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Farm equipment demand to remain high, FCC says

Low inventories, high commodity prices and a good crop place pressure on demand

By Don Norman, GFM Network News December 1, 2022

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

Crops, Markets

Trade certainty doesn’t translate to higher loonie

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm October 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Even with more certainty around trade with the U.S., Canadians shouldn’t expect to see the dollar flying in value. “It’s hard for me to see the Canadian dollar gain value against the U.S. dollar in the short term, unless the Bank of Canada totally revises its stance towards interest rates,” said J.P. […] Read more

General, Markets, Weather

Farmland values rise, but interest rates curb market

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm April 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Prices of Canadian farmland were seen rising in 2017, with most sales happening in the first half of 2017 before interest rate increases and the drought in Western Canada hit. That’s according to the annual Farmland Values Report released Monday by Farm Credit Canada (FCC), based on 90 per cent of farmland […] Read more

General, Markets

FCC sees benefits in new Trans-Pacific trade pact

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm January 30, 2018

CNS Canada — The future of trade for the Canadian agriculture industry is looking bright from the perspective of Canada’s federal ag lending agency, with progress on the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). According to Farm Credit Canada (FCC), anytime Canada can get less-restricted access to markets it is good for agriculture. “We can […] Read more

Crops, Markets

FCC sees increase in Canadian farmland values slowing

By Allan Dawson April 10, 2017

Farmland values in Canada, on average, appreciated in 2016 — and while it was less of an increase than the year before, the gain easily beat a bank GIC. Land prices here in Manitoba, which have been rising steadily since 1992, on average gained 12 per cent in both 2015 and 2014. But after four […] Read more

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Farm equipment demand to remain high, FCC says

Trade certainty doesn’t translate to higher loonie

Farmland values rise, but interest rates curb market

FCC sees benefits in new Trans-Pacific trade pact

FCC sees increase in Canadian farmland values slowing

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