by Breanne Baker | Dec 22, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Many producers have tried intercropping peas and canola over the years, but as seeding technology advances, this may become more practical. There certainly seems to be yield advantages. Scott Chalmers and Scott Day, agrologists with Manitoba Agriculture, did...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 21, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
Agrium has been busy this summer and fall acquiring independent dealers from across Western Canada. Ross Agri (central AB), Heartland Agro (southern SK) and Servagro (southern AB) were acquired in the first round and just last week RTL Services (southern AB) and...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 21, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
There sure isn’t much snow cover anywhere in Saskatchewan. Since the middle of November, except for a few minor exceptions, precipitation has been well below normal. An area along the Alberta border west of Maple Creek is about normal and there’s a spot south of...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 18, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Pool Return Outlooks for wheat and durum have both dropped a bit more. The drop on wheat is as high as $6 a tonne. The drop on durum is $2 to $3 a tonne. The little bit of good news is that the December PRO on malting barley is up by $3 a tonne. The first PRO for...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 17, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has published a statistical overview of the Canadian pulse and specialty crop industries. On a number of commodities, Canada dominates world trade. Based on data from 2008, Canada’s share of world dry pea exports is an impressive 54...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 16, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Alliance Grain Traders, known by many as Saskcan Pulse, has announced another major acquisition – the second in a week. The latest, announced yesterday, is a deal to purchase the assets of Finora. This comes hot on the heels of Alliance announcing the purchase of...
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