Insights and Stories on General

Prairie Forecast Update: A few small tweaks

May. 22, 2023 at 6:15 pm CDT

The weather models are continuing to do a good job with the short- to medium-range forecasts, but there have been a couple of small changes that have been slowly working into the forecast. Weak troughing off the West Coast is still forecasted to kick off the development of a leeside […]

Potential loss of AM radio in vehicles a concern for farmers

May. 18, 2023 at 1:45 am CDT

By Jonah Grignon

Prairie Forecast: Above-average temperatures to continue

May. 17, 2023 at 12:00 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

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Air quality deteriorates as wildfires rage in Western Canada

May. 16, 2023 at 8:31 pm CDT

By Ismail Shakil Rod Nickel

Prairie Forecast Update: Forecast on track

May. 15, 2023 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Daniel Bezte

How will Ontario municipalities handle housing?

May. 12, 2023 at 9:38 am CDT

The Ontario government has made a series of policies over the past year that will alter the trajectory of development. By opening the Greenbelt and other farmland, reclassifying wetlands, reducing density targets and allowing municipalities to expand beyond established urban limits, Doug Ford’s government says it aims to encourage speedy […]

By Matt McIntosh

Feds lock in higher interest-free portion on cash advances

May. 10, 2023 at 2:30 pm CDT

A further temporary increase to the interest-free chunk of cash advances available to Canadian farmers, as telegraphed in March’s federal budget, has now gone live. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau confirmed Wednesday that the interest-free limit under the Advance Payments Program (APP) for the 2023 program year is now $350,000, effective […]

By Dave Bedard

Buy or rent? Land rent-to-price ratio can help farmers decide

Apr. 27, 2023 at 4:20 pm CDT

Higher interest rates don’t seem to be affecting the ratio between land values and land rental costs — at least, not yet. Farm Credit Canada’s latest analysis of farmland rental prices says they’re roughly maintaining their traditional linkage, says J.P Gervais, the organization’s chief economist. “We were curious to see […]

By Don Norman

Thompson returns as P.E.I. ag minister

Apr. 24, 2023 at 7:45 pm CDT

Prince Edward Island’s former agriculture minister is again its current ag minister, in a post-election cabinet shuffle by returning Premier Dennis King. Bloyce Thompson, MLA for the district of Stanhope-Marshfield since 2019 and ag minister from 2019 until last summer, was again appointed April 14 as King’s minister of agriculture, […]

By Dave Bedard

P.E.I. ag minister, ag critics re-elected

Apr. 4, 2023 at 6:17 pm CDT

Prince Edward Island’s incumbent agriculture minister and opposition agriculture critics prevailed in Monday night’s provincial election, in which incumbent premier Dennis King’s Tories were returned with a majority. Darlene Compton, King’s agriculture minister since last summer and his incumbent deputy premier, won re-election Monday for the Progressive Conservatives in her […]

By Dave Bedard