The Regional County Municipality (MRC) of the Valley-of-Gold has excellent arable lands available for agricultural production; they merely await to be put into production or to have their agricultural production-potential revived. The cost of these lands is up to 10 times lower than comparable arable lands in the Montréal and Québec City regions. Financial credits are available to launch agricultural production. It is estimated that, quite soon, the amount of land under agricultural production worldwide will be insufficient to feed the Earth’s peoples. This is, therefore, a golden opportunity which offers itself to present and future agricultural producers. The Val-d’Or region extends this offer to you!

Regional agricultural strengths:

• Quality, intact soils (absence of diseases and overfertilization)
• A mild climate, ideal for many types of agricultural production
• A climate which fosters a greater accumulation of plant sugars, which enhances the taste and quality of produce
• The region is virtually self-sufficient in potatoes and tomatoes
• The investments needed to acquire these arable lands are about 10 times lower here than in the Southern areas of the province of Québec

The region has around 20,000 beef cattle, but it could easily sustain double that number.