by Breanne Baker | Dec 14, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
According to the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, the Canadian Wheat Board election is flawed. Retired and hobby farmers skew the election results say the Wheat Growers. On the other hand, they say bona fide farmers have rejected the election process. It...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 10, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
“He can’t see the forest for all the trees.” It’s an old saying, but it often applies to agriculture. We sometimes make this mistake when we try to access grain markets. We focus on one factor rather than the big picture. That’s happening with the debate over canola...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 9, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
In many cases, producers could be scrambling to find good seed for next year. Bruce Carriere of Discovery Seeds in Saskatoon says that in his 19 years in business he’s never seen anything quite so ugly. Germination and vigor are low; disease is high. For instance, on...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 8, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A number of new factors positive to grain markets have emerged in recent weeks. The grain export ban in Russia is old news, but market analysts are now pointing to the recent cold snap in Russia that may have affected the winter wheat crop. In Australia, the story in...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 8, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
Federal District Judge Jeffrey White issued a preliminary injunction on November 30th ordering the immediate destruction of 256 acres of genetically engineered Monsanto-produced, sugarbeet seedlings planted in early September in the United States. This was brought on...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 7, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s never fun at the time, but now it’s fascinating to look back at the pictures. The 2010 growing season must have set records for farm equipment mired in the mud. You’ve probably seen some of those shots circulating by email. In case you’ve haven’t discovered it,...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 6, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Agronomic Service, Articles, Kevin Hursh
As grain producers make cropping and marketing decisions for the upcoming growing season, the number one concern continues to be too much moisture. For years, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture has published a stubble soil moisture map around this time. Not this...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 3, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Agronomic Service, Articles, Kevin Hursh
We have friends who spend a good chunk of the winter on Vancouver Island. Here’s a story they emailed us from the Left Coast: Animal lovers are nuts here. Hundreds of wild rabbits at the University in Victoria were captured by a group called EARS, the Earth Animal...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 2, 2010 | Articles, Farm Management, Know-Risk Updates
DynAgra® is launching an industry leading service, Know-Risk™ Farm Management, for Western Canadian growers to take crop marketing and risk management on the farm to a new level. Know-Risk™ Farm Management offers growers the knowledge, training, tools...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 2, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
It sure isn’t easy to do export business these days. Pulse Canada reports that it’s continuing to work with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and industry players on a trade problem with India. India wants pulse shipments to be 100 per cent free of soil, something...
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