by Breanne Baker | Aug 24, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
When you examine the mix of crops in Saskatchewan area by area, there are a number of surprises. The 2008 stats for individual crop districts are the latest available. However, you can assume 2009 has the same trends. What area of the province do you think is the...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 21, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
As we move towards this fall’s run of calves going to market, there are a number of factors at play. Slaughter steer and heifer prices are a lot lower than a year ago. According to the Cattle Market Update reports from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, the...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 20, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It would be interesting to know what percentage of the population still subscribes to the global warming theory. Following yesterday’s commentary, I was expecting lots of emails telling me how terrible it is that I’m a sceptic. Well, I only received emails of support...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 19, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
While the greenhouse gas / global warming theory remains the most widely held view in the scientific community, there’s a growing body of credible scientists on the other side of the debate. Some scientists claim the world has actually been cooling for the past number...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 12, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The European Space Agency has chosen Indian Head, Saskatchewan as one of the three sites over which it is collecting space-borne radar images throughout the 2009 growing season. The other locations are in The Netherlands and Spain. Canada’s RADARSAT-2 satellite is...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 11, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
After years of money-losing hog prices, prices have gone even lower. Livestock economist Brad Marceniuk of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture reports that North American daily average hog prices have declined by more than 15 per cent over the last two weeks. He...
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