by Breanne Baker | Jan 17, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Here are a few market outlook tidbits from Crop Production Week. Bruce Burnett, the director of weather and market analysis for the Canadian Wheat Board says durum is about to reestablish its traditional premium over spring wheat. Durum has been at a discount the past...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 14, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Alberta farmers are finally growing some lentils. The numbers are contained in the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Report which has just been published. In 2010, Alberta had 140,000 acres of lentils, up from only 45,000 acres in 2009. In the...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 12, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Market analysts are expecting Canadian pea and lentil acreage to drop this year. Saskatchewan Pulse Growers had market outlook panels yesterday at Pulse Days, held as part of Crop Production Week in Saskatoon. For yellow peas, the analysts noted that some new crop...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 11, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Don’t underestimate the competition for acres that’s going to occur. That advice came yesterday from Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture as she presented a market outlook for canaryseed at Crop Production Week in Saskatoon. Today, Marlene is on the market...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 10, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Forgive the corny analogy, but in many ways, Crop Production Week and the corresponding Western Canadian Crop Production Show can be likened to a baseball game. Thousands of producers are flocking to the trade show and to the meetings in Saskatoon this week just like...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 7, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Agronomic Service, Articles, Kevin Hursh
One of the highlights of Crop Production Week will be hearing Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. out of Topeka, Kansas. His weather forecasts have gained quite a following in Western Canada. On Monday afternoon at the SaskFlax meeting, Drew Lerner will address the...
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