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The federal farm lending agency’s latest six-month checkup on the peaks and valleys of Canadian farmland values finds demand for Saskatchewan’s acres, in particular, continuing to catch up with the supply. While Saskatchewan, home to about 40 per cent of Canada’s arable land, has seen its farmland values rising since 2002, its land market until […] Read more

While Canadian forage exports remain firm with solid U.S. demand and interest from China providing some underlying support, concerns remain that transportation issues and exports from the U.S. Midwest may limit further upside potential. Wayne Digby, executive director of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association, said some of the underlying support in Canadian exports has […] Read more

Watch for leaks out of the U.S. Senate agriculture committee over the next two weeks to get the best fix yet on where the U.S. is heading with its next Farm Bill, slated to begin taking effect next January. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief economist Joseph Glauber says he will be pouncing on those […] Read more