by Breanne Baker | Jul 6, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has completed his third trade mission to China in less than a year. During the mission, China agreed to formally lift the ban on Canadian boneless beef under thirty months of age. Ritz kicked off his mission by serving up the first...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 5, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
With almost no fanfare, Saskatchewan has passed a new climate change bill that should theoretically provide a mechanism for farmers to be paid for carbon credits. However, the devil will be in the details and the regulations for the bill have yet to be established. A...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 2, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Ralph Goodale, the lone Liberal MP in the province, is the latest politician to tour the areas hardest hit by spring rains. Goodale is calling on governments to commit to assistance quickly so farmers know where they stand, but he doesn’t seem to have any suggestions...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 30, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
Albaugh, the manufacturer of Clear Out 41 (FNA’s flagship Glyphosate) has been acquired by Makhteshim Agan. The recent acquisition is leaving FNA supporters wondering if they will still be supplied with Clear Out in the future. Makhteshim Agan operates in Canada as...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 30, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
These aren’t company names that typically come up on coffee row, but a large deal is pending among two giants in off-patent crop protection products. The Makhteshim Agan Group, considered the world leader in branded off-patent products, has a letter of intent to...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 29, 2010 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
Just in case you haven’t seen the lakes in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan June 2010
by Breanne Baker | Jun 29, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has received notification from Mexico that all imports of Canadian canaryseed will be held and tested for the presence of quarantine weed seeds. Specifically, Mexico is looking for wild buckwheat and they have indicated that the...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 28, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Complications from all the wet weather are dominating the inquiries to the Ag Knowledge Centre of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture. Producers have been asking about nitrogen losses and whether topdressing fertilizer might pay. It’s hard to give a clear cut...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 25, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The difficult growing season in Western Canada has moved many of the grain markets, but wheat, durum and barley prices remain stubbornly depressed. In the latest Pool Return Outlook from the Canadian Wheat Board, new crop wheat with good protein is up a little bit,...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 24, 2010 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
With the wet soils and large amounts of rain that have swept through Alberta, leaf disease in cereal crops has come to the forefront. Growers have been bringing barley and wheat in for me to look at and they are full of disease. Tan spot and net blotch have been two...
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