by Breanne Baker | Mar 10, 2011 | Articles, Precision Farming, Variable Rate Fertilizer
From Canola Council of Canada In a recent survey on agronomic practices, the Canola Council of Canada found that, on average, growers were applying 79.5 lb./ac. of actual nitrogen, 25.8 lb./ac. of phosphate (P2O5), 4.9 lb./ac. of potassium (K20) and 13.6 lb./ac. of...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 10, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
You’ve maybe read it in a daily paper or seen it on the television news. The price of beer is going to increase because the price of malting barley is higher. Consumers are being advised to brace for the shock. Oh, the horror of it all. Let’s put this into a bit of...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 9, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Alberta has just expanded its Cattle Price Insurance Program to include calves. There were already programs for feeder cattle and fed cattle. Now, cow-calf producers in Alberta can buy price insurance from February to May of each year. The policies expire during the...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 8, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
You can’t have cheap food and expensive oil. It just doesn’t work. The price of food is making worldwide headlines. For hundreds of millions of people who earn only a dollar or two a day, increasing prices for staple foods like grains, pulses, rice and cooking oil is...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 7, 2011 | Articles, Crop Marketing, Farm Management
Here are some more considerations on durum marketing and the expected price difference between the current crop year and the upcoming crop year. Rolling over No. 1, 2 or 3 durum contracted for this crop year into the new crop year is allowed, but it carries a fee...
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