by Breanne Baker | Mar 15, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture has a spot on its website where it posts historical farm commodity prices. It’s interesting to compare prices with where they were a year ago. There are a few crops, such as large green lentils, where the price is actually a...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 12, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has gone to monthly reporting for any new cases of BSE. For that reason, a new case of BSE confirmed in an Alberta cow on February 25has just come to light in the past couple days. It’s certainly true that each new case of BSE has...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 11, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Viterra is making another big acquisition. It’s taking over Dakota Growers Pasta Company. The company has an integrated durum mill and pasta production plant in Carrington, North Dakota and a pasta production plant in New Hope, Minnesota. Dakota Growers is one of the...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 10, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Two farmers from Manitoba have come up with a proposed companion or top-up program for the farm safety net known as AgriStability. They’re calling their plan AgriStability Plus. It’s based on a cost of production model for farms as compared to the margin-based...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 9, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
Grain producers now have their individual specifics for the 2010 Saskatchewan Crop Insurance program. This information is one of the factors to be considered when making spring seeding decisions, especially in regions where moisture is a concern. This year’s program...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 8, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Flax Council of Canada is reporting that it has found extremely low levels of Triffid, the unregistered GM flax, in more breeder seed samples. Triffid has now been discovered in the flax varieties CDC Bethune, CDC Sorrel and CDC Sanctuary. As a result, there is...
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