News - Economics

The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council’s Pig Code Development Committee says the proposed elimination of gestation stalls for housing pregnant sows is raising both economic and animal welfare concerns.

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.

The Managing Director of the Alberta Pig Company encourages hog producers to adopt a margin based approach to managing the economic risks associated producing pork.

A researcher with the University of Saskatchewan suggests the main reason for recent drops in the number of acres seeded to barley in western Canada is economics.