Insights and Stories of Allan Dawson

Jul. 28, 2014 at 4:42 pm CDT

Canada will carryover more grain than usual when the crop year ends July 31, but analysts say it may be less than some people think. That mountain of Western grain created from a record harvest last fall, combined with poor rail service until spring, is being whittled away. In its […]

By Allan Dawson

Jul. 28, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

  Canada will carryover more grain than usual when the crop year ends July 31, but analysts say it may be less than some people think. That mountain of Western grain created from a record harvest last fall, combined with poor rail service until spring, is being whittled away. In […]

By Allan Dawson

Jun. 27, 2014 at 10:18 am CDT

Drones can give you the big picture of a field, a small one of seed row spacing, or even check on the cows Want a bird’s-eye view of your crop, find stray steers, or safely monitor a cow calving on pasture? It’s getting easier and cheaper to do with a […]

By Allan Dawson

Mar. 10, 2014 at 5:44 pm CDT

The organization representing the Prairies’ mainline grain handlers isn’t buying claims from Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway’s CEO about why the railway’s grain shipments are lagging. Hunter Harrison, in a full-page ad last week in Canada’s two national newspapers, said the harshest winter in 60 years, a record Western crop and […]

By Allan Dawson

Dec. 9, 2013 at 6:48 pm CST

Canada has started the process of implementing UPOV ’91 — a stronger form of plant breeders’ rights that Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says will encourage more private sector plant breeding and is also expected to see farmers pay breeders more in royalties. The changes are part of Bill C-18, the […]

By Allan Dawson