by Breanne Baker | Dec 4, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The mainstream media has been slow to pick up on climategate, but now the scandal is getting widespread coverage. Email correspondence that was never meant to be public has cast doubt over the whole science of climate change. There’s talk of lost data and data that...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 3, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Wheat Board’s partnership with WeatherBug has evolved into a service that will be very useful to producers. This private weather network, linking on-farm monitoring stations was launched two years ago. I’ve checked it out on-line a couple of times and I...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 2, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association has released survey results showing strong support for alternative fuels. I’m sometimes skeptical about how survey questions are presented and how the results are interpreted, but in this case, the question wording has been...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 1, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Multi-lateral trade talks through the WTO appear to be going nowhere, but progress on a bilateral deal between Canada and the European Union has so far exceeded expectations. The chief trade negotiator for Canada is Steve Verheul. He points out that the EU is Canada’s...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 30, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
There have long been complaints about how farmers in other countries, most notably the United States, have access to commercial products not allowed in Canada. Some of those disallowed products are used on food commodities that are imported into Canada. Ontario M.P....