by Breanne Baker | Apr 13, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It seems like cellulosic ethanol has been five years away for the last 15 years. Now, we’re starting to see the establishment of more facilities that will produce ethanol from wheat straw, corn stalks, and other sources of biomass. Novozymes in partnership with Mossi...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 12, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
There are some very positive aspects to the beef industry these days, but there are negatives as well. The good news is profitable prices. Feed grain prices in Western Canada are low as compared to American corn and that has helped feeder cattle values on this side of...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 11, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A big trade issue has surfaced involving the European Union, lentils and glyphosate residue. A shipment of organic lentils from Turkey has exceeded the EU’s tolerance for glyphosate residue. This issue is now limiting lentil trade between North American and Europe....
by Breanne Baker | Apr 8, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
There’s a major agricultural election issue in Ontario that Prairie farmers don’t fully appreciate. The province of Ontario has developed a Risk Management Program for all its non-supply managed agriculture sectors. The program provides revenue insurance based on...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 7, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
You sometimes forget how lucky we are to farm in a province where agriculture is taken seriously at the political level. You just have to look at British Columbia to see a province where agriculture is treated like a political afterthought. Christy Clark, the new B.C....
by Breanne Baker | Apr 6, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A media story has been circulating that the National Research Council’s Plant Biotechnology Institute in Saskatoon plans to develop genetically modified wheat. The story is making the rounds and drawing fire from those opposed to genetic modification, but according to...
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