by Breanne Baker | Nov 4, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
I’ve talked to a number of people in recent days who are shaking their heads at the grain drying job ahead. Producers are desperate to make harvest progress, but there isn’t adequate drying capacity. Harvesting production in the tough category is bad enough, but large...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 3, 2009 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
There can be a tremendous variation in grain prices from one buyer to another. Late last week I was checking out canaryseed prices. I’d heard that prices had improved to the 20 cent a pound range. While I did talk to a company paying 20 cents, I also talked to another...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 2, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Flax Council of Canada has posted another update on the GMO issue. The European Union has endorsed a Flax Protocol which describes the system of sampling, testing and documentation pertaining to the presence of CDC Triffid in shipments of Canadian flaxseed to...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 2, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
Cycles of consolidation occur in all industries and then over time they breakdown and fragment again. We saw this first hand in agriculture around 10 years ago when Agricore United was buying up independents across the prairies; shortly after that a number of new...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 30, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
There’s a pile of grain coming off tough or damp and there are going to be some storage wrecks. The Canola Council of Canada has compiled tips for handling tough or damp canola and some of the advice applies to other grains as well. Some producers are hoping to let...