We will be in attendance at the following upcoming trade shows: Manitoba Dairy Conference – Dec 7-9, 2016 – The Victoria Inn, Winnipeg, MB Prairie Livestock Expo – Dec 14, 2016 – The Victoria Inn, Winnipeg, MB MB Ag Days – Jan 17-19, 2017 – Keystone Centre, Brandon, MB Stop by our booth to say Hi!

FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER Sealed bids for the purchase of the following parcels of land, located in the RM of Portage la Prairie and in the RM of Westlake-Gladstone, Manitoba, will be received up to 5.00 pm on December 7, 2015 at the offices of CanadianFarmRealty.com, Box 7, Graysville, MB, R0G 0T0, Attention: Dolf Feddes: Parcel number     Legal Description Acres 1                              NE 6-14-8W                          156.33 2                              NE 31-13-8W                        160.17 3                              NE 7-14-8W                          134.78 4                              SW 5-14-8W                         160.0 5                              SE & SW 18-14-8W              169.04   includes yard site with 2 tarp shelters used for machinery storage (30’ * 116)…

Guelph Mercury By Sylvain Charlebois Beef prices have gone up on average by more than 40 per cent across Canada in the last three years. Depressed inventories across North America and higher feed costs have led to spectacular retail price hikes for products like round steaks, prime ribs and ground beef. Canadians’ love affair with our favourite red protein is definitely being challenged these days by what’s happening at the meat counter. Whether we like it or not, this new normal in beef means that consumers waiting for discount prices will have to wait for a very, very long time.…

Shrinking hog production in Canada The Canadian sow and pig herds have shrunk over the last ten years. In 2014, about 25 million hogs were produced. That’s slightly below the 2013 output and about 6 per cent lower than the 5-year average. The sow herd saw a small year-over-year increase at the end of 2014, mostly because of more favourable profit margins compared to 2013 levels. The sector enjoyed record prices in July 2014, due to tight supplies resulting from Porcine Epidemic Disease (PEDv) in the United States. The USDA March report of hogs and pigs shows the hog inventory…

Reprinted from Market Watch PI Financial David Derwin . Joseph Alkana . Adam Pukalo Contact us, Canada’s leading independent commodity futures advisor at www.Commodity-Options.ca or call us at 1-844-982-0011. Watching Land Prices We work with farm operations on a risk management plan for their entire operation. This not only includes their grains, livestock, and CDN$, but their fertilizer, fuel costs, and even land. Today we give an update from our partners at Canadian Farm Realty on what you should know if you are looking at selling your land. First, although the price of farmland isn’t moving upwards anymore, there is still…

Sealed bids for the purchase of the following parcel of land, located in the RM of Roland, Manitoba will be received up to 5.00 pm on April 2, 2015 at the offices of CanadianFarmRealty.com, Attention: Dolf Feddes Box 2046, Carman, MB, R0G 0J0 SE 26-4-5W, 160.0 acres Conditions of Tender: Interested parties must rely on their own inspection and knowledge of the property. Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit in the form of a certified cheque or bank draft of 5% of the amount offered, payable to Royal le Page Riverbend Realty in Trust. Deposit cheques accompanying unaccepted bids…

Manitoba Farmland values in Manitoba increased an average of 13.9% in the second half of 2012, the second highest provincial increase in the country. The previous two reporting periods saw increases of 10.3% and 1.9% respectively. Farmland values in Manitoba have risen consistently since 2001 and this is the highest increase seen since FCC began reporting results in 1985. Despite drought conditions in most areas, farmland values generally increased throughout the province. Strong commodity and stronger cattle prices, along with low interest rates, helped spur this growth. The continued consolidation of the industry and interest from out-of-province buyers also drove…

 Canadian Farm Realty is proud to welcome  Henry Carels  to our team of hardworking agents  Henry grew up on a dairy & grain farm and now resides in Brandon. In the past 35 years he has been very active as an owner/operator of a dairy & grain farm, grocery business & a John Deere farm equipment dealership. He was also a director on various boards along with volunteering as a coach & manager of local hockey teams. Henry is excited to join the Canadian Farm Realty team, focusing his efforts in Western MB and looks forward to working with his past…

As we are coming to the end of March it looks like spring is still far away. The second major snow storm in 2 weeks is going through Saskatchewan and Manitoba right now, bringing more moisture but also, quite possibly, further delaying spring activities. Hopefully winter will be gone in the next few weeks leaving moist fields ready for spring planting. Livestock producers are also looking forward to warmer weather as feed inventories are quite low and calving in the snowy and cold weather has its own challenges. The prospects for our industry however are still very optimistic. Grain prices…

As dated in the last blog comments, spring seeding went extremely well this year and it’s looking like in most areas of the Canadian Prairies farmers are getting timely rains. It could be a great year for crops if the favourable conditions continue. In South East Manitoba, most livestock farmers are busy harvesting the first cut of forage crops. Early reports are that crop quality is extremely good and quantity is average to above average.  As we are looking at a fairly early first cut, it appears there should be no difficulties getting three healthy cuts in this year. In…