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Crop Returns Tighten
Profitable cropping options are few and far between heading into the 2018 growing season.
With a 50 per cent tariff on peas exported into India...
Does Agriculture Face Tough Times Ahead?
By
Kevin Hursh
For
many years, the story has been that the good times in agriculture were never
going to end. Now...
What You May Not Know About Crop Insurance
What you may not know about crop insurance
Crop insurance programs have some significant differences from one Prairie province to the next. Plus, there are...
Collaboration for Profit and Fun
By
Kevin Hursh
There
are ways to attain a better bottom line if we’d just quit being so damn
independent.
Hogs versus Dogs
by Kevin Hursh
It’s amazing what enterprises make money and which ones are a low-margin grind.
At a recent producer meeting, I had the opportunity to visit with two different producers who...
Self-sufficiency isn’t commercial agriculture
by Kevin
Hursh
As I write this on March 18, we’re on holiday
in a small fishing village in southern Mexico....
Emission reduction that could work
Carbon taxes and/or cap and trade systems will be implemented across the country. Everyone has their own opinion on whether this makes sense, but...
More Co-operation Possible Between Grain and Cattle Producers
By Kevin Hursh
It all started in the fall of 2016. With the seemingly endless rain that year, most of our chickpea crop never matured...
Striving for Higher Yields is a Matter of Survival
By Kevin Hursh
As farmers, most of us are tired of hearing it – that we must keep increasing production to feed a hungry world. Many...
Better Farm Input Price Information Needed
By Kevin Hursh
I’m a fan of the farm input price information published monthly by Alberta Agriculture, particularly the fertilizer prices. I only wish it was...
