by Breanne Baker | Mar 11, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Viterra is making another big acquisition. It’s taking over Dakota Growers Pasta Company. The company has an integrated durum mill and pasta production plant in Carrington, North Dakota and a pasta production plant in New Hope, Minnesota. Dakota Growers is one of the...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 10, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Two farmers from Manitoba have come up with a proposed companion or top-up program for the farm safety net known as AgriStability. They’re calling their plan AgriStability Plus. It’s based on a cost of production model for farms as compared to the margin-based...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 9, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
Grain producers now have their individual specifics for the 2010 Saskatchewan Crop Insurance program. This information is one of the factors to be considered when making spring seeding decisions, especially in regions where moisture is a concern. This year’s program...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 8, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Flax Council of Canada is reporting that it has found extremely low levels of Triffid, the unregistered GM flax, in more breeder seed samples. Triffid has now been discovered in the flax varieties CDC Bethune, CDC Sorrel and CDC Sanctuary. As a result, there is...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 5, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Many grain producers have been able to build up good AgriStability reference margins. With that kind of protection in place, there may be a temptation to cut back on crop insurance coverage and save money on premiums. There are a number of good reasons to resist this...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 4, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Glyphosate resistance has been confirmed in kochia weeds in western Kansas. A report posted by Southwest Farm Press says the resistant kochia populations have undergone both greenhouse and field testing by Kansas State University and Monsanto. Kochia is a huge problem...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 3, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s been a dry winter on the Prairies. In fact, according to the precipitation maps published by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, it’s been record dry in some regions –in particular northeastern Alberta and northwestern Saskatchewan. Since November 1, no part of the...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 2, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
After an announcement last week that Yara and Terra have agreed on the sale of Terra to Yara. CF has now come back with the following take over option which tops the previous bid from Yara: CF Industries Holdings Inc. said March 2 that it has offered to acquire Terra...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 2, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Producers are always interested in farm input costs, but it’s tough to get broad-based information. One good source is the website for Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. They’ve long been monitoring a wide variety of farm input costs – everything from the...
by Breanne Baker | Mar 1, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
Consolidation seems to be the reality of doing business today in agriculture. As companies become larger and there are less competitors surviving. Competing as an independent is a struggle and provides its own set of challenges. Recently at the CAAR convention...
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