by Breanne Baker | Apr 23, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
The seeding intentions report from Statistics Canada comes out on Monday and everyone expects durum acreage to drop dramatically. In fact, the Canadian Wheat Board is expecting a drop of close to 25 per cent. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s even greater than that. But...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 1, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
Durum is a dog, both in price and in movement. The Canadian Wheat Board accepted only 40 per cent of the durum offered under the Series A contract. Although it will be a while before we know the acceptance level under Series B, there’s likely to be 30 or 35 per cent...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 26, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
The news on cereal crop prices continues to worsen. The Pool Return Outlooks from the Canadian Wheat Board have dropped for both the current crop year and the new crop year. The new crop PRO has seen the biggest decline. Since the projection made a month ago, new crop...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 9, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
Grain producers now have their individual specifics for the 2010 Saskatchewan Crop Insurance program. This information is one of the factors to be considered when making spring seeding decisions, especially in regions where moisture is a concern. This year’s program...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 1, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
With the latest drop in the Pool Return Outlook for durum, the price is now projected to be the lowest in five years. The durum PRO dropped by as much as $15 a tonne, leaving the expected Saskatchewan farm gate price at around $4.00 a bushel for No. 1 durum with 12.5...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 30, 2009 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
The top nine of ’09 has a nice ring, but the big agricultural events of the year actually fall into just five broad categories. In agriculture, weather is usually a big story and it certainly was in ’09. The Saskatchewan crop had more lives than an alley cat. Despite...
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