Market analysis

Alberta’s craft brewers and retailers could withstand the damage that COVID wrought on most small businesses. Here’s how they did it. Post 2 of 4 in our series on the economics of the craft beer supply chain in Canada’s prairies.

Mid-year farmland values update shows a 3.8% increase despite drought and bumps in economic recovery.

With the market shift to craft beer, consumers now drive trends. Part 1 of 4 in our series providing a glimpse into the economics of Alberta’s craft beer supply chain.

Farm equipment sales are expected to soften in 2022, following a stellar performance in 2021.

China’s hog herd rebuild, feed costs and stabilizing demand for red meat create a mixed outlook for Canada’s red meat sectors in 2022.

The FCC 2022 dairy outlook suggests higher producer prices, uncertain production growth and slower inflation in production costs.

Canadian grain, oilseed and pulse producers can expect positive margins for the 2021-22 crop year – but input prices and geopolitical turmoil cloud the outlook.

While the Canadian cold storage market grows, the pandemic’s volatility in domestic and global food demand clouds the short-term outlook.

In post 4, we illustrate how much influence COVID had — and didn’t have — at the farm of a barley producer with close ties to an Alberta maltster.

How farmers can prepare for a potential interest rate increase.