by Breanne Baker | Feb 4, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Canadian Farm Business Management Council is hosting its annual Managing Excellence in Agriculture Conference in Saskatoon. The opening speaker last night was the renowned futurist Dr. Lowell Catlett from New Mexico State University. Catlett explains how the world...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 3, 2010 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Canada has filed a WTO complaint against the American imposition of COOL – country of origin labeling. The main advocate of this expensive, protectionist legislation is the farm group known as R-CALF. If you can risk raising your blood pressure, listen to what...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 2, 2010 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
One big snowstorm hasn’t been enough to bring winter precipitation back up to normal. The system that came through the province around January 23 dropped a lot of snow over a wide region, but there wasn’t much base for it to build on. For the month of January,...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 1, 2010 | Articles, Precision Farming, Variable Rate Fertilizer
The much anticipated FarmTech 2010 took place in Edmonton last week. Growers and tech-buffs from across the country gathered to see the latest and greatest that agriculture technology has to offer. Some of the topics touched on in the conference were various...
by Breanne Baker | Feb 1, 2010 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
With the latest drop in the Pool Return Outlook for durum, the price is now projected to be the lowest in five years. The durum PRO dropped by as much as $15 a tonne, leaving the expected Saskatchewan farm gate price at around $4.00 a bushel for No. 1 durum with 12.5...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 31, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Yesterday, I listed my top three agricultural stories of 2009 – the crop that defied the weather, the drop in grain prices and the trade barriers erected on flax and canola. Number four on the list is the continuing difficulties in the beef sector. Rather than...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 30, 2009 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
The top nine of ’09 has a nice ring, but the big agricultural events of the year actually fall into just five broad categories. In agriculture, weather is usually a big story and it certainly was in ’09. The Saskatchewan crop had more lives than an alley cat. Despite...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 29, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Interest rates are lower than anyone can remember. There isn’t much risk in predicting that interest rates are eventually going to rise. That’s the only direction they can move. Various analysts are advising consumers not to get themselves into more debt than they can...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 24, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Succession planning. The experts say it’s never too early to start. Unfortunately, it’s a topic that many farm families find difficult to tackle. Over the years, expectations sometimes develop about who will take over the farm and how it will be accomplished, but all...
by Breanne Baker | Dec 23, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
As everyone gathers for family meals over the holidays, there will be lots of discussions about food and food safety. Unfortunately, misconceptions and misplaced priorities have become commonplace. With the advances in science, it’s seemingly possible to find traces...
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