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Pulse prices are likely to come under pressure due to large existing supplies. Photo: Thinkstock

Pulse prices feel pressure from rising ending stocks

By GFM Network News July 31, 2018

CNS Canada – Increasing pulse ending stocks are going to continue to play into pulse crop prices in Canada, according to the latest update from Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) ag economics team. “We’re still expected to see ending stocks increasing. So as we continue to see that ending stocks increase, that stock-to-use-ratio that we’d see […] Read more

Landscape featuring a harvested grain field.

Columns, Hart Attacks

Interesting twist on high cost of farmland

These high prices are great news for sellers, but they leave buyers out of the game

By Lee Hart June 13, 2018

Just about every farmer I talk to in all parts of the country has a common buyer’s complaint — they want to expand their farming operation but land prices are high. It is difficult for established family farms to grow and new farmers are finding it almost impossible to get into the business on land […] Read more

General, Markets, Weather

Farmland values rise, but interest rates curb market

By GFM Network News April 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Prices of Canadian farmland were seen rising in 2017, with most sales happening in the first half of 2017 before interest rate increases and the drought in Western Canada hit. That’s according to the annual Farmland Values Report released Monday by Farm Credit Canada (FCC), based on 90 per cent of farmland […] Read more

CN locomotives in Winnipeg. (Photo courtesy CN)

Crops, Machinery, Weather

CN apologizes as farm groups, Ottawa press on rail service

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 7, 2018

Canada’s largest railway has taken the unusual step of apologizing for its pace of grain delivery in recent weeks and pledging “immediate steps” to improve its grain handle. After parting ways with its CEO Luc Jobin on Monday, Canadian National Railway (CN), through interim CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest, said Wednesday it “apologize(s) for not meeting the […] Read more

General, Markets

FCC sees benefits in new Trans-Pacific trade pact

By GFM Network News January 30, 2018

CNS Canada — The future of trade for the Canadian agriculture industry is looking bright from the perspective of Canada’s federal ag lending agency, with progress on the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). According to Farm Credit Canada (FCC), anytime Canada can get less-restricted access to markets it is good for agriculture. “We can […] Read more

Canola oil was Canada’s second-highest-valued export in 2016, at US$2.3 billion. Photo: File

Crops, Livestock

Reports highlight strengths, weaknesses of Canadian ag exports

By GFM Network News November 7, 2017

Commodity News Service Canada – There is room for improvement in the Canadian agricultural export market with competition from new markets globally, according to a pair of reports released by Farm Credit Canada. The FCC Ag Economics, Trade Ranking Report: Agriculture and FCC Ag Economics, Trade Ranking Report: Manufactured Food give overviews of Canada’s global […] Read more

Crops, Weather

FCC pledges flexibility for soaked Ontario, Quebec growers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 31, 2017

Canada’s federal ag lending agency has announced a customer support program to limit “financial pressure” on its farming clients in rain-soaked areas of western Quebec and eastern Ontario. Farm Credit Canada on Wednesday announced the program, in which it said it “will work with customers to come up with solutions for their operation(s) to reduce […] Read more

Crops, Markets

FCC sees increase in Canadian farmland values slowing

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News April 10, 2017

Farmland values in Canada, on average, appreciated in 2016 — and while it was less of an increase than the year before, the gain easily beat a bank GIC. Land prices here in Manitoba, which have been rising steadily since 1992, on average gained 12 per cent in both 2015 and 2014. But after four […] Read more

General, Machinery

FCC launches new loan for young agri-businesspeople

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 17, 2017

Canada’s federal farm lending agency is expanding its loan offerings in agribusiness and agrifood with a new program aimed at young businesspeople. Farm Credit Canada’s Young Entrepreneur Loan, launched Thursday in Ottawa during Canada Agriculture Day celebrations, will offer financing of up to $1 million per qualified applicant under age 40, at closed variable rates […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Canada’s farm income to dip, but remain above average

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 17, 2017

Reuters — Canadian farmers’ incomes will decline seven per cent in 2017, falling for the second year in a row but remaining at above-average levels, the country’s agriculture department predicted on Friday. A drop in North American cattle and calf prices from record highs in 2015 is the main reason for the two-year dip, Agriculture […] Read more

GFM Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

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