Ben Van Dyk

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Ben Van Dyk — Career & Experience Summary

Ben Van Dyk is a long-time Alberta agricultural real estate professional whose career combines hands-on farming experience, Agricultural Investment, Farm Real Estate, Agri Business and farm-land marketing.

• Agricultural roots: Ben was raised on a farm in Holland and immigrated to Canada with his wife, Fay, in 1980. Over the years, they have owned and operated dairy, poultry, crop and other agricultural
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Ben Van Dyk — Career & Experience Summary

Ben Van Dyk is a long-time Alberta agricultural real estate professional whose career combines hands-on farming experience, Agricultural Investment, Farm Real Estate, Agri Business and farm-land marketing.

• Agricultural roots: Ben was raised on a farm in Holland and immigrated to Canada with his wife, Fay, in 1980. Over the years, they have owned and operated dairy, poultry, crop and other agricultural operations, giving him practical experience beyond simply selling farmland. 
• Real-estate career:  Licensed Alberta real-estate agent since 1989 and has focused much of his career on farm and ranch real estate with more than 30 years of agricultural real-estate experience. 
• Specialization: His expertise includes farms, ranches, irrigated land, specialty-crop operations, corporate/share sales, dairy, poultry, hog operations, feedlots and cattle operations. 
• Farm investment experience: Ben has also been involved as a managing partner in farm and land investment corporations in Alberta and Saskatchewan, involving crop and ranch land. 
• Brokerage leadership: He is a partner/co-manager associated with Real Estate Centre and has been involved in owning/managing successful real-estate offices in Alberta for more than two decades. His professional profile identifies him as a team leader within the agricultural real-estate division. 
• Large and specialized transactions: His current and recent listings demonstrate experience marketing substantial agricultural properties, including irrigated land, crop land and farms with potential for agricultural, commercial or future development uses. 
• International agricultural connections: Ben has participated in farm relocation and immigration seminars and maintains connections with an international farm real-estate network, including agricultural clients looking at Alberta opportunities. 
• Real Estate Industry, served on RECA industry council from 2020-2025
• Community involvement: His career has also included community and nonprofit involvement. His profile notes involvement with fundraising and agricultural/community initiatives, including Farming Smarter, where he has served in a board/treasurer role. 
• Languages and international background: His professional profile lists English, Dutch and Northern Frisian, which fits his Dutch agricultural background and international farm connections. 

The key differentiator in Ben's background isn't simply that he has been selling agricultural real estate for decades. It's that he has been a farmer, farm operator and agricultural investor himself. Farmer → Farm Operator → Agricultural Investor → Real-Estate Agent → Farm/Ranch Specialist

Hands-on experience can be powerful when marketing to farm owners, agricultural investors, retiring farmers, expanding operators, and buyers looking at Canadian farmland.

Farm & Land Real Estate Agent, Certified Agricultural Farm Advisor, Agribusiness & Rural property, CIPS Certified International Property Specialist, 

Member: NAR National Association of REALTORS®.   Member: RLI REALTORS® Land Institute