by Breanne Baker | Feb 24, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
After several good years financially for most grain producers, the AgriStability program is finally proving its worth. Through each incarnation from AIDA, to CFIP, to CAIS and finally to AgriStability, there have been improvements enabling the program to more...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 23, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s not surprising, but it is disheartening. The Canadian Wheat Board has released its first new crop price estimates for wheat, durum and barley. In most cases, the prices expected in the new crop year are even lower than the prices expected for the current crop...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 22, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Alberta has a carbon offset program. Aggregators in that province have been putting together carbon offsets from farmers and ranchers and selling them to industry. Saskatchewan is widely rumored to be on the verge of implementing an in-province carbon trading system...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 19, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
DynAgra, an independent agri-retailer won top honours at the CAAR Choice Award last week in Regina. The Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers has awarded the 2009 Retailer of the Year to the Southern-Alberta based company. “We’re so excited to have won...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 19, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Through the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, under the Growing Forward program, there’s a Farm Business Development Initiative. In my opinion, this hasn’t been well promoted, but up to $4,000 is available to help individual farmers engage private sector business...