by Breanne Baker | Mar 26, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A conference is underway in Regina to explore the topic of how land owners can be compensated for Ecological Goods and Services. The conference is co-sponsored by APAS, the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan. Farmers and ranchers provide many services...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 25, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Cattle prices have been trending upwards in recent times. Prices right now are substantially better on all classes of cattle than they were a year ago. Statistics compiled by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture show the average price of a 600 to 700 pound feeder...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 24, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The deadline for making changes to Saskatchewan Crop Insurance coverage is March 31. I predict a limited amount of interest in the revamped variable price option and the new in-season price option. With the variable price option, grain prices in July are used for...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 23, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
How much would more accurate weather forecasts be worth to farmers? Environment Canada is now providing seven-day forecasts, but there’s only human input on the first day of the forecast and usually for only the first 12 hours. The rest of the forecast comes...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 20, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Grain market analysts are watching weather conditions in a number of different regions of the world. Bruce Burnett, the director of weather and market analysis for the Canadian Wheat Board spoke on Wednesday in Kindersley. Burnett says winter wheat in the southern...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 19, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The balanced Saskatchewan budget is the envy of other provinces. It’s a good budget for farmers. After decades of injustice, the education tax on farmland has finally been addressed in a meaningful and sustainable way. As well, the Ministry of Agriculture budget is...
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