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There is alignment between farmland rental rates and the appreciating value of farmland across Canada according to a new analysis from Farm Credit Canada (FCC).  The farmland rental rate analysis presents the rent-to-price ratio for cultivated farmland in Canada. The ratio leverages insights from data sets on cash rental rates and the Farmland Values Report. A ratio trending […]

Canary seed is looking to bounce back in 2024-25, despite declines in production and exports during the current year. David Nobbs, chair of the Canary Seed Development Commission of Saskatchewan and pulse merchant for Purely Canada Foods, says exports are on pace for 110,000 to 120,000 tonnes in 2023-24, compared to 150,000 to 160,000 in […]

The Saskatchewan government and the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) signed two agreements with France and a company based in Vietnam to improve the province’s energy and mining sectors, as well as increase production at the Saskatchewan Research Council’s (SRC) Rare Earth Processing Facility. A Letter of Intent was signed Monday between the provincial government and […]

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 71% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 36, a slight decline from the 74% order fulfillment performance seen in week 35.  CN and CPKC each saw a modest deterioration in performance as compared to the prior week.  In supplying 68% of cars ordered by shippers in week […]