“Continue to see increases in farmland.” – Kim Passmore and Brandon Wilcox, registered appraisers. S.W. Irvine & Associates, Guelph, Ont.

Summer Series: Where will land prices be in 10 years?

[Land] Insider predictions on what to expect from land prices in the next decade

Reading Time: 5 minutes There is just one word to describe the value of farmland in Canada: high. Or maybe that should be HIGH. Cultivated farmland across Canada jumped an average 12.8 percent last year, says Farm Credit Canada. It’s the biggest jump since 2014 and part of an upward trend that has seen land values post continuous gains […] Read more


Summer Series: Opportunities ahead

Summer Series: Opportunities ahead

[Change Management] What’s in store for Canada’s farms in 2024? The news is good, mostly

Reading Time: 10 minutes Land is up. Inputs are up. Commodities are volatile. And that’s just a start. Climate change is getting real. Interest rates are too. And the international scene is chaos. Does it all add up to good news for your farm in 2024? Bad news? And what can you do to keep your farm on the […] Read more

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FCC’s top economic charts to monitor in 2024

Downward trends for cattle, swine herds; positive bent to feed, fertilizer affordability

Reading Time: 5 minutes As we start the new year amid elevated inflation and major headwinds facing the economy, here are our top charts to help make sense of the economic environment for farm operations, agribusinesses and food processors.


File photo of cattle on pasture northeast of Calgary. (James_Gabbert/iStock/Getty Images)

Report aims to show animal agriculture’s interconnections

CAPI hopes to broaden policymakers' perspective

Reading Time: 3 minutes A new report for the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute seeks to educate policymakers about the impact of animal agriculture on economic, social and environmental levels. The report, titled Forces Impacting Animal Agriculture In Canada: A Synthesis, delves into the issues surrounding cattle, dairy and poultry production in the country and how it is interconnected within […] Read more

Inflation takes a bite

Inflation takes a bite

Should we worry if the prices Canadians pay at the checkout influence what they think of farmers?

Reading Time: 3 minutes When a television reporter recently tweeted a photo of a package of boneless, skinless chicken breasts in the meat department at Loblaws with a price tag of $37, the backlash was swift. The responses ranged from “eat less meat” to a less polite “let it rot on the shelf,” and they all had one thing […] Read more


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China to step up investment in rural infrastructure

Reading Time: < 1 minute Beijing | Reuters – China will accelerate investment in rural infrastructure to improve its ability to ensure food supply while also stabilizing the economy, according to a plan published by the agriculture ministry on Tuesday. The plan, backed by eight ministries and government agencies, comes amid slowing growth in the world’s second-biggest economy, due to […] Read more

Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil on Aug. 14, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino)

Market value alone is selling nature short, governments told

Economic valuations needed but 'not sufficient,' co-chair says

Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — What is the value of a river? Is it for the nutritional content of the fish it sustains? The economic benefit of the local livelihoods it supports? Or does the river have its own value which humans cannot measure? Such questions may seem removed from the issues the world faces, from deepening climate […] Read more



ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and November 2022 canola (yellow line). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: ‘Meltdown’ not yet on canola market radar

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — There’s more to the sharp decline in U.S. wheat and corn futures than the possibility of Ukrainian exports returning to the global market along with the massive liquidation of longs, according to analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. “My theory with what is going on is that we’re seeing a fairly […] Read more