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Taking inventory – new digital tool helps monitor what’s in your bins
It’s been a tough growing season and growers have been working hard for every bushel this year. It’s important to not let those efforts go to waste, part of that means getting the most out of their operation..

Record farm income in Sask.
Saskatchewan’s realized net farm income has been at an all time high for the past two years. In 2009, it was $1.6 billion and the latest estimate...
Durum at $8.45 and malting barley at $5.81
The Pool Return Outlooks for new crop durum and malting barley are considerably higher than the prices expected for this crop year. The Canadian...
Contract Price Option
The Contract Price Option should allow producers to increase their crop insurance coverage on some crops. Under this option offered by Saskatchewan...
Better crop insurance
Strong grain prices are making the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance program more attractive. Under the just-announced program details, coverage is going...
Cheap food – expensive food
In recent weeks, I’ve spent a lot of time on the road, eating in hotel restaurants. If you’re staying in a nice hotel in a big city in this country,...
Hoping for another chance
Tuesday was an ugly day in the grain markets. Everything dropped sharply, mostly limit down. Canola futures were down $30 a tonne. From the peak...
Attractive pea prices
The price of yellow peas has risen steadily since harvest. The Alberta Pulse Growers publish a bi-weekly newsletter called The Pulse Market Insight....
Beef cow numbers continue to drop
The beef cow breeding herd in Canada continues to drop, but it isn’t dropping as quickly in Saskatchewan as in other parts of the country. In the...
Soil moisture map with a human touch
In an era when a computer called Watson can defeat mere mortals at Jeopardy, it’s good to know that some things still work better with a human...
Locked in any prices?
A southern Alberta company called DynAgra has launched a farm risk management and crop marketing service called Know-Risk Farm Management. Remi...