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You’re ready to roll for spring. Is your financial strategy?

SPRING Farmers face tighter margins as commodity prices plunge and input costs hold firm

Commodity prices are at least a third lower than last year and input prices are stubbornly high, so farmers will need a spring strategy to squeeze every dollar from every acre, experts warn. “There’s going to be pressure on the margins for pretty much most of the crops that we grow in Manitoba and across



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Sustainable aviation fuel won’t short food supply, manufacturers say

MARKETS Manufacturers of sustainable aviation fuel say the increase in light duty electric vehicles has created an ethanol surplus

Glacier FarmMedia – Sustainable aviation fuel manufacturers say they won’t compromise food supplies despite consuming large volumes of agricultural products. The U.S. government has established goals of scaling up SAF production to three billion gallons by 2030 and 35 billion gallons by 2050. Most of that fuel is expected to be made using agricultural feedstocks,





Vegetable oils give canola market a lift

Vegetable oils give canola market a lift

Canola seems to be finding support from various sources

After months of misery, it has been a mighty March for canola so far. Since March 1, the May contract for the oilseed has moved up nearly $50 per tonne on the Intercontinental Exchange, including a gain of $19.70 during the week ended March 21. In the current month, there were only five days when