by Breanne Baker | Dec 20, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Sandy Russell of Spring Creek Land & Cattle Consulting says bred cow prices were considerably stronger in 2010 and she is predicting even stronger prices in the year ahead. In her weekly newsletter called The Bottom Line, Russell says eventually the North American...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 17, 2010 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
Malting barley supplies in Western Canada are limited due to the bad harvest. Meanwhile, continuous rains in Eastern Australia over the past three weeks have cut the Aussie supply of malting barley. So why is the Pool Return Outlook for malting barley continuing to...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 16, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Toby Torkelson of Rayglen Commodities in Saskatoon has put together a full spreadsheet on expected revenue, expenses and returns for various 2011 crop choices. The spreadsheet does an excellent job of detailing both variable and overhead expenses for 23 different...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 15, 2010 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
Most, but not all grain prices are much higher than a year ago at this time. On its website, if you know where to look, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture publishes a market trends report that compares current prices with prices a year ago. At this time last...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 15, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
Agrium announced that they have reached an agreement to sell the majority of the commodity management business, AWB Limited, to Cargill. The purchase price Cargill is to pay, will be the net asset value of the acquired businesses at the completion date of the...