Category Archives: Featured – Kevin Hursh
Flax is the bright spot in new crop price projections
Each month, the Market Analysis Group of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada releases an Outlook for Principal Field Crops. The March report contains some major changes on price predictions. For the curr...
Harvard Media Mar 24, 2025
American farmers receiving $10 billion in aid
For Canadian farmers facing soft grain prices due to tariff threats from the U.S. and some prohibitive tariffs by China, additional government support has been limited. Meanwhile, American field crop ...
Harvard Media Mar 20, 2025
StatsCan seeding intentions report skewed by tariffs
Statistics Canada has released a seeding intentions report based on a survey of producers from across the country. While the report shows some interesting trends, the results are being discounted beca...
Harvard Media Mar 12, 2025
Producers needing to purchase urea fertilizer for spring use are looking at a steadily increasing cost
International factors are pushing up the price of nitrogen fertilizer. In the middle of summer, urea fertilizer, 46-0-0 could be purchased in the $650 to $700 a tonne range. The price is now approachi...
Harvard Media Feb 20, 2025
Crop insurance prices for this year down compared to last year
Funding for Saskatchewan Crop Insurance was announced yesterday, but no program enhancements were included. Producers will soon receive information on their coverage levels and premiums for all the va...
Harvard Media Feb 20, 2025
Railway performance sagging
Both major railways are struggling to move grain in a timely fashion. According to the Ag Transport Coalition, CPKC was the first to see badly lagging performance, but CN has now joined the downward s...
Harvard Media Feb 13, 2025
PMRA changes ruling on use of lambda in insecticides
Insecticides with the trade names Matador, Silencer and Labamba are again approved for most uses in the growing season ahead. The active ingredient is lambda-cyhalothrin. Back in 2023, the Pest Manage...
Harvard Media Feb 04, 2025
Depending on soil zone and high yield assumption, some crops are more profitable than others
Saskatchewan Agriculture's 2025 Crop Planning Guide is now available on-line. Printed versions will be available at the Crop Production Show next week in Saskatoon and also at regional offices. Some c...
Harvard Media Jan 08, 2025
A look at trends from 2024 Crop Prices
Crop prices varied dramatically throughout 2024. The agriculture portion of the Saskatchewan government website has graphs of farm gate grain prices over time. Note that prices vary from one location ...
Harvard Media Jan 02, 2025
Price forecast for canola drops once again
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has dropped its canola price forecast for the current crop year. This has ramifications for what the canola price will be for the crop insurance program. Every month, ...
Harvard Media Dec 20, 2024