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...
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 dream and has them exploring non-conventional...
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...
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...
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. Our flight home was cancelled
and we’ve...
A Farmer’s Perspective
By
Kevin Hursh
I’ve been writing regular agriculture opinion pieces for 40 years now so I’ve had lots of forecasts and observations published. I’ve also been...
Plant Innovation: Who Will Pay and How?
By Kevin Hursh
More
money needs to be invested in plant innovation and crop breeding or Canadian
agriculture will fall behind major competitors. This is not a...
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...
Wide-ranging Drought Ramifications
By Kevin HurshThe growing season of 2021 will be indelibly etched in the minds of farmers and in the pages of record books. Not...
Carbon Tax Hurts Custom Trucking
By
Kevin Hursh
An ever-increasing carbon tax that hits $170 a tonne
by 2030 is going to cost farmers a lot of money, but it will also...
