by Breanne Baker | Nov 3, 2009 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
There can be a tremendous variation in grain prices from one buyer to another. Late last week I was checking out canaryseed prices. I’d heard that prices had improved to the 20 cent a pound range. While I did talk to a company paying 20 cents, I also talked to another...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 2, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Flax Council of Canada has posted another update on the GMO issue. The European Union has endorsed a Flax Protocol which describes the system of sampling, testing and documentation pertaining to the presence of CDC Triffid in shipments of Canadian flaxseed to...
by Breanne Baker | Nov 2, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles
Cycles of consolidation occur in all industries and then over time they breakdown and fragment again. We saw this first hand in agriculture around 10 years ago when Agricore United was buying up independents across the prairies; shortly after that a number of new...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 30, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
There’s a pile of grain coming off tough or damp and there are going to be some storage wrecks. The Canola Council of Canada has compiled tips for handling tough or damp canola and some of the advice applies to other grains as well. Some producers are hoping to let...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 30, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
With the cattle and hog sectors facing tough times, some are suggesting a move to supply management. You don’t hear this discussion as much in Western Canada, but you certainly hear it in Ontario and Quebec. On the surface, the idea seems attractive. Serve only the...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 30, 2009 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
There’s a website now providing a lot of information on grain prices. The Alberta Canola Producers Commission has added a new feature on its website that provides daily grain prices as well as links to various futures markets. The cash prices quoted are for various...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 27, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
For a number of years, sheep production has been profitable. For a number of years, cow-calf producers and hog producers have faced difficult times. Cattle and hog numbers have been dropping. You’d think sheep numbers would be increasing, but there has been no...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 26, 2009 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
Politics has had a huge impact on grain prices this fall. First, anti-hoarding measures introduced in India caused a flood of field peas onto the market. That dropped pea prices as well as Canadian exports and both are yet to recover. Then Europe reported finding an...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 23, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Some quick, back-of-the-envelop calculations indicate that the value of the Saskatchewan crop still in the field is in the range of $1.27 billion dollars. I’ve based this on the percentage of each crop still to be harvest as estimated in yesterday’s crop report,...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 22, 2009 | Articles, Grain Prices, Kevin Hursh
Prospects appear to be brightening for a resolution of the GM flax issue in Europe. A protocol has been developed by the Canadian government in consultation with the Flax Council of Canada and the European regulatory agency known as DG Sanco. According to the Flax...
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