Insights and Stories on Economy

Election 2019: Ag groups want the parties to pay attention

Sep. 18, 2019 at 8:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Two major national farm organizations want the political parties to pay more attention to agriculture as the federal election continues. However, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) and the National Farmers Union (NFU) have somewhat different takes as to what they see as paramount. “It’s really important that […]

Trump threatens new tariffs as U.S.-China trade tensions spike again

Aug. 1, 2019 at 3:40 pm CDT

By Andrea Shalal David Lawder

Consider hedging against rate hikes, farmers advised

Jul. 11, 2018 at 3:51 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Agriculture contributed C$111.9 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2016

Nov. 10, 2017 at 5:05 pm CST

By MarketsFarm Team

Green jobs eligible for wage subsidy

Nov. 7, 2016 at 3:37 pm CST

By Staff

Klassen: Various views on the feeder cattle market

Jul. 27, 2015 at 11:00 am CDT

If you talked to three Western Canadian cattle buyers this week, you probably would receive four different views on the market. Certain auction barns were reflecting an average week-over-week decline of $3 to $5 but feature strings of cattle were back up to historical high prices. Early sales in the season […]

By Jerry Klassen

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