Reading Time: 3 minutes Demand for farm equipment should remain high through 2023 despite higher interest rates and projected price increases, according to Farm Credit Canada. The federal ag lender has released an outlook on the farm equipment market that analyzed data and trends that affect the market. While the outlook attributes much of the current demand to relatively […] Read more
Farm equipment demand to remain high, FCC says
Low inventories, high commodity prices and a good crop place pressure on demand
Farmland prices remain buoyant in the face of interest rate hikes
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
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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