by Breanne Baker | Oct 30, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
With the cattle and hog sectors facing tough times, some are suggesting a move to supply management. You don’t hear this discussion as much in Western Canada, but you certainly hear it in Ontario and Quebec. On the surface, the idea seems attractive. Serve only the...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 30, 2009 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
There’s a website now providing a lot of information on grain prices. The Alberta Canola Producers Commission has added a new feature on its website that provides daily grain prices as well as links to various futures markets. The cash prices quoted are for various...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 27, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
For a number of years, sheep production has been profitable. For a number of years, cow-calf producers and hog producers have faced difficult times. Cattle and hog numbers have been dropping. You’d think sheep numbers would be increasing, but there has been no...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 26, 2009 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
Politics has had a huge impact on grain prices this fall. First, anti-hoarding measures introduced in India caused a flood of field peas onto the market. That dropped pea prices as well as Canadian exports and both are yet to recover. Then Europe reported finding an...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 23, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Some quick, back-of-the-envelop calculations indicate that the value of the Saskatchewan crop still in the field is in the range of $1.27 billion dollars. I’ve based this on the percentage of each crop still to be harvest as estimated in yesterday’s crop report,...
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