by Breanne Baker | Jun 10, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Unseeded acreage is destined to become a political football. A growing number of rural municipalities are declaring themselves agricultural disaster areas. NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter is currently touring some of the hardest hit regions. There are already calls for...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 9, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association has sent out a news release saying what many producers have been thinking – the so-called AgriRecovery program needs established consistent guidelines. The MCPA lobbied both the Manitoba and federal governments for an...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 8, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
An extension was announced last week to the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance seeding deadline. While a commendable gesture, it may not be in a producer’s best interests to still be trying to seed on June 15 or 20. Seeding into mud typically results in poor emergence and a...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 7, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
This spring marks one of the wettest springs ever for Western Canadian farmers. Around 30% of north eastern Saskatchewan (1 million acres) that is intended to be planted with canola, wheat and barley could go unplanted this spring. Dennis Haw (Business Development...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 7, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
With the massive seeding delay, what kind of acreage shifts might there be? Will total seeded acreage in Saskatchewan be down by two million or five million acres? It’s logical to believe there will now be more barley and oats seeded since they require less days to...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 4, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Why is it that a lot of older AM radios have far better reach than the radios we have now? I run an old Versatile 875 tractor for seeding. When I got the tractor a couple of years ago, I initially thought the radio didn’t work. Well, the buttons no longer tune to...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 3, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
I’ve always admired the old timers who can tell you weather and farming stories from bygone decades. It amazes me how many folks can tell you the year of the big flood or the major drought or the big frost. Well, the spring of 2010 is one for the record books....
by Breanne Baker | Jun 2, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
There seems to be a bewildering array of new herbicides on the market, but looks are deceiving. Provincial weed control specialist Clark Brenzil points out that there are only two new active ingredients on the market this year. One of those is Heat from BASF. All the...
by Breanne Baker | Jun 1, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
I heard an interview with our federal agriculture minister and Mr. Ritz was explaining why it took so long to come out with the AgriRecovery program announced yesterday for the livestock industry. According to Gerry Ritz, the $50 per cow and other amounts for other...
by Breanne Baker | May 31, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
With the large amount of Chinese Glyphosate that has flooded the North American market over the past year; Monsanto has taken a huge hit on the bottom line. In 2009 Round Up sales contributed $1.8 billion gross profit from $3.5 billion in sales (or 51% gross margin)....
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