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Managing fertilizer’s salt effect in drought
While the forecast shouldn’t entirely dictate how you manage your farm, understanding and performing the best farming practices when adding seed-placed nutrients can help save your yields when the rain fails to fall.
More on durum marketing
Here are some more considerations on durum marketing and the expected price difference between the current crop year and the upcoming crop year....
High costs for switching durum to new crop
The Canadian Wheat Board has something called the new-pool pricing option that allows farmers the choice to deliver wheat and durum in the current...
Know-Risk Agriculture Markets Update
CANOLA FUNDAMENTALS Canola contracts on ICE Futures finished last week’s session with strong advances with much of the upward price momentum...
Herbicide news
A couple of interesting developments in the world of herbicides have crossed my desk in recent days. In the U.S., Dow AgroSciences has announced a...
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...