by Breanne Baker | Jul 24, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Wheat Board has released new Pool Return Outlooks for both the current crop year and the upcoming crop year. Price projections didn’t change very much for this crop year, but there was a significant drop for the new crop year. Wheat values are down $12 to...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 21, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
To which view of the future of agriculture do you subscribe? View number one: the growing world population and increasing prosperity will lead to a long-term uptrend in agricultural prices. View number two: on average, production will exceed demand and low prices will...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 17, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
This past week marked a turning point for Saskatchewan crop conditions. With major rainfall in most regions, dry conditions are no longer the biggest concern. In the provincial crop report released yesterday, only 14 per cent of cropland is rated as short for topsoil...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 3, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch had an interesting story on glyphosate prices in a recent edition. The story by Jeffry Tomich says a flood of inexpensive Chinese-made herbicide and deep price cuts by rivals are leading Monsanto to cut profit expectations for Roundup....
by Breanne Baker | May 28, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Canadians are now eating more poultry per capita than beef. Statistics Canada has released new data on the foods we consume. In 2008, the consumption of chicken and turkey increased to 13.6 kilograms per person. By comparison, beef and veal consumption dropped down to...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 30, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Wheat Board has been warning producers to exercise caution when signing malting barley contracts. Knowing the terms and conditions and understanding what you’re signing is good advice with any contract. With malting barley, it’s also a good idea to check...
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