by Breanne Baker | Feb 28, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Contract Price Option should allow producers to increase their crop insurance coverage on some crops. Under this option offered by Saskatchewan Crop Insurance, the contracted price and quantity can be used for insurance purposes. Take the example of yellow...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 25, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Strong grain prices are making the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance program more attractive. Under the just-announced program details, coverage is going from an average of $131 an acre in 2010 to $173 an acre this year. You only need to look at the crop insurance base...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 24, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
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, the price tag for meals can be a shocker. Some places automatically add a 15 per cent gratuity to the over-inflated...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 23, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
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 just a short time ago, canola is down $50 or $60 a tonne. The drop yesterday was counterintuitive, because crude oil prices...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 18, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
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 just released report from Statistics Canada, the number of beef cows in the country as of January 1 is pegged at 4.273...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 17, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
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 touch. In the latest edition of Grainews, long-time soil scientist Les Henry has come out with a stubble soil moisture map...
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