by Breanne Baker | Aug 20, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Reopening the Mexican market for Canadian canaryseed is taking a lot longer than most observers expected. The problem is Mexico’s list of quarantine weed seeds which includes wild buckwheat and stinkweed. Canada and Mexico have been unable to come to terms on how to...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 19, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Tomorrow, August 20, is going to be a big day for Canadian grain markets. Statistics Canada will be coming out with its estimate of field crop production for each of the grains, oilseeds and specialty crops. This is a bigger deal than usual because there’s so much...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 18, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Grain Growers of Canada is making some great suggestions for what should be in the next federal budget. Invest in public research say the Grain Growers. They point out that real government dollars for basic agronomic research have fallen dramatically since 1994....
by Breanne Baker | Aug 17, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Saskatchewan’s lentil crop is in big trouble. With about three million acres seeded, an average crop of lentils at prevailing prices should be worth three quarters of a billion dollars. With the weather conditions we’ve been having, there will be heavy losses. Recent...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 16, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The rain over the past week was not on the wish list for most farmers. As crops ripen, rain is going to become less and less welcome. Much of the Prairie grain belt has seen record high precipitation this growing season. The weather problems in Russia and Ukraine are...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 13, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
There’s a third product choice for desiccating peas, lentils and chickpeas. Up until now, the only registered choices have been glyphosate and Reglone. Glyphosate provides control of perennial weeds in the crop, but it’s very slow for crop dry down. Reglone provides...
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