by Breanne Baker | May 3, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The last few weeks have seen two massive precipitation events. For the time being, drought fears have been largely eliminated on the western Prairies. In some eastern regions of Saskatchewan, excess moisture is now a problem. The prospects for pasture and hay are...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 30, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Liberal Party is putting some emphasis on policies for rural Canada. Earlier this week, leader Michael Ignatieff made a commitment to what he calls “Canada’s first National Food Policy.” While it’s heartening to see some attention being paid to agriculture, it’s...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 29, 2010 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
Canola seeding recommendations have changed over the years. Conventional wisdom was that you wanted to seed a little later in the spring so that emerging canola would be more likely to escape frost damage. In the 90s, conventional wisdom was challenged. It was found...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 28, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
There’s more and more market information available to grain, oilseed and specialty crop producers, but more information is not necessarily more knowledge. In the latest Pulse Market Report from Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, there’s detailed information on the lentil,...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 27, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
According to the Statistics Canada seeding intentions report released yesterday, there are some dramatically different seeding intentions between the three Prairie Provinces. On lentils, the increase in Saskatchewan is pegged at 16 per cent which would increase lentil...
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