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网页McDonald’s sues major beef producers in US price-fixing lawsuit. Reuters – McDonald’s has sued JBS, Tyson Foods and other leading meat processing and packing companies for allegedly conspiring for years to limit beef supplies, boosting their profits while causing the fast food giant to pay artificially higher prices.
Saskatchewan crop report: Harvest nearly complete - AGCanada
网页1 天前 · Glacier FarmMedia — Combining in Saskatchewan is virtually complete with the provincial report putting the harvest at 97 per cent finished overall.That’s a gain of six points during the week ended Oct. 7, as parts of the province contended with rain delays. Southwest Saskatchewan nudged up one point to wrap the region’s harvest, while the southeast west-central areas advanced 98 per cent ...
Feed Grains Weekly: Prices higher, likely to continue upward trend
网页1 天前 · Feed prices across the region have been steady to higher, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. Those for barley gained 26 cents in Alberta, at C$4.25 to C$6.36 per bushel delivered, and they’re up 17 cents in Manitoba at C$4 to C$4.30. Meanwhile prices were steady in Saskatchewan at C$4.50 to C$4.75/bu. Wheat in Alberta gained 14 cents on the ...
Trimble Ag, Agco’s JCA link up for new precision ag venture
网页2023年9月28日 · Rob Painter (l) and Eric Hansotia, CEOs of Trimble and Agco respectively, agreed on Sept. 28, 2023 to combine their precision ag arms into a new joint venture. (Trimble via PRNewswire) Global positioning tech firm Trimble is set to sell its precision ag business into a new joint-venture company that will include farm machinery maker Agco’s ...
National Beef Strategy celebrates gains - AGCanada
网页2024年8月9日 · International beef demand hit a record high in 2023, and Canada exported 496,917 tonnes of beef at $5.02 billion. There have been gains in the environmental component of cattle production as well. The 2021 National Beef Strategy Assessment found that emissions from beef are down 15 per cent, halfway to the 2030 goal.
Over half Canada’s farm revenue now goes to biggest farms, …
网页2022年5月12日 · 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 ...
FCC's top economic charts to monitor in 2024 - AGCanada
网页2024年1月12日 · 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 ...
Land values continue to rise: FCC - AGCanada - AGCanada
网页3 天之前 · Glacier FarmMedia —Farm Credit Canada’s mid-year review shows cultivated farmland values rose an average of 5.5 per cent in the first half of this year. From July 2023 to June 2024 the increase was 9.6 per cent. J.P. Gervais, the federal crown corporation’s chief economist ,said values are increasing at a slower rate but described the ...
Federal budget draws mixed reaction from Canadian ag groups
网页2024年4月18日 · 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.
USDA attache predicts large 2022-23 grain crops for Canada
网页2022年5月2日 · 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 ...