Ontario government is…

Ontario government is looking forward! I am in agreement with the severing of agricultural land. We need to find a way to keep the farmland protected by allowing the land to be severed. It might seem counterproductive to some but those living in this situation know the consequences of not allowing land to be severed.
If the government does not allow farmland to be severed, this will force people who own the farmland to eventually sell their land. There are not enough farmers in Southern Ontario that could "buy up" farmland from those individuals that rent their land out to be farmed. As a result, developers will be the ones buying up the land. We have seen this already happen in our area.
We own farmland that has been in the family for generations. We rent it out for crop farming . Our children are professionals who work in the area. What a shame it would be to have them leave the area and perhaps even Ontario despite the amount of land we own. If the next generation of farm landowners can't live on the farm land, it will be sold to developers. What a loss that would be for generations of farmers, the land and the area economy to lose the next generation of land stewards.