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Harvest Sample Program

Still with crops, one key to marketing your crop is knowing exactly what kind of product you have. Neil Blue, provincial crop market analyst with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, dropped by the studio says as the crop is placed into storage, producers should be taking samples of each load to create a representative sample for each bin.

Interview with Neil Blue (2:17 minutes) (1.05 Mb)

To get a sample kit, go to the Canadian Grain Commission website.

 
 
Source : Alberta Ag and Forestry

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