by Breanne Baker | Apr 28, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
There’s more and more market information available to grain, oilseed and specialty crop producers, but more information is not necessarily more knowledge. In the latest Pulse Market Report from Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, there’s detailed information on the lentil,...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 27, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
According to the Statistics Canada seeding intentions report released yesterday, there are some dramatically different seeding intentions between the three Prairie Provinces. On lentils, the increase in Saskatchewan is pegged at 16 per cent which would increase lentil...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 26, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
A couple weeks ago, many areas of the province were anticipating an early start to seeding. In fact, there could have been a lot more seeding done but producers held off because it was so early. Since then, we’ve had a major rainfall event and now we’re into damp,...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 23, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
The seeding intentions report from Statistics Canada comes out on Monday and everyone expects durum acreage to drop dramatically. In fact, the Canadian Wheat Board is expecting a drop of close to 25 per cent. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s even greater than that. But...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 22, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Odds are you don’t know much about Ochratoxin A, but this mycotoxin has big implications for Canadian cereal grains. Ochratoxin A, also called OTA, is produced by a fungus during grain storage. It has long affected many commodities, but more countries are now...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 21, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s easy to scoff at the import standards of other countries – standards that seem designed to restrict trade. However, as Canadians we need to get our house in order before we criticize too much. On one hand, we’re pushing other countries to develop a Low Level...
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