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Western Canadian wheat bids seen softening
Grain Markets, Markets

Western Canadian wheat bids seen softening

Large and potentially larger global supplies put pressure on prices

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Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were lower during the week ended March 24, as favourable weather in the U.S. Plains and large world supplies weighed on the market. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down $4-$5 per tonne across the Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from
The St. Norbert Farmers’ Market has unveiled its plans for a new four-season market structure that will open to the public this spring.
Local news

St. Norbert market gets out of the rain

The popular venue will get a canopy for the summer as 
well as a year-round covered area

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St. Norbert Farmers’ Market is going under cover this spring. The third and final phase of an ambitious site renovation at Manitoba’s largest farmers’ market is now nearly complete, with new canopies expected to be on the site in time for opening day, says executive director Marilyn Firth. St. Norbert announced nearly five years ago
female scientist pouring liquid in a tube
News

Keeping agriculture research relevant

The Agriculture Institute of Canada wants to make sure research leaves the lab and enters the real world

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The Agriculture Institute of Canada has released a policy on best practices in agriculture research to make sure that knowledge gained in the lab is shared with others in the field and consumers. AIC’s CEO Serge Buy calls the policy a living document that like research itself will be updated with new information to keep
Railway in fog
Comment, Crops

False premises don’t help rail discussion

The real solution will involve commercial partnerships, not central planning by government

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Gord Gilmour’s recent editorial (‘Playing with trains,’ February 16, 2017) makes some valid points related to Canada’s grain supply chain. We agree that canola crush has been good for farmers, and the supply chain has been resilient this winter. Unfortunately, Gilmour also perpetuates unhelpful fallacies, and he advocates policies that would hinder the performance of
Wheat farmer checking his crop.
Crops, Markets

Take this test before making your marketing decisions

To make sure you’re making smart marketing decisions, you need to honestly answer a few questions

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John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States from 1961 to 1963, had some unique insights and understanding of farming finances and economics. During a 1960 speech in South Dakota at a National Plowing Contest, then senator Kennedy shared some thoughts that still hold true today: “The farmer is the only man in
Comment

Costco finds a willing and growing market in Canada

Same-store Canadian sales are up more than in any other country in which Costco operates

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Unless you’re there on a Saturday, constantly trying to avoid collisions with oversized shopping carts, you probably like Costco, even though it will cost you more to shop there as of June. The basic membership fee is going up by $5 to $60, while premium folks will have to pay $120, up from $110. Paying
Non-tariff trade barriers remain major obstacle
Crops, Livestock

Non-tariff trade barriers remain major obstacle

They’ve become a favourite tool to block trade now that tariffs are out of fashion

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While tariffs on agri-food products are declining around the world, non-tariff trade barriers are sprouting up like weeds, the Commons agriculture has been told. “While we are seeing progress in lowering tariffs, non-tariff trade barriers are frequently waiting, or newly created ones are set in place to be the next wave of protectionism that we
Be honest and open about your business and yourself. It will attract customers, said Mark Evans, keynote speaker at the Direct Farm Marketing conference in Morden.
Country Crossroads

Well-told stories attract customers, conference speaker says

Even small businesses with no budget to market can use this approach to build brand recognition

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Small-scale direct-marketing businesses that don’t have budgets to do much marketing can build brand recognition by openly telling their business’s story, said the keynote speaker attending the Direct Farm Marketing conference here last week. “The best thing you can do is tell stories about yourselves,” Mark Evans, of Mark Evans Consulting, a Toronto-based company specialized
What to do with a $107.2-million surplus?
News

What to do with a $107.2-million surplus?

The CGC wants grain sector feedback on options, but sending cheques back to farmers is not one of them

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The Canadian Grain Commission proposes to cut grain industry user fees 23 per cent to lower its operating surplus of $107.2 million and rising. The surplus as of Sept. 30, 2016 is almost $45 million more than the $62.5 million CGC projects it needs to operate in 2018-19. “So with an average volume of 34.4
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Farm debt seems manageable, FCC head says

The agency holds close to a third of all farm debt in Canada

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National farm debt could reach as high as $100 billion once all the figures for 2016 are in, but Mike Hoffort, CEO of Farm Credit Canada, says farmers are generally in a good financial situation. “Canadian agriculture is strong and stable,” he told the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. However, farmers need

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