Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite significant interest rate hikes, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is reporting continued increases in farmland values across Canada. According to the FCC report, Manitoba’s average farmland values increased by 6 per cent in the first six months of 2022. Alberta values were just behind that at 5.9 per cent and Saskatchewan was just above the […] Read more
Farmland prices remain buoyant in the face of interest rate hikes
Is Canada’s coming Indo-Pacific strategy too little, too late?
Canada has high hopes to grow its agriculture trade in the Indo-Pacific region, but strategists say Canada must look beyond trade or face continued irrelevance
Reading Time: 5 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – If Canada wants to continue to grow its agriculture trade in one of the fastest growing regions of the globe, it needs a new strategy. It needs to reconsider its ‘trade mission’ diplomacy strategy in the Indo-Pacific region and become relevant to the countries there. “Economic interests can no longer be separated […] Read more
Wild oat a growing resistance challenge
Keep an eye on your fields this summer and be ready to tackle the problem when you see it
Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – If you rely solely on crop protection products to fend off wild oats, you’re not going to like the eventual bottom line. Herbicide-resistant strains of the weed are going to mean you’ll eventually run out of luck. It’s not a new problem, but every year it gets just a little bit more […] Read more
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