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A policy suggestion

I can’t claim credit for this idea. It can from a producer who would rather remain anonymous. The concept has been suggested by a number of farm groups, but the way this fall is going, it would now be particularly useful. Why not provide a tax incentive for the...

Changing harvest plans

During this extended harvest delay, harvest plans are changing. I’ve heard from producers in some areas who are planning to leave their lentil fields sit and concentrate on their canola when the weather finally allows. The lentil crop is going to be hard to scrape off...

Soggy attitudes

You can’t do anything about the weather, but it’s difficult to wait for decent harvest conditions, while watching the crop deteriorate. It’s a feeling of helplessness. There’s so much work to be done and so little you can do when the weather doesn’t cooperate. If...

Rain and frost

Are you frustrated yet? It has become the year of never-ending rain. And frost is in the forecast. Precipitation maps from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada show that in the thirty days leading up to September 9, about 80 per cent of the Saskatchewan grain belt had...