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Canadian farmers feeling negative on finances, but more willing to make capital investments

Real Agriculture

As the Canadian harvest season gets underway, there’s a noticeable shift in farmer sentiment across the country. That’s according to the latest Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index, gathered in July from over 500 farmers.

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Canadian farmers are very concerned about finances as harvest 2024 concludes

Real Agriculture

The Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index for October 2024 is out, and it is very clear that farmers are pessimistic about their current farm financial performance relative to twelve months ago. Although farmers see improved financial performance in the future over their current state, even future performance is still seen as negative overall at 84 out.

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Grain merchants show improved finances in company accounts

Farmers Weekly

See also: […] The post Grain merchants show improved finances in company accounts appeared first on Farmers Weekly It has become especially significant in recent years with volatile and unpredictable grain markets due to the pandemic and war in Ukraine.

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Famers beginning to feel more optimistic about marketing and future farm finances

Real Agriculture

For the late April intake of the Canadian Farmer Sentiment Index survey, RealAgristudies asked the Insights Panel some hard-hitting questions, such as “Who do you NOT want to win the Stanley Cup?” ” From there, though, we jumped back in to the same questions asked in previous surveys to plot a trend line for several topics.

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Brainfood: Private finance, Public finance, Land sparing, Land sharing, Trade-offs, Ecological intensification, Metaverse, Crop failure

Agricultural Biodiversity

Finance for food systems transformation. Heavy reliance on private finance alone will not deliver conservation goals. “Financial institutions with significant portfolio exposure to the agrifood sector” need to step up. We can’t trust financial institutions with significant portfolio exposure to the agrifood sector.

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Should you finance equipment with AgDirect?

Western FarmPress

It may be a faster option for financing new and used machinery.

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How to settle your tax bill when finances are challenged

Farmers Weekly

Some businesses are finding themselves in a challenging financial situation, […] The post How to settle your tax bill when finances are challenged appeared first on Farmers Weekly Coupled with higher interest rates and little downward movement on record input costs, the financial landscape is now a very different one.

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