by Breanne Baker | Jan 12, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Market analysts are expecting Canadian pea and lentil acreage to drop this year. Saskatchewan Pulse Growers had market outlook panels yesterday at Pulse Days, held as part of Crop Production Week in Saskatoon. For yellow peas, the analysts noted that some new crop...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 11, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Don’t underestimate the competition for acres that’s going to occur. That advice came yesterday from Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture as she presented a market outlook for canaryseed at Crop Production Week in Saskatoon. Today, Marlene is on the market...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 10, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Forgive the corny analogy, but in many ways, Crop Production Week and the corresponding Western Canadian Crop Production Show can be likened to a baseball game. Thousands of producers are flocking to the trade show and to the meetings in Saskatoon this week just like...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 7, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Agronomic Service, Articles, Kevin Hursh
One of the highlights of Crop Production Week will be hearing Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. out of Topeka, Kansas. His weather forecasts have gained quite a following in Western Canada. On Monday afternoon at the SaskFlax meeting, Drew Lerner will address the...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 6, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The choice of Greg Marshall as the new head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders is going to have some interesting ramifications for Greg Marshall, the president of APAS, the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. In this football crazy province, the...