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Abnormal Times For Agriculture

By Kevin Hursh May 20, 2010

For a number of reasons, it’s an unusual spring for agriculture. Typically, there’s a spring moisture shortage somewhere in Saskatchewan. It was certainly shaping up that way in western areas after a winter with below-normal precipitation. But the rain and snow started falling in early April and hasn’t stopped. Drought has been averted in the

Crops

Putting Fertilizer Where It’s Needed

By Ron Friesen April 15, 2010

“We’re trying to match the nutrient requirements to the production.” – WADE BARNES, FARMERS EDGE Last year, about eight million pounds of phosphorus fertilizer – roughly equivalent to 150 semi-truckloads – were not applied on 750,000 acres of cropland in Western Canada. It wasn’t needed. Credit Farmers Edge and variable rate technology for the cost

Opinion

Sask. Farmland Prices Remain Strong

By Kevin Hursh April 1, 2010

Producers are always interested in farmland prices, but price tags vary a great deal from one area to another and even from one parcel of land to the next. There’s a lot of talk about a big land deal around Conquest, just west of Outlook. In the last couple months, approximately 85 parcels of land

Dairy cattle, News

New Levy Surprises Supply-Managed Producers

By Ron Friesen April 1, 2010

“It simply comes down to an added cost on the farm.” – DAVID WI ENS, DFM Manitoba’s supply management industry has been stunned by a new provincial surcharge on quota transfers. The NDP government has slapped a two per cent levy on the value of successful quota exchanges for dairy, eggs and poultry. The measure

Livestock

U. S. Farm Credit Conditions Under Pressure

March 25, 2010

“Business expansion for farms appears to be entering a downward cycle while the broader commercial economy is recovering.” – PAYNET Conditions in U. S. farming regions that had outper formed the economy during the recession are deteriorating amid rising credit problems and contracting business activity, according to commercial credit analysis firm PayNet Inc. In a

Country Crossroads

What Can We Learn From Hawaii?

By Albert Parsons March 18, 2010

In agriculture, we often hear the terms value added, sustainability, organic, and gate to plate; some growers are becoming interested in ag-tourism. On a recent visit to the island of Maui, Hawaii, this winter I had the pleasure of touring O’o Farm in the upcountry region of this beautiful Hawaiian island and discovered an excellent

Beef cattle, News

In Brief… – for Feb. 18, 2010

February 18, 2010

Three-year plan: “Plan. Farm. Safety.” is the theme of a three-year Canadian Agricultural Safety campaign that will be launched March 11 at MacDon Industries. This year the campaign will promote “Plan” with safety walkabouts and planning for safety. In following years, the focus will be on implementation, documentation and training and on safety assessment, improvement

News

Rapid City Growth Threat To Africa’s Development

By Kylie Maclellan February 11, 2010

Rapid and chaotic urbanization is threatening sustainable development in Africa, the head of the UN housing agency said Feb. 8, but taking steps to mitigate climate change could help tackle some of the problems of cities. The populations of l a rg e, f a s t -e xpanding cities in Africa, such as Lagos

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

U. S. Farmers Feeling Financial Squeeze

By Michael Hirtzer February 4, 2010

Lending by commercial banks may be less than desired, but farm banks are continuing to finance the sector even though some borrowers are not doing so well, an executive of a major U. S. agricultural bank said. Samuel Miller, senior vicepresident of agribusiness and food banking at Milwaukeebased M&I Bank, the seventh-largest U. S. farm

Opinion

Caught Between Lifestyle And Commercial

By Kevin Hursh December 3, 2009

There are lifestyle farmers who are happy. There are commercial farmers who are happy. There are also farmers caught in between who are not happy at all. For an increasing number of people, the good life is a house in the country with a few acres and some animals. They like having more space than

Daily Network News

Canada’s inflation in October eases to 2.2 per cent on lower gasoline, food prices

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

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