by Breanne Baker | Aug 12, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The European Space Agency has chosen Indian Head, Saskatchewan as one of the three sites over which it is collecting space-borne radar images throughout the 2009 growing season. The other locations are in The Netherlands and Spain. Canada’s RADARSAT-2 satellite is...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 11, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
After years of money-losing hog prices, prices have gone even lower. Livestock economist Brad Marceniuk of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture reports that North American daily average hog prices have declined by more than 15 per cent over the last two weeks. He...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 10, 2009 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
August 3rd, 2009 many people woke to the crash of hail on their siding and windows of their house, the brights flashes of lighting and in most cases no power. No one anticipated the sights of the damage the next morning. At about one thirty in the morning a belt of...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 10, 2009 | Articles, Precision Farming, Variable Rate Technology
The Get More Bushels Super Crop Plot Tour was held on Wednesday July 29, 2009 at the Wheatland Colony. The trials looked great, the presenters were knowledgeable and informative and the weather was co-operative, what more can you ask for!! All of the representatives...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 10, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The provincial government has launched its new Farm Business Development Initiative. More information will be coming out after harvest, but here’s the gist of the program. Up to $4,000 will be available to engage private sector business services and/or access...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 6, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Areas of Western Canada flirted with frost again early Wednesday morning. Environment Canada lists two degrees as the low for North Battleford and Spiritwood with Meadow Lake at three degrees. With crops running behind normal development, there seems to be a high...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 5, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
As usual, initial payments for wheat, durum and barley are starting the new crop year at ugly levels. The government guaranteed initial payments on CWB grains have been set at less than 70 per cent of the total expected price. However, that’s 70 per cent of the total...
by Breanne Baker | Aug 4, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
Over the long weekend, I toured through some of the area of west central Saskatchewan affected by drought early in the growing season. My tour included areas around Eston, Brock, Kindersley, Glidden and Eatonia. There’s a much bigger area affected and there’s a great...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 30, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
August is quickly approaching and it will be a frost watch month. In the most frost prone regions of the Saskatchewan grain belt, the first frost is typically by the end of August. For other locations, the average is some time during the first week of September. Areas...
by Breanne Baker | Jul 28, 2009 | Agriculture Industry, Articles, Kevin Hursh
The latest edition of the Pulse Market Report has just been released by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. I enjoy market analysis and I applaud this effort by Sask. Pulse Growers. However, I get frustrated when market analysts ask more questions than they answer. In this...
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