by Breanne Baker | Feb 8, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
On Friday, I heard a presentation by a bright, young woman who is a PhD student at McGill University. Bano Mehdi has two science degrees and extensive work experience on climate change issues. Her goal is to become a leading expert in the field of agriculture and...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 5, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Many people in the cattle business love to hate the big packing companies. For that reason, it’s difficult to garner support for paying compensation to the packers for the extra costs they incur when they slaughter cattle over thirty months of age. It costs an...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 4, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Farm Business Management Council is hosting its annual Managing Excellence in Agriculture Conference in Saskatoon. The opening speaker last night was the renowned futurist Dr. Lowell Catlett from New Mexico State University. Catlett explains how the world...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 3, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Canada has filed a WTO complaint against the American imposition of COOL – country of origin labeling. The main advocate of this expensive, protectionist legislation is the farm group known as R-CALF. If you can risk raising your blood pressure, listen to what...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 2, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
One big snowstorm hasn’t been enough to bring winter precipitation back up to normal. The system that came through the province around January 23 dropped a lot of snow over a wide region, but there wasn’t much base for it to build on. For the month of January,...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 1, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
With the latest drop in the Pool Return Outlook for durum, the price is now projected to be the lowest in five years. The durum PRO dropped by as much as $15 a tonne, leaving the expected Saskatchewan farm gate price at around $4.00 a bushel for No. 1 durum with 12.5...
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