Canadian Farmers Benefiting From Low Dollar

Feb 27, 2017

The president of The Money Farm, out of Fargo, North Dakota, made a stop in Winnipeg earlier this month at the CropConnect Conference.

Mike Krueger talked about the effect the strong US dollar is having on agriculture.

"The strong [US] dollar really hurts the US producer because we're not competitive in export markets, and that I think has been probably the single biggest difference in terms of the economic melees among farmers south of the border and the relatively decent economic outlook for farmers up here," said Krueger.

Krueger says while US winter wheat acres are down over three million acres this year, he's also expecting to see a drop in spring wheat acres of at least a million acres.

Source : Portageonline

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.