by Breanne Baker | Dec 9, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
In many cases, producers could be scrambling to find good seed for next year. Bruce Carriere of Discovery Seeds in Saskatoon says that in his 19 years in business he’s never seen anything quite so ugly. Germination and vigor are low; disease is high. For instance, on...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 8, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A number of new factors positive to grain markets have emerged in recent weeks. The grain export ban in Russia is old news, but market analysts are now pointing to the recent cold snap in Russia that may have affected the winter wheat crop. In Australia, the story in...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 8, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
Federal District Judge Jeffrey White issued a preliminary injunction on November 30th ordering the immediate destruction of 256 acres of genetically engineered Monsanto-produced, sugarbeet seedlings planted in early September in the United States. This was brought on...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 7, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s never fun at the time, but now it’s fascinating to look back at the pictures. The 2010 growing season must have set records for farm equipment mired in the mud. You’ve probably seen some of those shots circulating by email. In case you’ve haven’t discovered it,...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 6, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Agronomic Service, Articles, Kevin Hursh
As grain producers make cropping and marketing decisions for the upcoming growing season, the number one concern continues to be too much moisture. For years, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture has published a stubble soil moisture map around this time. Not this...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 3, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Agronomic Service, Articles, Kevin Hursh
We have friends who spend a good chunk of the winter on Vancouver Island. Here’s a story they emailed us from the Left Coast: Animal lovers are nuts here. Hundreds of wild rabbits at the University in Victoria were captured by a group called EARS, the Earth Animal...
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