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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...
Hiring Outside Expertise
According to the old adage, a farmer is a jack of all trades but a master at none. While that’s perhaps truer than ever,...
Support Agriculture When Required
By
Kevin Hursh
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a river of money has been
flowing from Ottawa. The agriculture...
The changing crop mix
You really don’t know what you can grow until you try. That’s why the mix of crops continues to change across Western Canada.
At one...
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...
Agronomic Advice is All Over the Map
By Kevin Hursh
To say that variation exists in agronomic advice is an
understatement. Never have farmers received such wide-ranging...
High Land Prices and Exorbitant Cash Rents
By Kevin Hursh
In farming circles wherever you travel, there’s a commonality to conversations over land prices and cash...
Getting a Farming Start
Kevin
Hursh, P.Ag.
Many
young men and women would love to farm. In fact, some are obsessed with it.
It’s their lifelong...
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...
Livestock Lessons
Kevin Hursh
As
Canadian grain farmers, we need a code of practice. Before you see red and
start calling me names...
