by Breanne Baker | Oct 1, 2009 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
It gives me no pleasure to talk about the drop in grain prices that we’ve seen in the past few months. However, I’m surprised by the amount of denial there is. I run into lots of producers who believe this is a short term blip – just harvest pressure. They don’t...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 29, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Flax Council of Canada is posting regular website updates on the GMO issue. Europe has discovered genetically modified material in Canadian flax shipments. The Europeans claim it’s the GMO variety known as Triffod which came out of the Crop Development Centre in...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 28, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
On Friday, Statistics Canada will release a new production estimate for Canadian grains, oilseeds and specialty crops. Analysts have been widely predicting that production for most crops is going to be significantly higher than earlier estimates. Based on what I’m...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 23, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
In a few weeks, the fall calf run will be underway. All signs point to another disappointing year for cow-calf producers. As compared to last year, feed grain prices are down significantly. It will cost less for feedlots to put on pounds of gain. Unfortunately, the...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 22, 2009 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
September 22, 2009 — Post harvest spraying is a great opportunity to control perennial weeds and winter annuals, according to Arvel Lawson, Canola Council of Canada (CCC) program manager of Crop Production. “Effective control this fall will prevent these...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 22, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Most producers would love the opportunity to turn back the clock and redo some of their new crop marketing decisions. Red lentil contract prices were over 35 cents a pound for quite some time in the late spring. Prices now are in the mid-20s. Before Christmas, yellow...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 21, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The premiere edition of the new magazine Saskatchewan Beef Business has an interesting article on the Canadian BSE risk status versus the status of the Americans. Both countries are considered to be in the “controlled” risk category. However, the Americans don’t try...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 18, 2009 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
You can find market analysts who think grain prices will continue to decline and you can find analysts who think prices are going to improve. One of the optimists is Robert Winslow of Wellington West Capital Markets Inc. He released a report this week predicting that...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 17, 2009 | Articles, Farm Management, Grain Prices
Weeks after it happened, there are still far more questions than answers concerning the European rejection of a shipment of Canadian flax. The Europeans allegedly found traces of a genetically modified variety within a shipment. With Europe as the dominant buyer of...
by Breanne Baker | Sep 16, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The Beef Information Centre has published a brief fact sheet on the industry. As of January of this year, 40 per cent of the country’s beef cow herd was located in Alberta, with 30 per cent in Saskatchewan. The next biggest province for beef cows was Manitoba at 12...
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