by Breanne Baker | Nov 2, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Calf prices were significantly stronger last week. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture publishes a Cattle Market Update based on the Canfax Market Outlook and Summary. Prices last week were up in all the weight classes, with most ranges up $3 to $6 per...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 1, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
As harvest season gradually switches to meeting season, it’s amazing to hear the stories of cropping successes and failures from this very unusual growing season. A lot of producers were pleasantly surprised by how well their canola did. While there are instances...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 29, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
There’s increasing anguish over grading standards. The Canadian Grain Commission always says that it tries to apply all the grading standards equally from one year to the next, but a lot of the grading factors are open to human interpretation. Beyond the official...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 28, 2010 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
The just released Pulse Market Report from Saskatchewan Pulse Growers has a couple of very different opinions on whether producers should be holding lentils for higher prices or selling them before prices go down. Mark Tycholiz from the special crops brokerage company...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 27, 2010 | Articles, Farm Data Management
This fall, users of DynAgra’s exclusive web portal, My Farm Manager™, will notice some handy new features. We recently added a My Farm Info record-keeping tool, making it easy for customers to update and organize important info about their fields and equipment....
by Breanne Baker | Oct 27, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The National Farmers Union has generated a lot of attention by its efforts to block a comprehensive trade deal between Canada and the European Union. The NFU claims to have received a secret draft of the text and they say the deal would be bad news for Canadian...