The Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame has announced its slate of five inductees for 2023. Bill Huber, Kevin Hursh, Dorothy Long, John McKinnon, and Laurie Tollefson will be recognized for their contributions and formally enter the Hall at an induction ceremony at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon on Saturday, April 15, 2023. “The 2023 inductees highlight… Read More
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I have been reading two groups are doomed in the face of the single desk being extinguished. The first is producer cars and the second is the inland terminals. With the elimination of the single desk, the Inland Terminal Association of Canada finds itself faced with a number of challenges to overcome and a number… Read More
Unless you have been hiding under a rock this week you probably have heard about the Canadian Federal Government killing the BHP acquisition of Potash Corp. Saskatchewan holds a significant amount of the world’s potash and the more people I talk to the more that I realize this is more than just about selling a… Read More
When I was at CropWeek last January lentils were all the rage for farmers. With high prices and increasing acres many people, including myself thought the best thing to do was to forward sell 2010 crop at low 20’s to protect against a bearish market. Throw in a poor spring, a wet harvest and resulting… Read More
Kevin Hursh from Hursh Consulting and Communications, took the time at the end of the exhausting week at CropWeek 2010 to sit down and chat about the week. I discussed with Kevin the highlights and lowlights of the week. This was definitely a week where people had lots to talk about in the meetings hallways… Read More
Based on the economic turmoil that the hog industry has been in over recent years, it is no surprise that barns have been de-populated and the industry has retrenched. One of the major events in recent months has been Big Sky Farms entering creditor protection. Big Sky is the largest hog operation in Saskatchewan and to say this is a… Read More