Category Archives: Featured – Kevin Hursh

Precipitation levels are on an upswing across most of the Prairie region. Even without counting the rain the past couple days, precipitation maps are showing an improvement in the dry conditions that ...

With strong cattle prices, the Livestock Price Insurance Program is offering the highest floor prices in the program's history. Cow-calf producers can lock in a profitable floor price for the calves t...

The Canadian Grain Commission has revoked the licenses of Zeghers Seed Inc, also known as Zeghers Canada. The company held a grain dealer license and a primary elevator license at Holland, Manitoba. A...

An announcement of the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance program details for 2024 will be made the morning of Tuesday, March 5 in Melville by Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit. However, insured ...

Lentils have the potential to be a top money earner for the upcoming growing season while flax, soybeans and fababeans are at the bottom of the list. The ranking comes from a recent profitability anal...

Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. was the closing speaker at the Crossroads Crop Conference Wednesday in Calgary. Lerner provided some hope that 2024 will not be a serious drought year. Lerner ex...

Changes are occurring in farm financing. At the Crossroads Crop Conference underway in Calgary, a lender highlighted some of the financing trends.  ATB Financial is a provincial body that lends p...

Producer payment security is not a top-of-mind issue for producers until suddenly a grain buyer runs into financial difficulty and they aren't paid for their delivered grain. Even if you think this wi...

The seeded acreages for flax and mustard are expected to drop dramatically this spring while large acreage increases are expected for oats, chickpeas and lentils.  Meanwhile, the price of almost ...

Crop returns in the coming year look much more promising for some crops than others. Each year at the Crop Production Show, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture releases its Crop Planning Guide fo...