by Breanne Baker | Oct 13, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s a challenging year to be a grain buyer. Quality is all over the map and a wide array of degrading factors are at play. There’s frost damage, bleaching, sprouting and all sorts of disease issues. Producers have sample bags representing each bin of stored grain and...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 8, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Farm Business Management Council on its website www.farmcentre.com has an interesting story on how the Association of Alberta Co-op Seed Cleaning Plants is adopting colour sorting technology. According to the story by Donna Fleury, five Alberta co-op...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 6, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The deadline has passed for putting in an application under the Excess Moisture Program. As the flood of last minute applications is processed, it should give a picture of exactly how many crop acres were unseeded and how many seeded acres were flooded. This $30 an...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 5, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The latest report from Statistics Canada is again generating more questions than answers. Between September 1 and 9, nearly 3,000 Saskatchewan farmers were surveyed on their crop production expectations. The results were released yesterday and analysts immediately...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 4, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Over the weekend, I heard a presentation by yet another expert who believes the world’s climate is going to hell in a hand basket. The long term trend, say most of the experts, is undeniably warming temperatures. While the science isn’t as sure, many experts are...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 1, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The province of Manitoba has announced this it is committing $400,000 for the establishment of a new Agricultural Premises Identification program. This is part of the national livestock traceability system. An agricultural premise is defined as a parcel of land on any...
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