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The Bank of Canada continues to raise interest rates in an effort to stamp out inflation.
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Understanding risk exposure key to managing rising interest rates

The Bank of Canada is still signalling that more rate hikes are coming

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Farmers need to thoroughly understand their risk exposure as they view the Bank of Canada’s latest interest rate hike, says Farm Credit Canada (FCC) economist J.P. Gervais. The Bank of Canada on Sept. 7 announced a 75-basis-point increase in its key rate, bringing it to 3.25 per cent. It followed a 100-basis-point increase in July and was the
Fewer and larger dealerships aren’t necessarily in the best interests of farmers, some equipment insiders say.
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Equipment dealer consolidation raises cost to farmers

Wave of consolidation began in 1980s, accelerated dramatically in recent years

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Reuters – More farm equipment dealers are going out of business, leaving a handful of companies in control of a large swathe of the market and with greater ability to set prices for selling and repairing equipment, say farmers, equipment dealers and analysts. Buyouts of local mom-and-pop dealers have reduced farmers’ options for buying machinery
Comment: Forty billion green reasons to go green
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Comment: Forty billion green reasons to go green

If the U.S. budget passes, green ag is about to get a big boost

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If American farmers and ranchers really want to live the oft-repeated boast that they are “the first environmentalists,” then, by golly, Joe Manchin and his Democratic Senate colleagues have the legislative vehicle to prove it. Manchin, the chief monkeywrencher of Dem dreams for the last two years, shocked everyone when he and Senate Majority Leader
Manitoba is in favour of carrots over sticks when it comes to sustainability programming, and that will factor into any plan, says Derek Johnson, Manitoba Agriculture Minister.
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Assessing the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership

New five-year partnership agreement takes effect April 1, 2023

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As the dust settles around the new partnership agreement signed by Canada’s federal and provincial ag ministers, many wonder what it means for Manitoba. The Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (SCAP) is the next five-year agricultural policy agreement that replaces the current Canadian Agricultural Partnership, which expires March 31, 2023. The agreement was the outcome of
The federal government has set a target to reduce fertilizer emissions by 30 per cent by 2030, but Prairie ag ministers have concerns about the plan.
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Manitoba ag minister knocks Ottawa’s fertilizer plan

The federal government faces a wave of criticism at the provincial level over fertilizer emission reduction targets

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Manitoba’s agriculture minister is joining a chorus of industry insiders and fellow provincial ag ministers criticizing the federal government’s 30 per cent fertilizer emissions reduction target. The federal target was a last-minute addition to the discussion schedule during the meeting of federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers in Saskatoon in mid-July. “The ministers of agriculture
A coalition of growers is calling on the federal government to return fertilizer tariffs, or at least for those purchases made before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Farmers should not pay the price for Russia’s war

Farmers say federal fertilizer tariffs on purchases made prior to the invasion of Ukraine should be returned

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Farmers across Canada are paying a 35 per cent federal tariff on fertilizers purchased from Russia prior to the war. Those regulations have placed a huge price disadvantage for Ontario’s, and Canada’s, crops.  “We recognize the mistakes the Russian government has made in invading Ukraine, but making farmers, and ultimately Canadian consumers, pay for a
Sheldon Stott, senior director of corporate sustainability with HyLife Foods, speaks on the company’s fertilizer emission reduction project on July 18.
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More funding announced for greenhouse gas reductions

$2.5 million announced for green technology programs in Manitoba

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HyLife Foods of La Broquerie has previously received a boost from the federal government’s Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) program, but after the latest round of funding announced earlier in July, it is on a growing list of recipients. On July 18, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced funds for 28 additional projects under
Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: Extremes make bad food policies

When ideologues at either end of the spectrum stifle debate, we’re all worse off

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Not a day goes by without seeing a group, or even a government, changing rules for farmers. In the name of the planet, animal welfare or our own health, rules are changing despite our farmers’ knowledge and experience. It’s an interesting phenomenon and it’s happening all around the world. Farmers have long been regarded as
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks as Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez applaud during his first State of the Nation Address, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 25, 2022. Photo: Aaron Favila/Pool via Reuters
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Philippines’ Marcos lays out ambitious policy agenda with farm sector in focus

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Manila | Reuters – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday outlined ambitious plans for his six-year term in office that focus on fiscal management, infrastructure upgrades and turning the long-neglected farm sector into an engine of growth. The Philippines is beset with numerous challenges, from soaring prices, food shortages, poverty and inequities in education, but Marcos, the

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