by Breanne Baker | Jun 15, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Cowboy politics in Alberta is going to have an impact on cattle producers across the country. The $3 per head cattle check off in Alberta has long gone to an organization called Alberta Beef Producers. The $3 is deducted every time an animal changes hands. ABP and...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 12, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Even with the best case weather scenario for the remainder of the growing season, Prairie grain production is going to be below normal. Yesterday, Bruce Burnett, the director of weather and market analysis for the Canadian Wheat Board provided an overview of the...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 10, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
A trio of problems is threatening the Saskatchewan crop – drought, frost and delayed development. Delayed development is a concern in most regions. In lots of fields, you have to get down on your hands and knees and maybe brush away some soil to find emerging plants....
by Breanne Baker | Jun 9, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan has come up with a novel way to feed and entertain the people attending the APAS midterm meeting in Saskatoon. Most meetings have a banquet with a speaker and/or entertainment in the evening. Instead of a sit-down...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 8, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s going to take awhile to figure out overall crop conditions following the weather of the past few days. There has been substantial precipitation in most southern regions of the grainbelt. Unfortunately, the moisture didn’t go very far north, largely missing the...