by Breanne Baker | Apr 30, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Wheat Board has been warning producers to exercise caution when signing malting barley contracts. Knowing the terms and conditions and understanding what you’re signing is good advice with any contract. With malting barley, it’s also a good idea to check...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 29, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
I saw an email from someone in Australia asking, “What can you tell me about Viterra?” Viterra has acknowledged that it is in discussions to purchase ABB Grain Ltd. of Australia. The reported, but unconfirmed purchase price would be over a billion dollars. Where do...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 28, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
It isn’t very often that Saskatchewan leads the nation with increasing farmland values. Our farmland has long been the least expensive in Canada, so we’re finally playing some catch-up. The latest Farmland Values Report from Farm Credit Canada indicates that the...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 27, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Stats Can seeding intentions report released on Friday had lots of surprises. Perhaps the biggest surprise is field peas. Most observers have been calling for a decline in pea acreage. The seeding intentions survey shows a five per cent increase in peas to a new...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 24, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Cereals suck. There are attractive prices available in oilseed crops and in pulse crops, but cereal grains aren’t keeping pace. In the latest Pool Return Outlook from the Canadian Wheat Board, the PRO has dropped by 38 cents a bushel on wheat, 41 cents a bushel on...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 23, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Alberta has just announced another $30 million to support its livestock and meat sector. Back in June of last year, Alberta announced a huge $356 million initiative. Livestock producers received $300 million of that in direct payments as long as they complied with...
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