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Lower commodity prices in recent years may have slowed the pace of farmland value increases, but the cost of renting land has been slower to react, according to J.P. Gervais, Farm Credit Canada’s chief agricultural economist.

4-H Canada and Farm Credit Canada are happy to announce the extension of FCC funding to 4-H Canada to 2018.

Following a two-week social media campaign called Back to Ag, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) donated $100,000 to a program aimed at helping farmers and agricultural workers return to work after a life-altering injury.

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and its partners throughout the country will strive to collect three million pounds of food for Canada’s food banks this year to mark the 11th anniversary of FCC Drive Away Hunger.

Average farmland values continued to rise nationally in 2013, according to the most recent Farmland Values Report released by Farm Credit Canada (FCC).

Farm Credit Canada’s Drive Away Hunger collected more food this year than any other in its 10-year history. The total of 6.5 million pounds of food represents a 108 per cent increase over last year.

Canada’s growing immigrant population is creating new opportunities for Canadian food producers and processors, according to J.P. Gervais, Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) Chief Agricultural Economist.

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) will provide $80,000 through the FCC AgriSpirit Fund to 10 community groups in Manitoba to support capital projects that will help improve quality of life for rural residents.

Agriculture producers and agribusiness operators must continue to monitor the Bank of Canada’s analysis of the Canadian economy following the bank’s decision to keep its overnight lending rate at one per cent.

Forecasting the economic outlook for agriculture can be complex, so Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) Chief Agricultural Economist J.P. Gervais recommends producers focus on five key economic drivers to make more informed business decisions.