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WEBChicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange livestock futures fell on technical trading as the session ended on Thursday, according to analysts, after trading both sides earlier in the day. Benchmark CME December live cattle futures LCZ24 settled down 1.300 cents at 186.400 cents per pound. CME November feeder cattle futures FCX24 ended ...
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Equipment sales expected to soften in 2024 - AGCanada
WEBNov 16, 2023 · Strong post-pandemic sales of farm equipment aren’t expected to continue into 2024 said Farm Credit Canada (FCC) in a new report. “Farm revenue is a main driver in equipment sales,” said said J.P. Gervais, FCC’s chief economist, in a Nov. 16 news release. “This year, the drought in western Canada has impacted overall production ...
FCC's top economic charts to monitor in 2024 - AGCanada
WEBJan 12, 2024 · Crops: Canola crushing set a first quarter record. Canada’s canola crushers set a record in the first quarter of the 2023/24 marketing year as new capacity came online (Figure 2). Canadian canola crush expansion was initially slated to add 4.5 million metric tonnes in 2024 however, rising construction costs, higher interest rates, and tight canola supplies the last several years have led to ...
Over half Canada’s farm revenue now goes to biggest farms, …
WEBMay 12, 2022 · And in 2021, farms reporting at least $2 million in sales accounted for over half of Canada’s total farm operating revenues, at a share of 51.5 per cent, up from 41.5 per cent in 2016. Farm operating revenues in Canada totalled $87 billion in 2020 against expenses of $72.2 billion, StatsCan said. On average, for every dollar in revenues ...
Federal budget draws mixed reaction from Canadian ag groups
WEBApr 18, 2024 · Livestock tax deferral, capital gains exemption praised; overall lack of investment in agriculture noted. The 2024 federal budget, released Tuesday afternoon has drawn mixed reactions from ag groups across Canada. While some have praised aspects of the plan, others have condemned the lack of attention paid to agriculture and farmers.
Canada's combine sales up in April - AGCanada
WEBThe count for April 2023 from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) puts self-propelled combine sales in Canada at 166, up 50.9 per cent from April 2022, and at 572 for the year to date, up from 246 in the year-earlier period. Sales of two-wheel-drive (2WD) tractors in Canada saw a marked decline in April, particularly in models ...
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Only minor acreage shifts expected for most Canadian crops in 2024
WEBJan 24, 2024 · Glacier FarmMedia — Early planting estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada called for only minor adjustments to most major crops grown in the country in 2024, with reductions in wheat, canola and barley acres, and increases in oats and pulses.. AAFC included its first estimates for the 2024/25 marketing year in its January supply/demand report, released Jan. 22.
USDA attache predicts large 2022-23 grain crops for Canada
WEBMay 2, 2022 · MarketsFarm — Canada is expected to see a 30 per cent increase in grain production in 2022-23, according to estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service post in Ottawa. Expectations for improved yields for Prairie grain crops after the 2021-22 drought accounted for much of the projected increase, although USDA also cautioned persistent drought conditions ...