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CP's CEO said it will not sign a bad agreement that threatens the company’s long-term profitability.

Pending CP Rail strike bad news for Manitoba farmers

The railway supplies most rail cars in  the province

By Allan Dawson April 26, 2018

A pending strike at CP Rail will hit Manitoba farmers especially hard, says Dan Mazier, president of the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP). “Sixty-two per cent of all Manitoba car orders are with CP,” Mazier said in an interview April 23. In Manitoba there are 50 and 29 grain elevators on CP and CN Rail lines,

Grain Markets, Markets

U.S. futures fall, dragging on Prairie wheat bids

MGEX, CBOT and K.C. wheat slip by two to three per cent on the week

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 26, 2018

Wheat bids in Western Canada declined for the week ended April 20, following the lead of U.S. futures markets. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent) wheat prices fell by $7-$11 per tonne across most of the Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price

Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Farmland goes ‘loonie’

By Gord Gilmour April 26, 2018

Farm Credit Canada’s most recent survey of farmland value in Canada landed this week, with a gentle thud. Thud because it showed surprisingly durable gains in farmland values, despite the lower crop values of the past several years, which economic theory at least initially suggests should not be the case. J.P. Gervais, FCC’s chief agricultural

Local news, News, Other

FCC breaks down 2017 Manitoba farmland values by region

The Parkland region saw the biggest average percentage increase, while Central Plains-Pembina Valley was unchanged from 2016

By Allan Dawson April 26, 2018

While Manitoba farmland values rose five per cent in 2017, there were regional differences, says the 2017 FCC Farmland Values Report released April 23. “In general, Manitoba saw higher-priced land values remaining relatively stable, while low- to mid-priced land values recorded increases,” the report says. The biggest percentage increase was in the Parkland region at

Manitoba’s percentage increase on farmland values was the second smallest of nine provinces.

Local news, News, Other

Manitoba, Canadian farmland values still increasing

The rate of increase in Manitoba farmland values has slowed, but it’s expected to keep appreciating this year

By Allan Dawson April 23, 2018

Manitoba farmland values, up 25 years in a row, increased an average of five per cent in 2017 Farm Credit Canada (FCC) says in its 2017 Farmland Values Report released April 23. “In general, Manitoba saw higher-priced land values remaining relatively stable, while low- to mid-priced land values recorded increases,” the report says. Manitoba’s percentage

Opinion, Other

Editorial: Scorecard needed

By Gord Gilmour April 19, 2018

As the Winnipeg Jets mount what promises to be an exciting playoff run, casual hockey fans find themselves at a disadvantage. No doubt more than a few tuned in to the first couple of games last week and were surprised to find a member of the famed Stastny clan had joined the ranks of the

Activists burn an information circular about the proposed Bayer-Monsanto deal in protest outside Bayer’s annual general meeting held in Bonn, Germany in April 2017.

News, Other

Merger mania could hurt farmers

Mergers or acquisitions have been big news in the last year — but what does that mean for the farmer?

By Alexis Stockford April 19, 2018

A wave of consolidation is, yet again, sweeping through the global agriculture sector, leaving many to wonder what this is going to mean for farmers. Equipment firms, precision agriculture companies, fertilizer makers and crop protection producers, all are getting swept up in the trend. Some observers are optimistic, while others are much more cautious. The

News

Canadian farmers deny U.S. dumping allegations on dairy

Low milk prices in the United States are due to overproduction, not a lack of access to Canada’s dairy market, says Dairy Farmers of Canada

By Allan Dawson April 19, 2018

Canada exports some skim milk powder, but it’s not dumping, says Thérèse Beaulieu, the Dairy Farmers of Canada’s assistant director for policy communications. “We can export as long as it is the same price as the domestic market,” Beaulieu said in an interview April 13 in response to American allegations that Canada dumps surplus skim

Opinion, Other

Opinion: U.S. and China stumble into Thucydides Trap

By John Kemp April 17, 2018

The United States and China have fired the opening shots in a trade war that may be hard to stop. The United States has appeared eager to impose tariffs to create leverage and force China into concessions on the bilateral trade deficit, intellectual property protection and forced technology transfer. For its part, China has appeared

News, Other

National Grain Week kicks off

Grain Growers of Canada organized the event, the first of its kind in Canada

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 16, 2018

Grain growers from across the country are blitzing Ottawa this week to celebrate the inaugural National Grain Week from April 17 to 19. In particular they’re promoting the ways farmers are using innovation to meet the federal government’s stated goal of increasing agri-food exports to $75 billion by 2025, event organizer Grain Growers of Canada

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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