Hog Program May Lend Less Than Expected

“I know the industry is short a billion dollars.” – andrew dickson, mpc Pork producers worry that a federally guaranteed loan program for the financially troubled hog industry may lend only a fraction of the money originally hoped for. Ottawa has set aside $400 million in cash as a reserve to backstop special long-term loans

Manitoba Producers Keep Eye On Hay Harvest

DWAYNE KLASSEN RNI “The numbers being marketed are just not enough to fill the trucks.” The summer doldrums continued to dominate the cattle auction yards in Manitoba during the week ended July 24. The number of marketings hitting the auctions continued to be on the light side, with values for most classes of animals seeing


Credit flowing to Canuck farmers

“We’re not seeing a host of people lining up at the door because the bank has kicked them out. “ – LYNDON CARLSON Credit will continue to flow to Canadian farmers despi te a global credit crunch that has decimated stock markets and triggered a global recession, says Lyndon Carlson, Farm Credit Canada’s senior vice-president

Canada’s farmers nervously eye financial crisis

“I think what started out looking like a great year has suddenly… chilled a little bit.” Canadian farmers, alarmed by plunging commodity prices, are nervous that the global financial crisis could tighten up the credit they count on to tackle the rising cost of planting crops and feeding livestock. There have been few signs of