Latest Agriculture News & Events, Market Updates - Country Guide
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Country Guide's top 10 stories of 2024 - Country Guide
2024年12月30日 · CG spoke with two farmers expanding their operations across provincial borders and hundreds of kilometres away.. 6. The uneasy middle. Canada’s mid-size farms are under pressure. But don’t write them off quite so fast — at least not all of them. 7. Seven trends in agriculture for 2024.
Crop Production Show 2025: Mustard market outlook ‘disappointing’
8 小时之前 · Glacier FarmMedia — The two biggest headwinds facing the Canadian mustard market right now are bigger supplies and weaker demand, market analyst Chuck Penner said at the Sask Mustard annual general meeting held Jan. 16 in Saskatoon. “It is really disappointing.” Production of brown and Oriental mustard was down, Penner said, while that of yellow mustard was up about 70 per cent ...
Planning for 2025 and beyond - Country Guide
2025年1月6日 · Country Guide associate editor, April Stewart, sat down with Evan Shout, a.k.a. the Farmer Coach, for his thoughts and top tips on how farmers can prepare to make decisions not only for the coming year but for the next decade. Below is an excerpt from the podcast (edited for clarity). Country Guide: As we both know, farming is a complex business full of daily decisions, the results of which ...
Stakeholders react to Bunge-Viterra merger approval
1 天前 · Following the federal approval of Bunge’s acquisition of Viterra on Tuesday, Jan. 14, stakeholders made their voices heard in a wave of reactions to the controversial merger.. The acquisition of Regina-based Viterra by global agribusiness and food company Bunge has been in the works for some time, and the move has been met with concerns from the industry focused mostly on the long-term ...
Daily Agriculture News - Country Guide
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures added small gains to contract highs, Friday. Most active February live cattle futures closed at 198.775 cents per pound, up 1.175 cents from Thursday. April live cattle were up 1.200 cents to 199.475 cents a pound.
Balancing the ups and downs of raising sheep - Country Guide
3 天之前 · Almost three years later, that focus on quality sheep production has netted twenty-five mature Dorset ewes and two Canadian Arcott rams.. And although the Borsas are new to sheep production on the Prairies, they are not alone. Gordon Schroeder, executive director of the Saskatchewan Sheep Development Board, says that the …
This old land: Where is farming in Quebec headed?
2024年3月18日 · As Country Guide covered in our November issue, steep climbs in farmland values are also having an impact on ownership. This is an important concern for the UPA. “Farmland is typically purchased and owned by three types of people: agricultural producers, producer-entrepreneurs and speculators,” says Caron.
The Country Guide Podcast - Country Guide
2024年10月14日 · July 31, 2024 (above): Cody Snyder is a seasoned traveler who found his way back to the family farm.In this episode, Cody tells us how travelling the world has changed his outlook on business and his career. July 18, 2024 (above): Graham Snyder has been working on farms his whole life.From cash crop farming to tillage and combining, the Snyder family does it all.
Fall economic statement fairly quiet on agriculture
The 2024 budget predicted Canada to have $40 billion deficit for 2024. That number has increased by $21.8 billion, according to the fall economic statement. There are only a few mentions of farming and agriculture in the 270-page document, including a proposal of $4.3 million to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency over three years.