The total equity of the Canadian farm sector rose nearly eight per cent in 2023 while farm assets rose more than seven per cent according to Statistics Canada’s 2023 balance sheet.
Farm equity, asset values up in 2023: StatCan
Farms' ability to pay debts declined but balance sheet remains strong
Former investors seek class action lawsuit against Farmers Edge
Plaintiffs allege they received misleading information prior to the company's 2021 IPO
Former investors in Manitoba-based ag tech firm Farmers Edge have asked the B.C. Supreme Court to certify a class action lawsuit against the company, former leaders and its main shareholder.
Farms have room to grow on employee compensation
Some farms struggle to compete on wages, but perks like health insurance, work-life balance may be equally important
Agriculture has room to improve on compensating their employees, both in terms of pay and in benefits like sick days.
Bank of Canada interest rate cut to give some borrowers relief
Effects on financial markets likely to be muted says FCC economist
The Bank of Canada trimmed its key policy rate on Wednesday to 4.75 per cent from a 23-year high of five per cent.
Inflation is now running at 2.7 per cent, above the central bank's two per cent target, but down from a high of 8.1 per cent in June 2022, Reuters reported.
Fire shutters Bothwell Cheese
Production at Bothwell Cheese's New Bothwell facility remains shut down after a fire on Saturday morning.
Clock ticking on potential border strike, union says
Most border workers are classified essential and must continue to work in a strike, feds say
The union representing Canadian border workers says its members could strike as soon as Thursday.
Pumpkin promoter, ag communicator recognized at U of M
Delaney Ross Burtnack and Arthur Cameron receive certificates of merit
A long-time agriculture communicator and leader and one of Roland’s premier pumpkin promoters have been recognized for their contribution to agriculture. Delaney Ross Burtnack and Arthur Cameron received certificates of merit from the University of Manitoba’s faculty of agriculture and food sciences and school of agriculture May 29. The university hands out the award in
Adobo, manomin and the illegal perogy lady
Local food history book tells the stories of many cultures that call Manitoba home
Many small-town Manitobans have had a “perogy lady” in their lives. For me, it was a perogy couple. They were older, of Ukrainian heritage, and had a deal with my dad. He would trade half a deer’s worth of venison for butchering services. Sometimes the meat would come back with perogies, and those were the
Organic growers push for recognition in federal agriculture strategy
The Canadian Organic Growers are pushing the federal government to recognize their sector in the federal Sustainable Agriculture Strategy, set to be published later this year.
"The [Sustainable Agriculture Strategy] is and can be a big opportunity, and organic and regenerative have a lot to offer," said Katie Fettes, COG's director of policy and research, in an online presentation yesterday.
Meat industry calls on federal gov to ease foreign worker limits
Meat industry groups are asking the federal government to reinstate a program that expanded industry hiring limits for temporary foreign workers (TFWs) and lengthened the validity of paperwork needed for hiring, citing work shortages and impact on food prices.
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