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Trade certainty doesn’t translate to higher loonie

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News October 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Even with more certainty around trade with the U.S., Canadians shouldn’t expect to see the dollar flying in value. “It’s hard for me to see the Canadian dollar gain value against the U.S. dollar in the short term, unless the Bank of Canada totally revises its stance towards interest rates,” said J.P.

Opinion, Other

Opinion: Not all interest rate increases are equal

By Amy Carduner October 10, 2018

Rising interest rates are disruptive. They can hit cash flow budgets and create the need to adjust the level and mix of short- and long-term liabilities. Or they can shift the demand for farmland, which can impact farm asset values. The bottom line is that interest rates – and changes to those interest rates –

Sides of pork in cold storage. Tariffs on U.S. pork in China and Mexico have curtailed U.S. exports, resulting in price-depressing oversupply. (Agnormark/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Hog producers continue struggle toward profitability

By GFM Network News, Terry Fries October 4, 2018

CNS Canada — Hog prices might have regained some value in recent days, but many producers are still a long way from profitability, according to the chair of Manitoba Pork. That’s why lenders such as Farm Credit Canada, who show they understand the needs of producers who are dependent on commodity markets, are appreciated, said

News

Rising consumer demand benefits dairy farmers

The growing market pull comes in the wake of lower prices and the face of trade uncertainty

By Alex Binkley August 7, 2018

The first half of 2018 has brought positive signs for dairy farmers but it’s hard to predict what the rest of the year will bring, says Farm Credit Canada. Butterfat production increased six per cent year over year to the end of April, bringing higher total revenues to producers even with a lower milk price,

Pulse prices are likely to come under pressure due to large existing supplies. Photo: Thinkstock

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse prices feel pressure from rising ending stocks

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News July 31, 2018

CNS Canada – Increasing pulse ending stocks are going to continue to play into pulse crop prices in Canada, according to the latest update from Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) ag economics team. “We’re still expected to see ending stocks increasing. So as we continue to see that ending stocks increase, that stock-to-use-ratio that we’d see

News

Trade deals won’t mean disaster for supply management

Farm Credit Canada’s J.P. Gervais says Canadian farmers can compete against imports

By Allan Dawson May 1, 2018

Canadian dairy and poultry farmers will be able to compete with more foreign imports, says J.P. Gervais, Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) vice-president and chief agricultural economist. “I think we can compete with foreign products coming in because we’ve had this growth in the sector and we’ve made changes in terms of how we market the

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

News, Other

Rising farmland prices puts agriculture at risk

That’s what the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry says in a recent report

By Allan Dawson April 26, 2018

Higher farmland prices make it harder for young farmers to get into farming and or expand, but they have options, says J.P. Gervais, Farm Credit Canada’s vice-president and chief agricultural economist. “I do believe now there are more options for young producers in terms of getting involved in different supply chains that don’t necessarily require

Markets, Weather

Farmland values rise, but interest rates curb market

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News April 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Prices of Canadian farmland were seen rising in 2017, with most sales happening in the first half of 2017 before interest rate increases and the drought in Western Canada hit. That’s according to the annual Farmland Values Report released Monday by Farm Credit Canada (FCC), based on 90 per cent of farmland

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs tick down on supply numbers, year-end positioning

U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds fall as Black Sea, China headlines assessed

Soy trading firms to abandon Amazon protection pact in Brazil

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