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A green lentil crop in southeastern Saskatchewan on May 31, 2019. (Leeann Minogue photo)
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Farm equity growth slows in 2018

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MarketsFarm — Equity in Canada’s farm sector increased by 3.6 per cent in 2018, hitting $522.2 billion, according to a report Thursday from Statistics Canada. The growth was well below the 6.4 per cent increase reported the previous year, and continued a trend of slower growth since 2013. Realized net farm income was down by […] Read more
Farm equity continues to climb in Ontario, with both land value and crop inventory value increasing in 2017 over 2016.
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Ag balance sheet points to stable Canadian farm economy

Farm real estate now accounts for more than three quarters of farm asset value

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Canadian farmers saw their farm equity climb 6.9 per cent last year compared to the year before and Farm Credit Canada’s principal agricultural economist said that falls in line with FCC’s analysis. Data released by Statistics Canada in June reported 2017 farm equity climbed $36.4 billion to $535.3 billion, compared to $500.75 billion in 2016. […] Read more
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Ag balance sheet points to stable farm economy

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CNS Canada — Canadian farmers saw their farm equity climb almost seven per cent last year compared to the year before — and Farm Credit Canada’s principal agricultural economist said that falls in line with FCC’s analysis. Data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday showed 2017 farm equity climbed to $535.3 billion, up $34.6 billion […] Read more
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Ag sector equity rises in 2016

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CNS Canada –– Agriculture sector equity rose slightly in 2016, according to a Statistics Canada balance sheet on the industry. Farm sector equity totaled $500.3 billion for the year ending Dec. 31. That’s a 4.5 per cent increase, or $21.6 billion, from the same period a year ago, according to the report released Wednesday. Farm […] Read more

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