by Breanne Baker | Jul 29, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Most years, there’s a wide variation in Saskatchewan fields. Seldom is it as extreme as this year. In many cases, the millions of acres of unseeded and flooded land is a mess. It was too wet for good weed control early in the season. It’s common to see waist-high...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 28, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A couple weeks ago, there was hope for a quick resolution to Mexican import restrictions on Canadian canaryseed. Unfortunately, there has been limited progress in resolving the problem. Canaryseed exporters in this province say that about half of the canaryseed...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 27, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s been a very different growing season and with that has come a very different in-crop weed profile. Most of my travels are in West Central and Southwest Saskatchewan, and in those regions it’s been a great year for wild mustard. It’s a weed that’s easily...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 26, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The state of New York is implementing regulations that could cripple traffic through the St. Lawrence Seaway. The regulations pertain to ballast water used by ships to balance their loads. The discharge of ballast water is blamed for the introduction of many invasive...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 23, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Wheat, durum and designated barley prices are showing some strength, but they still aren’t very attractive. In the latest Pool Return Outlooks from the Canadian Wheat Board, there is little change in the values for the current crop year, but price projections are up...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 20, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Producers will be making their 2009 AgriInvest deposit at the participating financial institution of their choice. Up until now, AgriInvest funds sat in the government’s General Revenue account. Those funds will now be transferred to the producer’s AgriInvest account...