in feed and grain crucial for the next generation of businesses?
