by Breanne Baker | Jul 2, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
A lot of crops in West Central and North Western Saskatchewan are going to be terminated in the next couple of weeks. By terminating a failed crop with herbicide or tillage before July 15, the land qualifies as summerfallow for next year’s Crop Insurance coverage and...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 30, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
A recent survey by Farm Credit Canada shows consumer demand doesn’t rate high on the radar screen of most producers. Consumer demand ranked last when producers and agribusiness owners were asked what factors were driving any changes they planned to make to their...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 26, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Precipitation maps can show a lot of deviation depending upon who’s putting them together. Yesterday’s crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture includes a colour-coded precipitation map for the week ending June 22 as well as a map of total accumulated...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 25, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Despite recent rain, forage is going to be in short supply this year. Early drought, cool weather and frost have taken a big toll on hay and pasture. There are no easy answers. In past droughts, governments have experimented with a number of different policies....
by Breanne Baker | Jun 24, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Lentils are the undisputed champion among Saskatchewan cropping options this year. There’s a record acreage and the crop will be the top money-maker for thousands of producers. According to the seeded acreage survey released yesterday by Statistics Canada,...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 22, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
A huge amount of rain has fallen over a massive area of the Prairies. For some of the driest areas, it may be too late to salvage a reasonable crop, but for many other areas this rain has greatly improved production prospects. This huge rainfall event was correctly...
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