Dec 31, 2024 · The feeder cattle cash and futures markets surged in December after the U.S. halted imports of Mexican feeder cattle on November 22 due to a case of New World screwworm in a Mexican animal.It will likely take three or four months for the governments to work out procedures and protocols so that U.S. feedlots can resume the imports from Mexico.

Dec 30, 2024 · 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.

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Jan 14, 2025 · Canadian canola exports continued to stay far above those in 2023/24, the Canadian Grain Commission reported earlier in January. In the CGC's monthly report those outbound shipments of canola from licensed facilities at the end of November reached 3.84 million tonnes which are up by more than 80 per cent from a year ago.

Jan 20, 2025 · Agriculture’s future will rely on attracting capital. On-farm research is one of those things that sounds great in theory, especially with the technology at hand today. But… In the past, capital typically came from banks or family. But the changing demographic of farmers and farmland owners ...

Dec 8, 2020 · Two centuries ago, when the Scottish settlers first began to arrive, the Garden of Eden was nowhere in sight. This place was marsh, it seemed all but useless, and it took farmers to find the value in Manitoba’s famously fertile Red River Valley and to make it habitable.

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Jan 21, 2025 · Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — Total Canadian pulse plantings are expected to hold relatively steady in 2025, with Canadian farmers seeding more peas and lentils while cutting area to chickpeas and edible beans, according to early estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Jan. 20.. Peas. Citing good returns relative to other crops, AAFC forecast pea area rising two per cent ...

Nov 18, 2024 · It’s no secret. Succession planning involves bringing in the experts. But that’s nothing new. Farm families have been calling in lawyers, accountants and business advisors to help with their transition planning for decades.

Dec 16, 2024 · RELATED: Mechanical innovation helps seed companies keep up with genetic testing speed; Syngenta’s 2023 income is reported at $32.2 billion. As I say, “staggering.” Still, Rowe does find time to get home a couple of times per year and gives a hand to his father, Dean, who runs the 3,000-acre farm with family help and a full-time employee.