by Breanne Baker | May 19, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Hog prices are finally back in profitable territory and there’s growing optimism about price prospects for the beef industry. On top of that, hay and feed grain supplies should be plentiful in most regions of the Prairies this year. After the long run of bad years in...
by Breanne Baker | May 18, 2010 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
GPS satellite systems are going to be non-operational for the next three days…Just kidding, but I bet I caught your attention. It’s amazing how crop agriculture has come to depend on GPS. In just a few short years, there has been a mass conversion of seeding and...
by Breanne Baker | May 17, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The federal government has introduced an act to change the voters list for Canadian Wheat Board elections. The Grain Growers of Canada, representing a broad cross-section of grain groups, is applauding the proposed changes. Groups such as the National Farmers Union...
by Breanne Baker | May 14, 2010 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
The crop report for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture has seeding progress in the province at only five per cent, way behind the five-year average of 24 per cent. However, the five per cent number is a progress estimate as of Monday, May 10. A lot has changed...
by Breanne Baker | May 12, 2010 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
With tight commodity prices, growers are trying to find crops that will return the most to their operation. This sometimes becomes a nightmare because of what was applied the previous year’s crop. We need to be thinking further ahead than we ever had to in the...
by Breanne Baker | May 12, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers is offering five undergraduate scholarships for first year students enrolled in a degree program at the University of Saskatchewan. Each scholarship is $5,000 so this is some serious money for a university student. A parent of the applicant...