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Editor’s Take: What comes down must (eventually) go up

By Gord Gilmour July 8, 2021

It was the fall of 1981. Pierre Elliot Trudeau was once again in Sussex Drive after the brief prime ministership of Joe Clark. Ronald Reagan was just settling into the White House. And down the road, at the U.S. Federal Reserve, legendary central banker Paul Volcker was targeting inflation with high interest rates. From the

If inflation returns in earnest, so could higher rates.

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Interest rates biggest farm finance risk

Farm Credit Canada says the pace of debt growth has slowed but farmers need to have an interest rate risk management plan

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 8, 2021

The expansion of Canada’s farm debt continued, but at its lowest pace in six years. Meanwhile Farm Credit Canada’s chief economist says that the potential for higher interest rates is the “darkest cloud” in that otherwise optimistic picture. Statistics Canada data showed outstanding Canadian farm debt increased by 5.9 per cent to $121.9 billion as

File photo of young plants in a soybean field in Argentina. (Gracieross/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Argentina to raise soy export taxes to 33 per cent from 30

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 4, 2020

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina plans to raise taxes on soybean, soyoil and soymeal exports to 33 per cent from the current 30, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, as the government moves to increase revenue ahead of a planned sovereign bond restructuring. Ministry officials met with farm groups during the day to discuss

Neil Townsend (left) of FarmLink and Jason Newton of Nutrien discuss farm consolidation at the Grain World conference in Saskatoon on Nov. 28, 2019. (MarketsFarm photo by Glen Hallick)

Crops

Grain World: Farm consolidation key to increasing yields

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm December 4, 2019

Saskatoon | MarketsFarm — Consolidating farms — going from numerous small operations to fewer, but much larger, farms — is central to improving crop yields, according to grain industry observers Neil Townsend and Jason Newton. Townsend is the chief market analyst for FarmLink Marketing Solutions, while Newton is the chief economist and head of marketing

Greg Kruger walks on his farm at Harrod, Ohio, about 110 km northwest of Columbus, on Sept. 24, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Maddie McGarvey)

Crops, Markets

How a major U.S. farm lender left a trail of defaults, lawsuits

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter October 22, 2019

Harrod, Ohio | Reuters — After completing a credit review in a half-hour phone call, a BMO Harris Bank underwriter cleared US$12 million in loans for Ohio corn and soybean producer Greg Kruger in 2013. Kruger had initially asked for a $2 million loan to build a grain elevator. But the Chicago-based bank, one of

Livestock

JBS beats estimates, refinances bank debt

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 15, 2018

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meatpacking company, beat analysts’ estimates for the first quarter and closed a deal to refinance the bulk of its bank debt on Monday. JBS’ net income for the first quarter, 506 million reais (C$179.45 million), was 48 per cent above analysts’ estimates, with higher

Terry Betker, CEO and president of Backswath Management Inc., advises farmers on managing interest rate risk.

Features, News

Looking for a loan? Add in interest rate risk when deciding to borrow

With Canada enjoying some of the lowest borrowing costs on record, it might be time to consider that expansion, but how do you avoid the landmines if interest rate shifts appear on the horizon?

By Alexis Stockford June 13, 2017

Working on your farm management skills is like exercising… it pays big benefits, but it’s easy to push it off for another day. Only one-third of producers use business advisers or risk management tools, and fewer still do HR, succession, or strategic planning. To help make your farm more profitable (and your life more enjoyable),

Hogs, Livestock

Cash a barrier for hedging hogs

Pork producers have received federal funding to find ways of making the futures market less risky

By Shannon VanRaes July 28, 2015

The Canadian Pork Council is exploring the possibility of using forward pricing programs as a risk management tool, but are concerned not all producers will have enough on-hand cash needed for hedging. “With hedging, you need to have cash for the calls and so on, security money,” explained council chairman and Manitoba producer Rick Bergmann.

Crops, Local news

Land values may have peaked

Land prices could fall, but the only thing that really matters is if you can afford  to make payments on what you’ve already bought

By Shannon VanRaes February 2, 2015

For years land prices and rents have only been doing one thing — climbing. But with the drop in commodity prices and changing markets, it seems that prices may have peaked. “I think we’re at the top of the cycle,” said Merle Good, a former tax specialist from Alberta Agriculture, and a speaker at Ag

News

Farmers Warned About Rising Interest Rates

By Ron Friesen June 17, 2010

The Bank of Montreal is telling Canada’s farmers to do a better job of managing their debt or risk instability from higher interest rates. BMO cites George Brinkman, an authority on farm viability, as warning about “an unsettling outlook” from high levels of farm debt made worse by rising interest rates over the next three

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Daily Network News

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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Editor’s Take: What comes down must (eventually) go up

Interest rates biggest farm finance risk

Argentina to raise soy export taxes to 33 per cent from 30

Grain World: Farm consolidation key to increasing yields

How a major U.S. farm lender left a trail of defaults, lawsuits

JBS beats estimates, refinances bank debt

Looking for a loan? Add in interest rate risk when deciding to borrow

Cash a barrier for hedging hogs

Land values may have peaked

Farmers Warned About Rising Interest Rates

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