by Breanne Baker | Apr 7, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
You sometimes forget how lucky we are to farm in a province where agriculture is taken seriously at the political level. You just have to look at British Columbia to see a province where agriculture is treated like a political afterthought. Christy Clark, the new B.C....
by Breanne Baker | Apr 6, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A media story has been circulating that the National Research Council’s Plant Biotechnology Institute in Saskatoon plans to develop genetically modified wheat. The story is making the rounds and drawing fire from those opposed to genetic modification, but according to...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 5, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
With radiation leaking from the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan, we have another reason not to believe scientists when they declare that something is safe. A good scientist will never say there is zero risk, only that risk is minimal or negligible. Unfortunately,...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 4, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Liberals have some interesting proposals for rural Canada in their election platform that was announced yesterday. Presumably farmers would benefit from their promise to quadruple renewable energy production. Regarding health care, the Liberals say they would...
by Breanne Baker | Apr 1, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Mary Buhr has been the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan for two years now. Every time I hear her speak, I’m more impressed. Mary Buhr came to Saskatchewan from the University of Guelph because of the enormous...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 31, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Cattle futures on the Chicago market hit record highs yesterday for both feeders and live animals. Reports indicate that U.S. sales of chilled beef to Japan are up as that country works to restock its shelves. Sandy Russell of Spring Creek Land & Cattle Consulting...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 30, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Grains, oilseeds, specialty crops, cattle and hogs. In almost all cases, the price levels are substantially better than they were a year ago. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture publishes a report that compares current commodity prices to those of the previous...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 29, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Mexican market continues to frustrate Canadian canaryseed exporters. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has been decreasing the allowable number of weed seeds in Canadian canaryseed exports, but we still haven’t been able to satisfy Mexican authorities. I’m told...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 28, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Will the Conservatives form a majority government or will they be forced to continue in a minority position? Based on the polling results being published, those would seem to be the two most likely election results. If there is a Conservative majority, what policy...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 25, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The price projections for wheat and durum have dimmed a bit over the past month. In the Pool Return Outlooks released yesterday, most grades of wheat are down 20 to 25 cents a bushel in this crop year and 60 to 70 cents a bushel in the new crop year. The drops are...
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