"It's almost triple the assessment, which is absolutely insane," said David Gillespie, farm owner in the Outaouais region.
One of his farm lots has been evaluated at 175 per cent more than its last assessment.
He said he's worried about what this will mean for his municipal taxes.
This same is felt by Jeremie Letellier of the L'Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA).
"When the evaluation of land goes up like it has done in the last few years, the tax dollars that we have to pay just explodes," Letellier said.
"In my case, it'll be a 71 per cent increase," Gillespie said. "Basically, we're going to be shouldering the dollars for the municpality by far."
Gillespie said it's not sustainable for farmers who have dramatic increases in land assessment every three years.
"The farmers will just quit and sell their lands to large corporations," said Gillespie.
But when the taxes are high, Gillespie said it could be harder for farmers to sell their land, since they might not be breaking even.
Letellier said the remedy for this is at the provincial level, even though lot assessments are done by municipalities.
"They are the ones who hold the key to this solution by reforming the taxation," Letellier said.
But for Gillespie, he wants to see the provincial government change its legislation in how these land assessments are done.
"For a small operation, this is detrimental to my survival," Gillespie said.
Meantime, Quebec's agricultural financial aid program told CJAD 800 by e-mail that farmers can get in touch for their services in income protection.