by Breanne Baker | Nov 16, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Here’s a great idea for saving money on the movement of purebred cattle. Helge and Candace By of By Livestock in Regina have started a website called Cowpool.ca. The name is a take-off on car pooling. You often see a cattle trailer hauling only half a load or you see...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 13, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The results have been announced for the first election of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association. Most are familiar names. Jack Hextall, who had been serving as chair of the organization has won the election in the southeast corner of the province. Bill Jameson was...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 12, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Big Sky Farms is seeking creditor protection. Big Sky is the province’s largest pork producer with about 40 units in Saskatchewan as well as Manitoba and a workforce of about 400 people. Due to its size and the Saskatchewan government’s equity in the operation, Big...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 11, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
The Canadian government announced it plans to invest up to $77.8 million in Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan-based Terra Grain Fuels’ ethanol plant in the next seven years, according to a news release from the government, as part of the ecoENERGY for Biofuels...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 10, 2009 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
Farmers look at many costs when they are making a crop plan. But the one thing I always hear from a lot of growers is that certified seed doesn’t pay year after year. Coming from Manitoba to Alberta back in 1997 I wondered why there were not more seed growers and then...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 10, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Most of the market analysts have been wrong about lentil prices… again. During the early stages of harvest, analysts were correctly pointing out that lentil yields were better than expected. Lentils prices dropped after most of the crop was in the bin, but in recent...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 9, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
A front page story in the November 5 edition of the Manitoba Cooperator newspaper doesn’t cast a flattering light on our federal agriculture minister. The story is by reporter Allan Dawson and it’s about the Chinese blockage of Canadian canola due to concerns over...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 6, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Of all the crops grown in the province, the one with perhaps the worst market outlook is durum. The one bit of good news is that the European Union has removed a tariff that was slapped on Canadian durum for the past month. Beyond this victory, the Canadian Wheat...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 5, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Is this the beginning of the end for the stupid, useless and expensive long gun registry? The Conservative minority has attracted enough support from individual NDP and Liberal members of parliament to win an initial vote on ending the registry. The Liberal and NDP...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 4, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
I’ve talked to a number of people in recent days who are shaking their heads at the grain drying job ahead. Producers are desperate to make harvest progress, but there isn’t adequate drying capacity. Harvesting production in the tough category is bad enough, but large...
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