By: Shaun Haney
August 17, 2011
Demand for canola from crushers has remained strong throughout the summer months, stocks are tight and exports are good. That being said, harvest is...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
August 12, 2011
Rising feed prices, expensive oil and a high dollar have made it a difficult time to feed cattle. You can add to that the continued instability in...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
August 12, 2011
The road to economic recovery in Canada is delicate. Growth has been moderate at best, with events around the world adding to that fragility daily....Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
June 16, 2011
There have been a lot of numbers bounced around when it comes to total unseeded acres across the prairies. If you were to talk to five different...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
June 8, 2011
Corn drives the agriculture commodity complex which provides great coffee shop and water cooler fodder. Demand for corn has been strong and...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
June 5, 2011
Does the canola market have room to climb further? Supply seems to be one of the main factors in the bid for a major break through $600/MT . Carry...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
May 13, 2011
This week the USDA report really smacked the commodity market into a downward spiral on Wednesday. Most people said that the negative reaction...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
April 29, 2011
An important part of profitable farming is controlling input costs. A big part of controlling those costs involves figuring out when to buy. In most...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
April 20, 2011
Over the past few years U.S. DDGs have worked their way more and more into Western Canadian livestock rations. The energy value is good, the starch...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
April 14, 2011
For a lot of farmers marketing wheat can be a lot like playing “Let’s Make a Deal”. You pick what’s behind door number one and hope it’s...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
April 14, 2011
The loonie has been on a real run lately, or the U.S. dollar has been in a real slump depending on how you look at it. While the rise of our dollar...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
March 2, 2011
The new crop PRO’s were released at GrainWorld and the trend still seems to be strong for wheat. In Western Canada wheat acres will be up with the...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
February 23, 2011
There has been quite a bit of commentary in the media recently from certain farm groups like the NFU and R-Calf regarding the need to eliminate or...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
January 19, 2011
Its not only a struggle to decide what to grow but also how to price the crop in this volatile pricing market. With special crops price...Read more »
By: Shaun Haney
January 4, 2011
Agricultural commodities had a great run in 2010. One has to wonder though if there is any opportunity for things to reverse downward just like...Read more »