By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday September 29, 2020

Sep 29, 2020 | 10:06 AM

MELFORT, Sask. – Another agriculture conference has been cancelled.

CropSphere 2021 in Saskatoon, Sask. is usually held the second week of January but uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic was the ultimate deciding factor in the cancellation of the three-day event.

The conference is sponsored by six commissions. The annual general meetings will be held virtually on Jan. 12. The day will also include market analysis for each crop.

Details on how to register, vote, and submit resolutions will be available in November.

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With harvest underway a reminder that a step to marketing is knowing the product you have to offer.

Producers should be taking samples of each load as the crop is placed into storage to create a representative sample for each bin.

Neil Blue with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry said the goal is to have a sample that has the same characteristics as the large volume of product that it represents.

“Producers will then have a sample that can be used to shop around with various potential buyers,” Blue said.

The samples should be stored in a sealed container to identify the source bin. Blue said the container should keep out rodents and insects and preserve representative moisture content to maintain sample integrity.

The Canadian Grain Commission gives producers a free, unofficial grade on samples from the current year’s crop.

“This program also helps the commission and grain buyers to better know, in a general way, the quality of the crop,” Blue said.

Producers can submit samples of newly harvested crop prior to November and obtain base grade information for their marketing at no charge.

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alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.ca

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