by Breanne Baker | Apr 26, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Here’s an early season test of weather forecasts. On Monday, the Environment Canada forecast sounded quite favourable. There was 30 to 60 per cent chance of some showers for some of the days later in the week for a number of locations, but it didn’t sound like very...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 21, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Manitoba Canola Growers Association has opened a can of worms by conducting a farmer survey on the voluntary marketing of canola through the Canadian Wheat Board. The arguments for and against the single desk are well known. In this case, just the idea of...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 19, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Many producers have geared up their equipment to take advantage of whatever seeding window is available this spring. In some cases, this has meant bigger tires, extra tires or even tracks for the tractor and drill to reduce the number of times the outfit will be stuck...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 18, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
in many parts of Saskatchewan and the worst may be yet to come. However, we’ve actually been lucky with the weather over the past couple months. Temperatures throughout March were much colder than normal, slowing the snow melt. That has continued into April with most...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 15, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
At the recent SARM convention, the provincial government announced $500,000 for a Beaver Control Program. It’s a one-year pilot program. SARM has now announced the program guidelines. The program will pay $15 for the removal of each adult beaver in participating RMs...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 14, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
According to the pollsters, nearly a million Canadians support the Green Party. That’s scary when you read their agriculture platform. According to the Greens, we should all be small, organic peasants selling our produce into local markets. Organic agriculture, they...
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