by Breanne Baker | Jul 17, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
This past week marked a turning point for Saskatchewan crop conditions. With major rainfall in most regions, dry conditions are no longer the biggest concern. In the provincial crop report released yesterday, only 14 per cent of cropland is rated as short for topsoil...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 15, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian hog industry is facing virtual extinction. For three years, hog producers in this country have faced steady losses. Many analysts predicted 2009 would be the turnaround year and it was starting to look promising until the H1N1 virus, inappropriately...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 14, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
New supply and demand estimates for all the major crops have been generated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. On grains and oilseeds, Canadian production is forecast to fall by 19 per cent due to higher abandonment and below normal yields. Total supplies are...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 8, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Hay yields this year are going to be well below normal in a lot of areas and cow-calf producers will be scrambling for winter feed. Paul Jefferson, vice-president of the Western Beef Development Centre uses springtime weather data from 16 different sites in a...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 6, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Politicians, particularly politicians in opposition, like to play cheap political games every time there’s a drought. Jack Layton stopped in Saskatoon over the weekend and he renewed his call on the federal government to come up with emergency drought money for...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 3, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
It has been a whacky spring and summer for weather. While the western Prairies are suffering from drought, there continues to be too much rain in parts of Manitoba. On Sunday and Monday, areas east of Winnipeg received a huge amount of rain – as much as 5.5 inches...
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