by Breanne Baker | Jan 27, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Grain Commission has been holding User Fee Consultations across the country. Sessions were held this week in Saskatoon and Regina. The commission’s services are supposed to be run on a cost recovery basis, but there has been no increase to most of the...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 25, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Many analysts say world grain stocks are so low that strong prices are likely for the next two, three or even five years. If world demand doesn’t get side-swiped by another severe economic downturn, the years ahead could be a great time to be a farmer. However, not...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 21, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Well-known Saskatchewan cattleman Roy Rutledge who has long run the Assiniboia Livestock Auction spoke yesterday in Edmonton to a meeting of Ag Service Boards. Roy has some definite opinions on cattle traceability and what he says makes a lot of sense. We’re...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 20, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Cattle prices have started 2011 with a bang. Sandy Russell of Spring Creek Consulting details the price rise in her latest newsletter. Fed steer prices in Western Canada have increased to around a dollar a pound. Last year at this time they were under 80 cents. Steer...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 19, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
What does last year’s flooding mean to soil nitrogen levels? Viterra did a bunch of soil sampling in the fall to compare flooded versus non-flooded parts of fields and they’ve summarized the data to come up with some conclusions. On fields where a crop was seeded and...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 18, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
What’s your risk tolerance? Given the choice between a deferred delivery contract and a contract with an Act of God clause how much money would you forego to get the Act of God protection? Here’s a specific example. There are new crop canaryseed deferred delivery...
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