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Municipalities want their PST money back

One level of government should not tax another, AMM delegates say

By Lorraine Stevenson December 9, 2015

Municipalities pay millions in provincial sales tax (PST) and they want their money back. “The need for municipal dollars to be returned to the hands of municipalities is a resonating theme of this convention,” said Association of Manitoba Municipalities president Chris Goertzen at the opening of last week’s 17th annual convention here. At issue is

Crops, Did you know?

Farmers’ market vendors need to give customers more ways to pay

Customers buy more if they can use their credit cards

By Washington State University June 8, 2015

Farmers’ markets wanting to increase purchases by customers should consider accepting more than just cash or cheques as payment, according to Washington State University researchers. “Customers are willing to buy more if they have other payment options,” said Karina Gallardo, a WSU associate professor and extension specialist in the School of Economic Sciences. “They may

Markets

Drozd: Harami alerts producers to impending rally in the Canadian dollar

A harami that occurs at the end of a significant move down in price and time  will have more reliability than any other place on a chart

By David Drozd May 8, 2015

The Canadian dollar has rallied nearly 600 basis points in the past six weeks. This rally may have come as a surprise to some people, but not to those studying candlestick charting. The Japanese are regarded as the true pioneers of candlestick charting. The Japanese method of charting is called candlestick because the individual lines

Crops, News

KAP says do homework before selling grain to unfamiliar buyers

History shows sometimes even trusted companies burn farmers

By Allan Dawson May 15, 2014

Sellers beware! In the post-monopoly wheat board era many new, unfamiliar grain buyers, often American, are offering to buy western Canadian grain. The Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) says farmers should do their homework before striking deals to avoid getting burned. “People will spend two weeks researching which cultivator shovel to buy so it doesn’t wear

Hogs, Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Cheaper corn drives US feeder cattle to 6-month high

By Reuters July 16, 2013

* Speculative buyers push up live cattle futures * CME hogs spike amid futures' discount to cash By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, July 15 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures hit a 6-month high Monday led by CME live cattle market gains and lower-priced corn, said traders and analysts. Favorable crop growing conditions in

Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Profit taking and cheap corn sink U.S. hog futures

By Reuters June 28, 2013

* USDA quarterly hog report on tap for Friday * CME live cattle fall on deliveries, spreads * Feeders follow live cattle futures lower By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, June 28 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures dropped on Friday pressured by profit taking and sharply lower Chicago Board of Trade corn futures, traders and

News

Closure of MAFRI offices expected, but postponing school tax rebate upsets KAP leader

By Dave Bedard, Shannon VanRaes April 27, 2013

Manitoba producers hoping to get back all of the school tax they pay on farmland will have to wait until the province conquers its deficit. Last week’s provincial budget holds the farmland education tax rebate at 80 per cent, while introducing a new $5,000 cap to limit rebate expenditures, which came in at $34.5 million

Crops, Grain Markets

Loonie forecast to hold its own against U.S. greenback

By Dwayne Klassen April 26, 2013

The loonie will likely continue to weaken against the U.S. dollar, but should stay close to parity in medium to longer term, says ScotiaBank’s chief currency strategist. “The path of least resistance for the Canadian dollar in the near term is weaker,” said Camilla Sutton. However, lower global growth along with the less hawkish stance

News

Canadian dollar won’t move above parity any time soon

By Terryn Shiells March 16, 2013

The Canadian dollar has seen significant declines compared to its U.S. counterpart in recent weeks, and isn’t expected to climb back above parity any time soon, according to currency analysts. The Canadian dollar has continued to move further and further below parity with the U.S. dollar, closing at US98.16 cents on Feb. 21. Although the

Opinion

Sharing business can foster local shopping

By Bruce Stewart November 9, 2012

Gift cards, local currencies and “disloyalty” cards can all be used to build businesses and jobs where you live

There’s a wave of business building going on around the developed world, and it doesn’t require a government program to make it happen. It just requires the businesses in a community to get together and agree on one thing: to jointly sponsor a community gift card, a local currency, or both. The community gift card

Daily Network News

Trump tells farmers that tractor companies should lower prices

Get farmers in on federal water security strategy planning, CFA says

U.S. finalizes biofuel blending quotas for 2026-27, cuts RINS for foreign feedstocks

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