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Safety wake-up call » Hursh Consulting & Communications Inc.
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Hursh Consulting and Communications Inc. Kevin Hursh on Agriculture: Hursh Comment. The sprayer booms were being folded up for the last time after another fungicide application on the chickpeas. It did not go well. The left boom tip did its normal high aerial arc, but lodged on the top of the frame before sliding into place. Need to adjust the alignment a bit, I thought while exiting the cab. Just a little push and the boom would slide past the frame. A right thumb is rather invaluable for running a comb...
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The truth about UPOV’91 » Hursh Consulting & Communications Inc.
http://www.hursh.ca/2014/03/the-truth-about-upov91
Hursh Consulting and Communications Inc. Kevin Hursh on Agriculture: Hursh Comment. The truth about UPOV’91. By August, the federal government plans to pass legislation strengthening Plant Breeders’ Rights so that this nation will finally conform to the international UPOV’91 treaty. The National Farmers Union continues to raise alarm bells over the change and their fear mongering resonates with those who like to view farmers as the victims of big business. The regulators say they wrestled with the term p...
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Fixing Statistics Canada » Hursh Consulting & Communications Inc.
http://www.hursh.ca/2014/04/fixing-statistics-canada
Hursh Consulting and Communications Inc. Kevin Hursh on Agriculture: Hursh Comment. The grain transportation backlog has put Statistics Canada field crop reporting under the microscope. Why didn’t we know that a huge crop was coming last year? How were the railways supposed to gear up when initial estimates were tens of millions of tonnes below what was actually produced? While some official yield determinations at benchmark locations may be a useful addition to production forecasts, a bigger part of the...
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Uncategorized » Hursh Consulting & Communications Inc.
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Hursh Consulting and Communications Inc. Kevin Hursh on Agriculture: Hursh Comment. Advice worth the price of a tractor. It might have been the end of the line for the old tractor. Instead, with advice from near and far and a single flat washer, the tractor has a shot at another seeding season. Another tractor was used to fold the wings and we pulled the drill home to ponder the problem. I posed the question on Twitter and suggestions came pouring back. Well, maybe it was just a filter issue. No prob...
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Green Atlantic Farms Journal
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As time passes we will make updates to this page. Click on the year and find out what is happening on the farm. In June 2011 we were honoured with the Saskatchewan Outstanding Young Farmers Award. We are excited to be representing our province on the national level in November in Brandon Manitoba. Here is a link:.
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Hursh Consulting & Communications Inc.
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Hursh Consulting and Communications Inc. Kevin Hursh on Agriculture: Hursh Comment. The sprayer booms were being folded up for the last time after another fungicide application on the chickpeas. It did not go well. The left boom tip did its normal high aerial arc, but lodged on the top of the frame before sliding into place. Need to adjust the alignment a bit, I thought while exiting the cab. Just a little push and the boom would slide past the frame. A right thumb is rather invaluable for running a comb...
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Crop Return Comparison » Hursh Consulting & Communications Inc.
http://www.hursh.ca/2014/11/crop-return-comparison
Hursh Consulting and Communications Inc. Kevin Hursh on Agriculture: Hursh Comment. HRSW 38 5.50 210 (1). Durum 37 9.00 210 123. Oats 82 2.75 197 29. Barley 58 3.00 207 (33). Canary 1174 .24 202 80. Flax 23 12 205 71. Canola 31 9.20 277 8. Mustard 1069 .29 190 120. Peas 34 6.50 220 1. Lentils 1371 .25 242 101. How do returns from the various 2014 cropping options compare in Saskatchewan? The expenses per acre come from the Crop Planning Guide published this spring by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agricult...
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January » 2015 » Hursh Consulting & Communications Inc.
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Hursh Consulting and Communications Inc. Kevin Hursh on Agriculture: Hursh Comment. After watching from the sidelines for a couple years, I’m ready (I think) to experiment with intercropping. Intercropping certainly isn’t a new idea. It probably reached its height of popularity in Western Canada with peola, a mixture of peas with canola. The peas fixed nitrogen for the canola while the canola gave the peas upright stems on which to cling. The chickpeas potentially benefit from having another type of plan...
