by Breanne Baker | Oct 22, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Little wonder that harvest progress has been minimal in recent weeks. The past thirty days have been a lot wetter than normal in most parts of Saskatchewan. The precipitation map published by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for September 19 to October 18 shows a wide...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 22, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
If you’re a cattle producer and you’d like to better understand your cost of production, here’s a great opportunity. The Western Beef Development Centre, in partnership with AgMpower and Spring Creek Consulting is offering cost of production workshops. Leo Kosokowsky...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 22, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
Some observers have been expressing overly optimistic timelines for getting the 2009 crop in the bin. The crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture that came out October 8 said, “Producers need several days of sunny, warm weather so they can complete...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 22, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
It’s a historic time for the province’s cattle industry. The first elections for the new Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association will take place at meetings across the province. The meetings start next Tuesday, October 20 in Carlyle and they end November 6 in Tisdale. In...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 22, 2009 | Articles, Kevin Hursh
October has been good for a lot of grain prices. Minneapolis spring wheat futures have gone from $4.75 a bushel to nearly $5.50. December oats were below $2 a bushel and now they’re around $2.50. December corn futures have been rising since the last week of September....
by Breanne Baker | Oct 22, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
A recent story on the news website www.telegraph.co.uk had an interesting perspective on natural gas supply. An article by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard talked about information presented at the World Gas Conference held in Buenos Aires. Rather than stories about dwindling...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 22, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
There’s a lot of crop left to harvest, particularly in the northern grainbelt. When the weather finally straightens out, producers will be anxious to get combines rolling again. The Canola Council of Canada says producers may want to consider harvesting their canola...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 8, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Canada’s largest barley malting company, Canada Malting, will soon be under new ownership. The Australian bulk-grain handling firm known as GrainCorp is buying Canada Malting and three sister companies. The four malting companies are under the umbrella of United Malt....
by Breanne Baker | Oct 6, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Many businesses, including agricultural businesses are interested in exporting to the United States, but they don’t know how to get started. Or maybe they’ve tried crossing the border only to run into problems. On October 21 and 22, Trade Team Saskatchewan is leading...
by Breanne Baker | Oct 5, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Even though 2008 had a more favourable growing season, some Saskatchewan crop yields are going to be higher this year than last. In the Statistics Canada production estimate released on Friday, the Saskatchewan durum yield is pegged at 32.9 bushels per acre, up...
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