by Breanne Baker | Mar 30, 2009 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
The April 24 seeding intentions report from Statistics Canada is expected to set the tone for prices on a number of crops where Canada is a major player in the world marketplace. In the most recent Pulse Market Report, Brian Clancey of Stat Publishing gives his...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 26, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A conference is underway in Regina to explore the topic of how land owners can be compensated for Ecological Goods and Services. The conference is co-sponsored by APAS, the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. Farmers and ranchers provide many services...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 25, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
“Consolidation in the world’s fertilizer industry continues. Although the global economic collapse has left many traditional corporate raiders humbled, if not penniless, recent prosperity in the fertilizer industry continues to fuel consolidation. This blog will focus...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 25, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Cattle prices have been trending upwards in recent times. Prices right now are substantially better on all classes of cattle than they were a year ago. Statistics compiled by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture show the average price of a 600 to 700 pound feeder...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 24, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The deadline for making changes to Saskatchewan Crop Insurance coverage is March 31. I predict a limited amount of interest in the revamped variable price option and the new in-season price option. With the variable price option, grain prices in July are used for...