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

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

Crops, News

Lenders, government, railways all promise action on grain movement

With big expenses on the horizon some farmers are experiencing a difficult cash crunch because grain isn’t moving to market

By Alex Binkley March 20, 2018

Lenders are lining up to help western grain farmers who are experiencing a cash crunch due to poor rail service and the looming costs of putting in this year’s crop. Both Farm Credit Canada and the Bank of Montreal issued statements last week saying they would stand by their customers as they suffer from a

Canadian Agricultural Safety Week’s 2018 focus is on supporting senior farmers to continue to contribute to the farm team in safe and productive ways.

News

2018 farm safety week focuses on senior producers

Canadian Agricultural Safety Week will place special emphasis on keeping older workers safe on the farm

By Lorraine Stevenson March 9, 2018

Driving combine or truck into the wee hours of the morning never used to faze Paul Gregory. He knows he can’t put those long hours in anymore. “Evenings are tougher,” admits the Fisher Branch farmer and owner of Interlake Forage Seeds Ltd. He recently turned 60. “I’m definitely not feeling as much energy as I

CN locomotives in Winnipeg. (Photo courtesy CN)

Crops, Weather

CN apologizes as farm groups, Ottawa press on rail service

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 7, 2018

Canada’s largest railway has taken the unusual step of apologizing for its pace of grain delivery in recent weeks and pledging “immediate steps” to improve its grain handle. After parting ways with its CEO Luc Jobin on Monday, Canadian National Railway (CN), through interim CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest, said Wednesday it “apologize(s) for not meeting the

News

TPP II deal good news for agriculture

FCC’s top agriculture economist says there’s the potential for big benefits, but it will take time

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm February 12, 2018

Farm Credit Canada says a new trade deal with Asia is good news for the nation’s farmers. FCC says the new Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will mean better market access and that’s always good news for agriculture. “We can open up markets more to what we have, especially when we have big competitors

Markets

FCC sees benefits in new Trans-Pacific trade pact

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News January 30, 2018

CNS Canada — The future of trade for the Canadian agriculture industry is looking bright from the perspective of Canada’s federal ag lending agency, with progress on the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). According to Farm Credit Canada (FCC), anytime Canada can get less-restricted access to markets it is good for agriculture. “We can

Canola oil was Canada’s second-highest-valued export in 2016, at US$2.3 billion. Photo: File

Crops, Livestock

Reports highlight strengths, weaknesses of Canadian ag exports

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News November 7, 2017

Commodity News Service Canada – There is room for improvement in the Canadian agricultural export market with competition from new markets globally, according to a pair of reports released by Farm Credit Canada. The FCC Ag Economics, Trade Ranking Report: Agriculture and FCC Ag Economics, Trade Ranking Report: Manufactured Food give overviews of Canada’s global

Heritage Co-op’s Marketplace on Richmond drew the lunch crowd in Brandon for one of several FCC Drive Away Hunger events the company has on the schedule this month.

Local news, Other

Manitobans sign up to Drive Away Hunger

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) hopes to add at least five million  meals’ worth of support to Canada’s food banks through its  over-month-long Drive Away Hunger campaign

By Alexis Stockford October 11, 2017

Combines may be busy on the field, but Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is occupied with a different kind of harvest. This year marks 14 years of FCC’s Drive Away Hunger campaign, a joint fundraising and food drive held nationally by FCC each fall in support of Food Banks Canada. The program launched Sept. 6 and

Crops, Weather

FCC pledges flexibility for soaked Ontario, Quebec growers

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 31, 2017

Canada’s federal ag lending agency has announced a customer support program to limit “financial pressure” on its farming clients in rain-soaked areas of western Quebec and eastern Ontario. Farm Credit Canada on Wednesday announced the program, in which it said it “will work with customers to come up with solutions for their operation(s) to reduce

News, Other

Strong loonie not major threat: FCC economist

Canada still competitive with an 80-cent dollar

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 23, 2017

The Canadian dollar’s flirtations with the 80 U.S. cent mark is not likely to undermine agriculture’s potential for the rest of the year, said the principal agricultural economist at Farm Credit Canada. When FCC issued economic outlooks for agriculture back in January, it said the low dollar relative to the U.S. currency had been a

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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