by Breanne Baker | Oct 12, 2010 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
Saskatchewan’s fruit and vegetable sectors are still accessing their losses, but 2010 has been a difficult year. Fruit producers in central and northern regions of the province are reporting very little production this year and many have lost plants due to flooding....
by Breanne Baker | Oct 8, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Farm Business Management Council on its website www.farmcentre.com has an interesting story on how the Association of Alberta Co-op Seed Cleaning Plants is adopting colour sorting technology. According to the story by Donna Fleury, five Alberta co-op...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 7, 2010 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
Are the best grain prices over or are they yet to come? Canola futures prices dropped last week and on top of that most grain companies widened their basis levels. A widening basis is a signal that more grain is being pushed into the system than what buyers can...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 6, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The deadline has passed for putting in an application under the Excess Moisture Program. As the flood of last minute applications is processed, it should give a picture of exactly how many crop acres were unseeded and how many seeded acres were flooded. This $30 an...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 5, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The latest report from Statistics Canada is again generating more questions than answers. Between September 1 and 9, nearly 3,000 Saskatchewan farmers were surveyed on their crop production expectations. The results were released yesterday and analysts immediately...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 4, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Over the weekend, I heard a presentation by yet another expert who believes the world’s climate is going to hell in a hand basket. The long term trend, say most of the experts, is undeniably warming temperatures. While the science isn’t as sure, many experts are...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 1, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The province of Manitoba has announced this it is committing $400,000 for the establishment of a new Agricultural Premises Identification program. This is part of the national livestock traceability system. An agricultural premise is defined as a parcel of land on any...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 30, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A producer from north of Yorkton sent me an email about the very difficult harvest conditions for his operation. He says that without exaggeration there are 50,000 birds in their pea fields right now – fields that are too wet to harvest. He’s displeased by the...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 29, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Hunters and farmers are going to be interacting even more than usual this fall. First of all, harvest is running late meaning farmers and hunters are driving the same back roads. As well, many areas have lots of waterfowl this year. Sloughs that are often bone dry by...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 28, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Agronomic Service, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A labour disruption is brewing at CN Rail. The Grain Growers of Canada has sent a letter to the federal Minister of Labour asking for both back to work legislation and “an immediate and appropriate dispute resolution process in the event of a labour disruption…” We...
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