by Breanne Baker | Oct 26, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
What do you consider big when it comes to a grain operation? What about cattle? What’s a big cow-calf operation? Consider a grain farm that grows 30 bushels per acre of wheat with the wheat worth $5.50 a bushel. It takes about 1,500 acres to have a gross return of...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 25, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
With the fall calf run underway, cow-calf producers are rejoicing over the dramatic improvement in prices. However, there is still very little profit. The Western Beef Development Centre has been doing an extensive cost of production analysis with producers and...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 22, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It would be interesting to see a study on this, but I’d bet that farmers in Western Canada have a much bigger investment in grain storage than producers in almost any other country. Despite all the capacity and continued sales of new bins, anytime there’s a decent...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 22, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The potential takeover of Potash Corp is a huge political issue. One aspect of that debate involves Canpotex, the marketing arm for all three of the Saskatchewan potash companies – Potash Corp, Agrium and Mosaic. BHP Billiton has suggested that if it is successful in...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 20, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canola Council has sent out a Canola Watch report on grading factors. No. 1 canola may contain up to 2 per cent distinctly green seeds and a maximum of 5 per cent damaged seed, including green. The allowable limit for No. 2 is 6 per cent distinctly green and 12...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 19, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It has been well publicized that Saskatchewan has taken over the administration of the AgriStability program for producers in the province. The AgriStability office is based out of Melville along with the head office for Saskatchewan Crop Insurance. The reports I’ve...
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