Featured – Kevin Hursh

The price outlook for canola continues to improve, according to the Outlook for Principal Field Crops report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Wednesday. The average price expected for canola in this current crop year was raised by $20 a tonne, while the price projection on canola for the upcoming crop year was raised by […]

New farm equipment sales usually follow a cycle and it seems they are down right now. Ben Voss has tracked equipment sales for years. He says the peak for new equipment sales was around 2021 and 2022 before declining the next two years. Companies announced layoffs over the past year as a result, but Voss […]

An organization called the Soil Health Network is seeking input from prairie farmers on their soil health plans and priorities.  SaskAgToday.com’s Kevin Hursh spoke with Manitoba farmer Brent VanKoughnet, project coordinator for the Soil Health Network:

What are guys paying for cash rent in your area? The just-released farmland rental rate report from Farm Credit Canada sheds a bit of light on the question.  Cash rental rates for farmland are something of a black box. No public reporting system exists and since it’s a competitive market most farmers would rather not […]

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 current crop year, the biggest price prediction change is on canola, a drop of $25 a tonne on the average price expected for the year. […]

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 producers are about to receive a $10 billion support payment. The program is called ECAP, the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program. Payments to American farmers are […]

Bay State Milling is in the midst of an expansion at its Saskatoon oat processing plant. Bay State Milling describes itself as one of the largest family-owned, privately held milling companies in the United States. It has 11 facilities in the U.S. processing a variety of grains. It also has a large facility on the […]

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 because so much has changed since the survey was conducted. The survey of 8,200 farmers was conducted between December 13 and January 17. Since then, […]

The Livestock Price Insurance Program is currently offering Saskatchewan cow-calf producers the highest coverage that’s ever been available. The program provides a floor for fall calf prices. Kevin Hursh of SaskAgToday talked with Jodie Griffin, Coordinator for the Livestock Price Insurance Program:

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 approaching $800 a tonne and if suppliers need to access more nitrogen for farmers, the price looks like it will go even […]