by Breanne Baker | Jul 7, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Record high rainfall is going to mean record high hay and pasture production in much of the Prairie region. The difficulty may be getting hay cut and baled in a timely manner to preserve quality. For a lot of cattle producers, it will be a year to stockpile forage...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 6, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has completed his third trade mission to China in less than a year. During the mission, China agreed to formally lift the ban on Canadian boneless beef under thirty months of age. Ritz kicked off his mission by serving up the first...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 5, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
With almost no fanfare, Saskatchewan has passed a new climate change bill that should theoretically provide a mechanism for farmers to be paid for carbon credits. However, the devil will be in the details and the regulations for the bill have yet to be established. A...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 2, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Ralph Goodale, the lone Liberal MP in the province, is the latest politician to tour the areas hardest hit by spring rains. Goodale is calling on governments to commit to assistance quickly so farmers know where they stand, but he doesn’t seem to have any suggestions...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 30, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
These aren’t company names that typically come up on coffee row, but a large deal is pending among two giants in off-patent crop protection products. The Makhteshim Agan Group, considered the world leader in branded off-patent products, has a letter of intent to...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 29, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has received notification from Mexico that all imports of Canadian canaryseed will be held and tested for the presence of quarantine weed seeds. Specifically, Mexico is looking for wild buckwheat and they have indicated that the...
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