by Breanne Baker | Jan 25, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Many analysts say world grain stocks are so low that strong prices are likely for the next two, three or even five years. If world demand doesn’t get side-swiped by another severe economic downturn, the years ahead could be a great time to be a farmer. However, not...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 24, 2011 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
The precipitation maps published by Agriculture Canada are widely used, but here’s a case that makes you wonder about the accuracy. Since the end of October, the maps show that Regina has had normal to a bit below normal precipitation. Agriculture and Agri-Food...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 21, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Well-known Saskatchewan cattleman Roy Rutledge who has long run the Assiniboia Livestock Auction spoke yesterday in Edmonton to a meeting of Ag Service Boards. Roy has some definite opinions on cattle traceability and what he says makes a lot of sense. We’re...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 20, 2011 | Articles, Farm Management, Know-Risk Updates
Know-Risk™ Farm Management and DynAgraVRT will be exhibiting at Farm Tech 2011, January 26-28 at the Mayfield Inn and Suites. Come see us in booth 18! Know-Risk™ Farm Management offers growers the knowledge, training, tools and support to make informed...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 20, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Cattle prices have started 2011 with a bang. Sandy Russell of Spring Creek Consulting details the price rise in her latest newsletter. Fed steer prices in Western Canada have increased to around a dollar a pound. Last year at this time they were under 80 cents. Steer...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 19, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
What does last year’s flooding mean to soil nitrogen levels? Viterra did a bunch of soil sampling in the fall to compare flooded versus non-flooded parts of fields and they’ve summarized the data to come up with some conclusions. On fields where a crop was seeded and...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 18, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
What’s your risk tolerance? Given the choice between a deferred delivery contract and a contract with an Act of God clause how much money would you forego to get the Act of God protection? Here’s a specific example. There are new crop canaryseed deferred delivery...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 17, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Here are a few market outlook tidbits from Crop Production Week. Bruce Burnett, the director of weather and market analysis for the Canadian Wheat Board says durum is about to reestablish its traditional premium over spring wheat. Durum has been at a discount the past...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 14, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Alberta farmers are finally growing some lentils. The numbers are contained in the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Report which has just been published. In 2010, Alberta had 140,000 acres of lentils, up from only 45,000 acres in 2009. In the...
by Breanne Baker | Jan 12, 2011 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Market analysts are expecting Canadian pea and lentil acreage to drop this year. Saskatchewan Pulse Growers had market outlook panels yesterday at Pulse Days, held as part of Crop Production Week in Saskatoon. For yellow peas, the analysts noted that some new crop...
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