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Environmental, social and governance investing

Is it another new fad?

By Herman VanGenderen May 10, 2021

Business and investing fads come and go, much like other aspects of life. Those with merit last longer than others, while many fall into the trash bin of overhyped and bad ideas. Two decades ago, Six Sigma became a highly touted business concept, designed to reduce defect rates to less than 0.0003 per cent. I […] Read more

‘When moisture is the overriding limiting factor to crop yield, even the best land will not pay the mortgage in the long run. The past decade of extra precipitation has led to prices that, I think, are not sustainable.’ – Les Henry.

Columns

Les Henry: Farmland prices and net farm income

Beware the other side of the average

By Les Henry May 10, 2021

We have had recent inquiries about an update on farmland values. Our previous columns on this topic have included only Saskatchewan data. As I began to search for updated data, I stumbled upon Statistics Canada data for all three Prairie provinces. As well, net income from 1926 to 2019 was available. The raw data is […] Read more

Loading grain on a vessel at a Burrard Inlet terminal. (Maxvis/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Ocean freight rates at decade highs

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 7, 2021

MarketsFarm — Ocean freight rates have climbed steadily higher over the past year, recovering from the lows hit at the start of the pandemic in early 2020 to see their highest levels in over a decade. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a major indicator of shipping rates, hit a high of 3,266 points on Wednesday. […] Read more

Columns

Toban Dyck: Policy battles and progress

By Toban Dyck May 6, 2021

There used to be a thing called the Manitoba Pool Elevators. It was a grain company founded in the early 1900s, but its history and trajectory through the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Agricore United is not the topic of this column. There are two filing cabinets in our basement. They contain farm records from before […] Read more

An eight-inch-wide strip of tillage in a field with heavy corn residue.

Features

Several benefits come with an eight-inch-wide strip of tillage

By Lee Hart May 4, 2021

Western Canadian row crop farmers Dean Toews in southern Manitoba and John Kolk in southern Alberta have different levels of experience with strip tillage, but both see the value of working up these eight-inch-wide strips of soil in their fields with a range of production and conservation benefits. Toews, who is part of the family […] Read more

A Kansas City Southern (KCS) rail car at Toluca, Mexico on Oct. 1, 2018. (File photo: Reuters)/Edgard Garrido)

Crops, Reuters

CP files objection with U.S. regulator over CN’s Kansas City Southern bid

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 3, 2021

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway said on Saturday it filed a formal objection with a U.S. regulator, stating Canadian National Railway’s near US$30 billion rival bid for Kansas City Southern does not qualify to be exempted from tougher merger rules. Last week, the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) granted a waiver to CP’s $25 billion […] Read more

File photo of the Port of Montreal. (Guy Banville/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Back-to-work rule for Montreal dockworkers clears Parliament

Bill granted royal assent Friday night

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 1, 2021

A week-long strike by dockworkers at the Port of Montreal is expected to conclude after federal back-to-work legislation passed Parliament Friday evening. Bill C-29, introduced Tuesday in the House of Commons, cleared third reading in the Commons Wednesday and received three readings in the Senate and royal assent Friday. The port’s longshore workers, represented by […] Read more

Let’s be honest about the filters we carry as farmers.

Farm Life, FarmLife

Froese: Clear, concise communication is better understood and received

Sometimes our automatic ‘filters’ get in the way of this so we need to be aware of what those could be

By Elaine Froese April 30, 2021

Elaine, I am feeling paralyzed and overwhelmed with this farm transfer thing.” “How do I talk to the kids without emotions running wild?” “We do fine until we try to get a sit-down family meeting with an agenda, then no one is really honest with what is going on here.” Communication that is clear, and […] Read more

General, Markets

Ontario’s RMP rolling out ‘later than usual’

Details pending, Agricorp says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 29, 2021

Ontario farmers’ coverage under the provincial Risk Management Program (RMP) won’t be affected by ‘a bit later’ rollout this spring, the program’s handlers say. Agricorp, the province’s farm program delivery agency, reiterated in a statement Tuesday that the RMP “will be available in 2021 (and) program details will be shared with customers as soon as […] Read more

Crops

Feds to legislate end to Montreal port strike

Conservatives expected to support Liberals' back-to-work bill

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 27, 2021

A strike by longshore workers at the Port of Montreal faces federal back-to-work legislation billed Tuesday as the government’s “least desired course of action.” Labour Minister Filomena Tassi on Tuesday announced the introduction of Bill C-29, which “would end the work stoppage at the Port of Montreal and ensure the safe resumption and continuation of […] Read more

GFM Network News

CBOT weekly: Soybeans/corn showing strength amidst harvest

Manitoba Crop Report: Harvest advances despite heavy rains

Prairie forecast: A temperature rollercoaster and the possibility of snow

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