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…your current three or four per cent financings could turn into five, six, seven or even eight per cent borrowing costs over the next few years.

How high could interest rates go?

The consensus is they’re set to rise but many could be underestimating how much

By David Derwin March 4, 2022

There has been a lot of talk lately about inflation and what higher interest rates could mean for the markets, the economy and your investments. Are rising interest rates bad for stocks? How high can rates go? How will it affect my bottom line? And not just the investment side of your balance sheet but

Markets, Other

Gasoline, diesel prices set to continue rising

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — The steady rise in crude oil prices is based on three factors, according to Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for Oil Price Information Service at Lakewood, N.J. One of those factors is the amount of crude oil produced by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), along with some

Snowstorms, labour shortages, procurement problems related to some ingredients, or even packaging issues can affect perishable foods, pandemic or not.

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Beware of ‘shelflation’

Compromised supply chains are increasing waste and costs

By Sylvain Charlebois February 15, 2022

By now, you may have heard of a phenomenon called shrinkflation. Many companies will reduce quantities without changing the price by adjusting their packaging strategy. It’s been going on for years. It is the illusion of buying the same amount of product when it has in fact shrunk. But when supply chains aren’t working optimally,

Rising commodity prices, energy shortages, capacity constraints in manufacturing, errors in demand forecasting and rising interest rates are themselves all potential triggers.

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Commodity prices likely to be hit by slowdown before end of 2023

The current price expansion is already getting a bit long in the tooth

By John Kemp February 9, 2022

Reuters – Prices for a wide range of commodities have climbed to their highest level for seven years or more as drillers, miners and farmers struggle to keep up with booming demand as the economy recovers from the pandemic. Energy prices are at the highest level since 2014 while non-energy prices are the strongest since

Markets

Vaccine mandate to lead to inflation, empty shelves, trucking executives say

Parallel mandate for U.S. entry starts Saturday

By GFM Network News, Steve Scherer January 20, 2022

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian consumers should soon see higher prices and some empty shelves in supermarkets and other retail outlets because of disruptions stemming from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers, top trucking executives warned this week. The mandate, imposed by Ottawa to help curb the spread of the virus, has cost six

Nearly 90 per cent of respondents in a recent survey said that food prices are increasing at a faster pace than their income.

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Spooked Canadians at the grocery store have plans for 2022

Inflation is causing consumers to re-evaluate their food purchases

By Sylvain Charlebois January 19, 2022

Since the year 2022 is here, it is time to reflect on what has happened this past year and anticipate what lies ahead. Food inflation obviously affected most food categories this year, which is why the last 12 months have been challenging for Canadians both at the grocery store and at restaurants. Canada’s Food Price

The latest Canada’s Food Price Report predicted overall food prices would rise five to seven per cent in 2022, the highest predicted rise in the 12-year history of the report.

News

Processors, retailers to blame for food prices, not farmers, says NFU

NFU interpretation of price data, call for reduced consolidation is misguided, say analysts

By Geralyn Wichers January 14, 2022

Food processors and retailers have pushed food prices upward even as prices paid to farmers have been largely stagnant, the National Farmers Union said in a statement late last year, which attributed rising food costs to rising corporate power. “Consumers need to know that less and less of the money they spend on food actually

Farmit Manitoba, News

Farm consolidation good for Canadian agriculture

Sylvain Charlebois holds forth on Canadian agriculture and food

By Allan Dawson December 20, 2021

Farm consolidation is good, cultured meat has a rosy future and the carbon tax needs greater analysis. Sylvain Charlebois, Canada’s self-described ‘Food Professor’ and director of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, elaborated on those points in a wide-ranging talk at the September Canadian National Millers Association’s annual meeting in Montebello, Que. “I think consolidation is

Agricultural commodity prices have risen steeply in the past year, driven by harvest setbacks and strong demand.

News

FAO says world food prices continue to climb

Fourth straight month of price increases found for November

By Reuters December 13, 2021

World food prices rose for a fourth straight month in November to remain at 10-year highs, led by strong demand for wheat and dairy products, the UN food agency said Dec. 2. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which tracks international prices of the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 134.4 points

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Markets, Other

Canada economy seen weaker than expected as supply chain woes weigh

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News, Julie Gordon October 29, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters – The Canadian economy most likely underperformed expectations in the third quarter amid ongoing supply chain woes and a brutal drought, official data suggested on Friday, prompting analysts to forecast the Bank of Canada could move slower on rate hikes. The economy expanded by 0.4 percent in August, missing estimates, and looked

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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