Danish Farmers Hit By Credit Crunch, Low Food Prices

Danish farmers, already hit by lower food and land prices and higher production costs, are struggling to get new credit from banks after years of investing heavily in production facilities, land and technology. “We have calculated that as many as nine to 10 per cent of the farmers are in acute financial problems,” Lone Saaby,

U. S. Trade Agenda More Diplomatic

Developing coun-tries have high hopes that President Barack Obama’s readiness to work with other nations could clear the way for a deal in the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) long-running Doha trade talks. But the reality of tackling the global crisis, as the United States seeks new export markets and poor countries push for a deal


Finding an economic “sweet spot”

The latest Canada West Foundation profile and economic forecast for Manitoba underscores a reality that still bites in the farming community. The wheat economy that built this province has, over time, been overshadowed by a highly diversified economy, which means it doesn’t grow as fast during boom times and it doesn’t fall as far during