Market Prospects '99
Posted November 04, 1998
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 4, 1998
98-11-02-AG
Market Prospects '99
Market Prospects '99, a series of programs that aims to
deliver an overview of world commodity markets and
forecasts for pork and beef, begins a new season on
November 14, 1998.
The broadcasts will be aired Saturdays from 4:00 - 4:30
p.m. as part of CTV's Farmgate. The scheduled topics are
as follows:
November 14
Domestic and World Market Overview
Mike Makowsky, Senior Commodity Economist,
Policy and Program Development Branch, SK
Agriculture and Food, Regina, SK
November 21
Hog Situation and Outlook
Gary Storey, Professor, Department of Agricultural
Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
November 28
Beef Situation and Outlook
Anne Dunford, Senior Market Analyst, CanFax
Research Services, Calgary, AB
The three programs listed above will be rebroadcast on
SCN on Tuesday, December 1, 1998 at 9:30 p.m. and then
repeated on Saturday, December 5, 1998 at 5:00 p.m.
Market Prospects continues in January 1999 with a
market situation and outlook for crops such as wheat,
feed grains and oilseeds, as well as specialty crops such
as lentils, peas, mustard, and canary seed. It is
designed to provide farmers and others in
Saskatchewan?s agriculture industry with timely
information in advance of spring seeding.
Market Prospects is a joint effort of Extension Service,
Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food, and the University
of Saskatchewan delivered through the Extension
Division in cooperation with the Department of
Agricultural Economics. It is funded by the Agricultural
Institute of Management in Saskatchewan (AIMS).
For more information, please contact:
Rob Roy or Ken Rosaasen
Agriculture Economics/Extension Division
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-4029 or (306) 966-4017
