Just get out. That’s the bleak message from a Texas A+M University forage specialist to cattle producers who have gone through the driest 12 months in the state’s history. With little to no grazing and hay, should livestock producers continue to try to buy feed, move cattle to another state or just sell out? “It
Editors’ Picks: Bleak message to Texas cattle producers
Canola Pool, Maybe. Wheat? Probably Not
As we pointed out last week, opponents of the CWB monopoly are doing their best to distance themselves from the reality that ending the monopoly means ending the board altogether. They are throwing out red herrings claiming that the CWB would still be around in some fashion, including one that the board could run a
Why Keep Bashing The Board?
After decades of hard work, the Canadian Wheat Board’s opponents have finally won their battle. Normally, congratulations would be in order, but congratulations are deserved only by those who have courage of their convictions and are gracious in victory. We’re not seeing much of either. Instead, the winners of this debate are continuing to heap
Taking Climate Change Seriously
While there is no such thing as an “average” farmer, there seems to be a certain proportion of the species with a somewhat selective attitude toward science-based research. When it comes to crop chemicals or genetically modified organisms, they are quite prepared to accept the vast majority of scientific opinion that they are perfectly safe,
Simple Solutions To The Food Challenge
Last month a milestone was marked in the history of world agriculture when the bovine disease rinderpest was officially declared eradicated. Though unknown in North America, rinderpest or “cattle plague” has been a devastating killer of cattle and wildlife for millennia in Europe, Africa and Asia. After smallpox, it’s only the second disease in history
Glencore: One Of The World’s Largest Private Companies, Goes Public
With the end of the Canadian Wheat Board now virtually certain following last week’s election of a Conservative majority, it was interesting to see that news coincide with a glimpse of a company that may soon play a bigger part in the Canadian grain-marketing future. On May 4, Swiss-based Glencore, sometimes described as “the biggest
Remembering Don Bousquet
Many readers knew Don Bousquet through his “It’s your business” column, which has been in the Co-operatorfor more than 25 years. Many across Western Canada knew his voice, heard twice daily on his Farm Market News market report, broadcast on Prairie radio stations for the past 36 years. Some may also have seen Don in
Editors’ Picks: Mo. soybean grower tops 160 bu./ac.
A southwestern Missouri farmer is the first to have officially cracked the 160 bushels per acre mark for soybean yield. Kip Cullers, who farms at Purdy, about 80 km southeast of Joplin, was confirmed — again — as the world record holder on Oct. 12 by the Missouri Soybean Association (MSA), after the weigh check
What A System – for Aug. 12, 2010
It’s always fun watching the futures market when things are hot and the price is rising. Fun while it lasts, that is. That caution applies to the run-up in the wheat market for the last few weeks. These prices look wonderful, especially if you have wheat to sell. But as farmers well know, prices tend
What A System – for Aug. 12, 2010
It’s always fun watching the futures market when things are hot and the price is rising. Fun while it lasts, that is. That caution applies to the run-up in the wheat market for the last few weeks. These prices look wonderful, especially if you have wheat to sell. But as farmers well know, prices tend
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