From grains, oilseeds, and specialty crops to cattle, hogs, poultry, eggs, and dairy products, no farmer escapes the influence of external factors they have no control over. In a single monthly report on agricultural product prices, Statistics Canada cited domestic and foreign demand, input costs like fertilizer prices, growing conditions at home and in foreign…
A pork producer can make a good decision on hog prices… and still see their margin deteriorate. Why? Because the profitability of a pork operation never depends on a single market. It relies on several variables evolving simultaneously: These markets influence each other every day. Yet they are often managed separately. At Agrintel, we believe…
Statistics Canada’s monthly report on farm product prices shows that slaughter hog prices increased across all provinces in March 2026. The report cites tighter domestic supply and strong slaughter hog exports to the United States as contributors to higher prices. But when you read the full commentary accompanying the report—which covers grains, oilseeds, specialty crops,…
We are pleased to welcome William DJAMFA MBIAKOP, agricultural economist, to our team. William will work on analyzing economic and market data to support more structured decision-making in agriculture. His approach is simple: making data truly useful for decision-making. He will analyze prices, production volumes, and economic indicators to better understand what drives the profitability…
Agricultural risk management also involves animal health—particularly health coordination. Collaboration among producers can indeed deliver exceptional results. That’s what happened in the Charlevoix region, where the mobilization of producers led to the eradication of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome—a historic first in Quebec. Valérie Poiré, our advisory services coordinator, discusses the topic on TVCO Charlevoix.
In 2025, the first full year of using the Agrintel algorithm, members covered for risk management (23% of the group’s pork production, or 160,000 pigs) achieved a gain of $9.83 per 100 kg of pork sold compared to the cash price, in a rising market that is typically more challenging for generating gains through hedging….
Agrintel’s algorithm is featured in La Terre. By joining forces, farmers have equipped themselves with more effective risk management tools needed to improve the profitability of their operations.
Agrintel’s algorithm is getting attention in Le Bulletin des agriculteurs. Agrintel and Groupe Élément-Terre are committed to making risk management accessible to small producers by enabling them to take positions in the Chicago futures markets.
Canadians have internalized uncertainty as a normal condition. Nine in ten believe uncertainty is no longer temporary, regardless of age, region, or political affiliation. One quarter describe the world as uncertain, and another quarter as volatile, according to a survey by Abacus Data. Agricultural producers have long known that stability is never guaranteed. The renegotiation…
Michel Mercier Consultants has reached a key milestone in its journey and is now Agrintel. This new brand identity, accompanied by a new website, expresses our ambition: to build resilient, innovative, and forward-looking agriculture. From our beginnings in Québec, we have been dedicated to helping farmers and producers achieve greater performance, resilience, and sustainability. An…