by Breanne Baker | Nov 10, 2009 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
Farmers look at many costs when they are making a crop plan. But the one thing I always hear from a lot of growers is that certified seed doesn’t pay year after year. Coming from Manitoba to Alberta back in 1997 I wondered why there were not more seed growers and then...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 10, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Most of the market analysts have been wrong about lentil prices… again. During the early stages of harvest, analysts were correctly pointing out that lentil yields were better than expected. Lentils prices dropped after most of the crop was in the bin, but in recent...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 9, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
A front page story in the November 5 edition of the Manitoba Cooperator newspaper doesn’t cast a flattering light on our federal agriculture minister. The story is by reporter Allan Dawson and it’s about the Chinese blockage of Canadian canola due to concerns over...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 6, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Of all the crops grown in the province, the one with perhaps the worst market outlook is durum. The one bit of good news is that the European Union has removed a tariff that was slapped on Canadian durum for the past month. Beyond this victory, the Canadian Wheat...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 5, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Is this the beginning of the end for the stupid, useless and expensive long gun registry? The Conservative minority has attracted enough support from individual NDP and Liberal members of parliament to win an initial vote on ending the registry. The Liberal and NDP...
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