by Breanne Baker | Oct 1, 2009 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
It gives me no pleasure to talk about the drop in grain prices that we’ve seen in the past few months. However, I’m surprised by the amount of denial there is. I run into lots of producers who believe this is a short term blip – just harvest pressure. They don’t...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 29, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Flax Council of Canada is posting regular website updates on the GMO issue. Europe has discovered genetically modified material in Canadian flax shipments. The Europeans claim it’s the GMO variety known as Triffod which came out of the Crop Development Centre in...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 28, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
On Friday, Statistics Canada will release a new production estimate for Canadian grains, oilseeds and specialty crops. Analysts have been widely predicting that production for most crops is going to be significantly higher than earlier estimates. Based on what I’m...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 23, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
In a few weeks, the fall calf run will be underway. All signs point to another disappointing year for cow-calf producers. As compared to last year, feed grain prices are down significantly. It will cost less for feedlots to put on pounds of gain. Unfortunately, the...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 22, 2009 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
September 22, 2009 — Post harvest spraying is a great opportunity to control perennial weeds and winter annuals, according to Arvel Lawson, Canola Council of Canada (CCC) program manager of Crop Production. “Effective control this fall will prevent these...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 22, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Most producers would love the opportunity to turn back the clock and redo some of their new crop marketing decisions. Red lentil contract prices were over 35 cents a pound for quite some time in the late spring. Prices now are in the mid-20s. Before Christmas, yellow...
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