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Input cost comparison

Fertilizer and fuel prices have come down dramatically, but farm machinery costs remain very high. The Statistics and Data Development Unit of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development publishes average farm input prices for Alberta for selected commodities. The...

Interesting crop stats

The November estimate of field crop production from Statistics Canada was released on Friday. Here are some of the interesting numbers. The average canola yield in Saskatchewan this year is pegged at 34.8 bushels an acre. The yield difference seems to keep widening...

Lessons from climategate

The mainstream media has been slow to pick up on climategate, but now the scandal is getting widespread coverage. Email correspondence that was never meant to be public has cast doubt over the whole science of climate change. There’s talk of lost data and data that...

Largest weather network in Western Canada

The Canadian Wheat Board’s partnership with WeatherBug has evolved into a service that will be very useful to producers. This private weather network, linking on-farm monitoring stations was launched two years ago. I’ve checked it out on-line a couple of times and I...

Progress on a Canada – EU trade deal

Multi-lateral trade talks through the WTO appear to be going nowhere, but progress on a bilateral deal between Canada and the European Union has so far exceeded expectations. The chief trade negotiator for Canada is Steve Verheul. He points out that the EU is Canada’s...