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...
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...
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 rental rates. See if you’ve heard...
Intercropping Warrants More Research
This year, I experimented with a quarter section of chickpea/flax intercrop. Unfortunately, with such a dry May and June in my region of southwest...
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...
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...
Federal Carbon Credits are Coming, but it Won’t be Easy Money
By Kevin Hursh
If you’re expecting payments because you sequester carbon through direct seeding and minimum tillage, don’t hold your breath.
On March 5, the federal...
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...
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...
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 sector has received a relative pittance.
While...
