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FCC compares farmland rental rates by province

Apr 21, 2025 | 10:22am

What are guys paying for cash rent in your area? The just-released farmland rental rate report from Farm Credit Canada sheds a bit of light on the question. Cash rental rates for farmland are something of a black box. No public reporting system exists and since it’s a competitive market most farmers would rather not […]

Opening Grain Prices Monday, April 21

Apr 21, 2025 | 10:07am

Durum: 336.80 Feed Barley: 238.59 Canola: 637.92 (down 7.20) Chickpeas: 771.62 Flax: 731.04 Lentils: […]

Canada’s Two Major Railways See Slight Improvement in Grain Deliveries in Week 35: Ag Transport Coalition

Apr 14, 2025 | 2:12pm

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 62% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 35 representing a notable improvement from the 50% order fulfillment performance seen in week 34. This represents the best performance seen on a system basis in the last ten weeks and the first time that performance has risen above the […]

Manitoba Government Makes $13-Million Investment in Downtown Agriculture Exchange

Apr 10, 2025 | 11:03am

The Manitoba government is investing $13 million for Cereals Canada to develop the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange (Gate), a world-class centre in downtown Winnipeg that will support grain producers and processors in their ongoing efforts to establish new international trading partners, Premier Wab Kinew, Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation Minister Jamie Moses and Agriculture […]

Canada’s Two Major Railways Continued to Struggle with Grain Deliveries in Week 34

Apr 8, 2025 | 2:08pm

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 50% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 34, representing a slight decline from the 52% order fulfillment performance seen in week 33. On a combined basis, the railways have now not supplied more than 58% of shipper orders in a week for nine consecutive weeks, and have […]

Opening Grain Prices Tuesday, April 8

Apr 8, 2025 | 9:46am

Durum: 345.99 Feed Barley: 247.31 Canola: 615.12 (up 4.10) Chickpeas: 815.71 Flax: 731.04 Lentils: 715.50 […]

CFA unsure of full impact U.S. tariffs will have on Canada

Apr 7, 2025 | 3:24pm

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) was somewhat relieved Canada was not included on the list of countries affected by the U.S. reciprocal tariffs last week. However, President Keith Currie says they’re waiting on the impact other tariffs will have on the agriculture sector, such as the U.S. 25% levy on Canadian steel and aluminium. […]