by Breanne Baker | Sep 16, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Agronomic Service, Articles, Kevin Hursh
With a House of Commons vote looming over the future of the long gun registry, the debate has gotten off track. I’m sure urban Canadians wonder what the big deal is. They have to register their dogs and cats. Why shouldn’t long guns be registered? The simple answer –...
by Breanne Baker | May 19, 2010 | Agronomic Service, Agronomy, Articles
As a grower or an ag retailer we are both in business to achieve a common objective: provide the product or service that meets and exceeds the needs of our customers. For DynAgra that is the Western Canadian grower and for the grower ultimately it would be the end...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 31, 2009 | Agronomic Service, Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
In the latest Feed and Forage Listing Service from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, there’s a wide range in hay prices. Some are expressed in cent per pound and some in dollars per bale and other in dollars per imperial ton. Using dollars per ton, the range...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 6, 2009 | Agronomic Service, Agronomy, Articles
“There really is no central head office,” explains DynAgra Corp. president Bruce Schmaltz. Like much of what Schmaltz says, it turns out that this is a statement you can — and should — take several ways if you want to understand or copy the success of the independent...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 28, 2008 | Agronomic Service, Articles
Bruce Schmaltz knows he isn’t the only person ever to have said it: “We have to continually ask ourselves in this business ‘what can I do to make the farmer — my customer — an extra buck?’ If the farmer remains profitable, then we remain profitable.” That said, just...