by Breanne Baker | Aug 5, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Saskatchewan crops are later than normal and frost remains a huge threat. However, the earliest seeded crops – crops that were in the ground before the end of April – aren’t very far away from harvest. Over the past couple weeks there has been a marked change in...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 3, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
What should happen with cash rents on land that couldn’t be seeded this spring? With millions of acres unseeded, the cash rent situation is a hot topic in some communities. Most cash rental agreements stipulate a payment per cultivated acre without any provision for a...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 30, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s a great year for winter cereals, not such a great year for canola, flax and canaryseed. The crop condition ratings in this week’s crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture show that winter wheat and fall rye and looking great. Winter wheat is...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 29, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Most years, there’s a wide variation in Saskatchewan fields. Seldom is it as extreme as this year. In many cases, the millions of acres of unseeded and flooded land is a mess. It was too wet for good weed control early in the season. It’s common to see waist-high...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 28, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A couple weeks ago, there was hope for a quick resolution to Mexican import restrictions on Canadian canaryseed. Unfortunately, there has been limited progress in resolving the problem. Canaryseed exporters in this province say that about half of the canaryseed...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 27, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s been a very different growing season and with that has come a very different in-crop weed profile. Most of my travels are in West Central and Southwest Saskatchewan, and in those regions it’s been a great year for wild mustard. It’s a weed that’s easily...
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