by Breanne Baker | Feb 22, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Alberta has a carbon offset program. Aggregators in that province have been putting together carbon offsets from farmers and ranchers and selling them to industry. Saskatchewan is widely rumored to be on the verge of implementing an in-province carbon trading system...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 19, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
DynAgra, an independent agri-retailer won top honours at the CAAR Choice Award last week in Regina. The Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers has awarded the 2009 Retailer of the Year to the Southern-Alberta based company. “We’re so excited to have won...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 19, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Through the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, under the Growing Forward program, there’s a Farm Business Development Initiative. In my opinion, this hasn’t been well promoted, but up to $4,000 is available to help individual farmers engage private sector business...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 18, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
I continue to be a skeptic about climate change and whether any change is caused by mankind’s carbon dioxide emissions. But, whether or not you believe in the theory, carbon programs and policies are on the way that will alter how primary producers do business. One...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 17, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Many cattle producers have grown disenchanted with the increasing livestock identification and traceability requirements. However, the biggest benefits may yet to be seen and they may be unrelated to disease traceability. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association is...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 16, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Distillers grains are playing an ever larger role in livestock ration formulation. It isn’t just distillers grains from local ethanol plants. The U.S., with its huge ethanol industry, is exporting large amounts of the co-product. According to the American Renewable...
Login hub
Support
Help centre
