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Rising grain prices boosted cash income for Canadian farms in 2007, while rising farm real estate values improved the farm sector’s equity, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. Cash income for Canadian farm businesses increased 14.5 per cent in 2007, the federal agency reported. The impact of rising grain and oilseed prices more than offset large increases […] Read more

Prices farmers received for their commodities rose 9.8 per cent in March 2008 from the same month a year earlier, as significant gains in crop prices offset declines in livestock prices, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. Prices that producers received for crops continued their double-digit increases, up 35.4 per cent in March 2008 compared with March […] Read more

(Resource News International) — Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz defended the use and production of biofuels in Canada at a May 30 meeting between federal, provincial, and territorial ministers of agriculture, saying Canada’s biofuel initiative strikes a good balance between food and fuel. Following the meeting, Ritz was asked to comment on the recent release […] Read more

(Resource News International) — The latest U.S. Farm Bill is expected to hurt Canada’s competitiveness in the global marketplace, but the bill’s Canadian critics also acknowledge such support for farmers would be welcome if the Canadian government could do something similar. The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate both recently voted overwhelmingly in favour of […] Read more