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- April 2024 (1)
- March 2024 (7)
- 28: In This Grain Marketing Environment, How Pragmatic Can We Be?
- 21: Buy Land, They’re Not Making It Anymore
- 14: Interest Rates: The Bank of Canada Says Not So Fast
- 07: There Will Be Better Times Ahead
- 07: The Indirect Path to Big Grain Supply
- 07: Keep Abreast of the Big Picture
- 07: 2024 Grain Marketing Perceptions vs Reality
- February 2024 (2)
- January 2024 (1)
- December 2023 (3)
- November 2023 (5)
- October 2023 (4)
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- June 2023 (5)
- May 2023 (4)
- April 2023 (4)
- March 2023 (7)
- 30: Canadian Inflation Decelerates But 2% Seems So Long Ago
- 23: Bank Failures: It’s Not Time to Buy a Bigger Mattress
- 16: Better Closing Wheels vs Better Grain Marketing
- 10: Farmland is Being Made Every Day: Are Blue Skies Ahead?
- 09: Check Your Grain Marketing Emotions at the Door
- 03: Farmland is Being Made Every Day: Are Blue Skies Ahead?
- 02: Ukraine/Russia: No Winners, Only Tough Realities
- February 2023 (3)
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- December 2022 (5)
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- December 2020 (5)
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- September 2020 (3)
- August 2020 (4)
- July 2020 (5)
- 30: Trapped Like Fish in a Barrel: Farmers Look Ahead as Long as Yields Go Up
- 23: Ontario Wheat Harvest Heats Up, Amid Volatile Prices
- 16: Don’t Look Nervous at the Banker Anymore: Debt Has New Bling
- 09: USDA Resets the Goalposts: Have Those Marketing Orders Ready
- 02: June 2020 Grain Pricing Window Wasn’t like June Pasts
- June 2020 (4)
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- January 2020 (1)
- December 2019 (4)
- October 2019 (4)
- September 2019 (3)
- August 2019 (5)
- 29: Geopolitics and Global Recession Fears Continue to Impact Canadian Agriculture
- 22: USDA Report Surprises But Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test
- 15: China Demands Barcodes on Soybeans, But Cheap Will Eventually Win
- 08: Crop Prices Swoon But So Much Production Risk Ahead
- 01: Give Me Powerful Weather Intelligence Without the Social Commentary
- July 2019 (4)
- June 2019 (3)
- May 2019 (4)
- April 2019 (3)
- March 2019 (2)
- February 2019 (4)
- January 2019 (2)
- December 2018 (4)
- November 2018 (5)
- 29: Canadian Fiscal Update: Investing in Productivity?
- 22: A Difficult Ontario Corn Harvest Continues
- 15: Even On Top of Grain Mountain, I See Marketing Opportunities Ahead
- 08: Trade Wars Might Be Easy To Win, But There Have Certainly Been Losers.
- 01: Carbon Pricing: Kicking the Can Down The Road Is Over
- October 2018 (4)
- September 2018 (2)
- March 2018 (5)
- February 2018 (4)
- January 2018 (2)
- December 2017 (5)
- November 2017 (5)
- October 2017 (4)
- September 2017 (4)
- August 2017 (5)
- 31: Food Demand Changes Continually and So Do The Conduits
- 24: Canadian Farm Business Risk Management Programs Still Lacking
- 17: My Crop Tour To Iowa, Rudely Interrupted by USDA
- 11: Soybeans Are the Great Liars, But In the End, Always Tell the Truth
- 03: Finding New Ways to Farm in a Capital Intensive Farming World
- July 2017 (4)
- June 2017 (5)
- 29: The Corn Market Needs Much Fresher News Than a Hot and Dry Forecast
- 22: No Time to Throw in the Towel On Corn Prices
- 15: Markets Flex as Tough Ontario Crop Conditions Face “Hot and Dry”
- 08: The US Withdraws From the Paris Climate Agreement
- 01: US Replants Near Historic Levels, But the Market Doesn’t Believe
- May 2017 (3)
- April 2017 (3)
- March 2017 (6)
- 30: Brazil’s Meat Scandal Reverberates Everywhere
- 23: Marketing Fairness and “Big Grocery”
- 16: USDA Grain Projections Rise, Amid a Deepening Mirage in Canadian Cash Prices
- 09: $35 Billion Worth of Snapchat Vs Our Canadian Economy
- 07: $35 Billion Worth of Snapchat Vs Our Farms and Our Canadian Economy
- 02: The Never-Never Plan: Farm Debt Psychology Has Changed
- February 2017 (2)
- January 2017 (2)
- December 2016 (4)
- November 2016 (5)
- October 2016 (5)
- 30: CETA and Canadian Agriculture: The Race to Cheap
- 27: Regardless Who Wins the US Presidency, The Canadian Economy Can’t Wait
- 20: October USDA Promises Big Crops, But Also Big Demand
- 13: Low Interest Rates Are Like Ether to a Massey Tractor
- 06: Canadian Cash Grain Prices a Mirage, Our Risk Profile Increasing
- September 2016 (5)
- 29: Ontario Soybean Harvest: Will Those Beans Tell the Truth?
- 26: Bayer, Monsanto, Potash Corp and Agrium: I’m a Pragmatist
- 22: Bayer, Monsanto, Potash Corp and Agrium: I’m a Pragmatist
- 15: Canadian and US Farm Economies Two Different Animals
- 08: Canada’s Canola Gets a Reprieve with China, Which Remains an Important Market
- August 2016 (6)
- 28: Record Global Grain Production: No Problem, This Is a Messy World
- 25: In Ontario The Veggie Market Apocalypse Has Been Avoided
- 18: Sizzling Ontario Summer Impacting Our Cash Corn Market
- 11: Dicamba Tolerant Soybeans Will Challenge Our Management
- 07: Dicamba Tolerant Soybeans Will Challenge Our Management
- 04: Ontario Corn Crop Now Compromised, Import Basis Our Future
- July 2016 (5)
- June 2016 (7)
- 30: Post Brexit: At Least We’ll Have Certainty
- 23: Marketing Grain Without Emotions: Risk Management Never Grows Old
- 16: El Nino and La Nina Weigh On Corn Fields Everywhere
- 13: El Nino and La Nina Weigh On Corn Fields Everywhere
- 09: Quebec and Ontario Dairy Farmers Protest On Parliament Hill
- 06: Quebec and Ontario Dairy Farmers Protest On Parliament Hill
- 02: The Canadian Economy Flexes As Wildfires Take Flight
- May 2016 (5)
- 26: Corporate Consolidation and the Lost Promise of Agricultural Biotechnology
- 19: Risk Management Never Grows Old, It’s Our Only Way Ahead
- 12: Ft McMurray Alberta, You Will Be Remembered
- 05: The Apocalypse is Not Nigh: There Will Always Be a New Day
- 02: The Apocalypse is Not Nigh: There Will Always Be a New Day
- April 2016 (4)
- March 2016 (7)
- 31: Cooked Books and Soybeans: The Black Swan’s Warm Up Act
- 28: Cooked Books and Soybeans: The Black Swan’s Warm Up Act
- 24: US Dollar Weakness Provides Some Gunpowder for Grain Futures Price
- 17: Our Canadian Prime Minister Goes to Washington: What’s Next?
- 14: Ontario Tomato Ketchup Goes Viral: Social Media Makes a Difference
- 10: Ontario Tomato Ketchup Goes Viral
- 03: Our Changing Segmented Fluid Agricultural Markets
- February 2016 (8)
- 28: Our Changing Segmented Fluid Agricultural Commodity Markets
- 25: Farmland Prices Simmer: Where To Now?
- 23: Farmland Prices Simmer: Where To Now?
- 18: Wheat Needs A Friend and It Might As Well Be Me
- 15: Wheat Needs A Friend and It Might As Well Be Me
- 11: Looking at Precision Agriculture Thru An Agricultural Economic Lens
- 07: Looking at Precision Agriculture Thru An Agricultural Economic Lens
- 04: American Agriculture’s Poisonous Foreign Exchange Problem
- January 2016 (6)
- 31: American Agriculture’s Poisonous Foreign Exchange Problem
- 28: Sunny Ways and The Canadian Economy, So Much For That
- 25: Sunny Ways and The Canadian Economy, So Much For That
- 21: Our Declining Loonie Makes Canadian Farmers Numb to the Pain
- 17: Remote Sensing and Crop Mapping: The Future for Market Predictions
- 14: Remote Sensing and Crop Mapping: The Future for Market Predictions
- December 2015 (8)
- 31: Our Hungry World at Christmas: Every Canadian Farmer’s Challenge
- 28: Our Hungry World at Christmas: Every Canadian Farmer’s Challenge
- 24: COOL Labeling Comes To An End, But Coexisting with the US Continues
- 20: COOL Labeling Comes To An End, But Coexisting with the US Continues
- 17: In The Grain Doldrums Amid A Winter Mirage of $5 Corn
- 10: Energy and Agricultural Policy Are Diverging
- 03: Perspective: In Agriculture It Can Be Your Greatest Gift
- 02: Perspective: In Agriculture It Can Be Your Greatest Gift
- November 2015 (8)
- 26: Sunny Ways Meets the Paris Attacks: Our Economy In the Balance
- 22: Sunny Ways Meets the Paris Attacks: Our Economy In the Balance
- 19: Canadian Agriculture And The Climate Change Agenda
- 16: Canadian Agriculture And The Climate Change Agenda
- 12: Precision Ag: Its Not About the Sizzle, Its About the Yield
- 08: Precision Ag: Its Not About the Sizzle, Its About the Yield
- 05: Reading the Basis: The Value Which Determines When Grain Is Moved
- 01: Reading the Basis: The Value Which Determines When Grain Is Moved
- October 2015 (9)
- 29: Canadian Farmers: Sunny Ways My Friends, Sunny Ways
- 25: Canadian Farmers: Sunny Ways My Friends, Sunny Ways
- 22: Blue Jays, Royals, Monday’s Election and the Way Ahead
- 19: Blue Jays, Royals, Monday’s Election and the Way Ahead
- 15: Farming in 2015: Change Continues to Be Our Only Constant
- 11: Farming in 2015: Change Continues to Be Our Only Constant
- 08: TPP Gets Real: Canadian Dairy Farmers Protest
- 04: TPP Gets Real: Canadian Dairy Farmers Protest
- 01: Soybeans: Foreign Exchange Makes Everything Better
- September 2015 (5)
- August 2015 (5)
- July 2015 (7)
- 30: Supply Management: Hell Has No Fury As a Quebec Farmer Wronged
- 28: Canadian Supply Management: Hell Has No Fury As a Quebec Farmer Wronged
- 23: Desperation in Bank of Canada Rate Cut
- 16: Our Canadian Loonie Adds a Consistently Different Canadian Layer to Grain Marketing
- 12: Our Loonie Adds a Consistently Different Canadian Layer to Grain Marketing
- 09: Post Canada Day, Grain Markets Get Fresh News
- 03: A Weather Market Tries To Trump USDA’s June 30th Show
- June 2015 (8)
- 28: A Weather Market Tries To Trump USDA’s June 30th Show
- 25: Grain Market Variations To Mother Nature Not Playing Nice
- 22: Grain Market Variations To Mother Nature Not Playing Nice
- 18: A Grain Futures Spike and a Diving Loonie: Seize That Opportunity
- 16: A Grain Futures Spike and a Diving Loonie: Seize That Opportunity
- 11: American COOL Redux: No Kumbayah But Why Not Just Comply?
- 09: American COOL Redux: No Kumbayah But Why Not Just Comply?
- 04: A Close Call in Frosty Ontario, That Un-Expected Tuesday Only a Moment Away
- May 2015 (8)
- 31: A Close Call in Frosty Ontario, That Un-Expected Tuesday Only a Moment Away
- 28: The Road to $450 Seed Corn Will Be A Road Less Traveled
- 21: “Hot and Dry” May Bring the Grain Bulls Back in 2015
- 17: “Hot and Dry” May Bring the Grain Bulls Back in 2015
- 14: Taco Flavoured Soybeans: Just Think of the Possibilities
- 10: Taco Flavoured Soybeans: Just Think of the Possibilities
- 07: Managing Scarcity: Perspectives Change and So Must We
- 03: Managing Scarcity: Perspectives Change and So Must We
- April 2015 (8)
- 30: As Planters Roll, Let’s Consider All Our Farming Challenges
- 23: Increased Food Demand Through Value Added Packaging Is Vital To Canadian Agriculture
- 19: Increased Food Demand Through Value Added Packaging Is Vital To Canadian Agriculture
- 16: The Classic Canadian Grain Marketing Conundrum: Futures and Basis
- 12: The Classic Canadian Grain Marketing Conundrum: Futures and Basis
- 09: USDA In the Rear View Mirror: Planting Next Up
- 05: USDA In the Rear View Mirror: Planting Next Up
- 02: Rays of Hope In a Bearish Marketing Environment
- March 2015 (7)
- 22: The Butterflies Are Fluttering: The US Greenback Soars
- 19: The Incubation of a Grain Rally: Add the Loonie and It Maybe Real
- 16: The Incubation of a Grain Rally: Add the Loonie and It Maybe Real
- 13: Working Moms I Hear You: Agriculture Needs Bigger Minds
- 08: Working Moms I Hear You: Agriculture Needs Bigger Minds
- 05: Efficient Grain Markets Demand Price Transparency and In Canada We Don’t Have It
- 01: Efficient Grain Markets Demand Price Transparency and In Canada We Don’t Have It
- February 2015 (5)
- 26: Interest Rate Adrenaline Our Low Loonie, Give Canadian Farmers Hope in 2015
- 23: The Data Isn’t Mine, But the Tractor Is: Welcome To My Nightmare
- 12: Management Plans Never Get Old Nor Does the Road to Louisville
- 05: PEI Agriculture: Small, But Oh So Dynamic
- 01: PEI Agriculture: Small, But Oh So Dynamic
- January 2015 (7)
- 26: It’s A Mirage: Low Interest, Low Loonie, High Cash Prices
- 26: It’s A Mirage: Low Interest, Low Loonie, High Cash Prices
- 22: Lower Oil Prices and Ag’s $30,000 Windfall
- 18: Lower Oil Prices and Ag’s $30,000 Windfall
- 15: Grain Demand Won’t Easily Be Tempered When the Supply Hiccup Emerges
- 08: No Déjà Vu in 2015: In Agriculture Change is Our Only Constant
- 01: After Christmas Dinner: Considering Food Demand
- December 2014 (7)
- 28: After Christmas Dinner: Food Ubiquitous Like Oxygen
- 25: Where Have the Grain Bears Gone?
- 21: Where Have the Grain Bears Gone?
- 18: Oil Price Plunge: A Twisted Challenge for Canadian Agriculture
- 11: Ontario’s Bitter Harvest Spawns a High Corn Basis, But For How Long?
- 07: Ontario’s Bitter Harvest Spawns a High Corn Basis, But For How Long?
- 04: The Buzz on Neonicotinoids: In Ontario It Just Got Real
- November 2014 (5)
- 30: The Buzz on Neonicotinoids: In Ontario It Just Got Real
- 27: Canadian Winter Comes Early Causing Havoc In Ontario Fields
- 20: 2014: A Few Management and Marketing Things I’ve Learned This Year
- 13: Eastern Canada Corn Basis In Flux As Loonie, Late Fall Weigh In
- 06: Low Interest Rates Still the Testosterone of the Canadian Ag Economy
- October 2014 (7)
- 30: The True North Strong and Free, Unbowed and Not Intimidated
- 23: Clues to Our Future: The Bearish Apocalypse Meets Chaos Theory
- 19: Clues to Our Future: The Bearish Apocalypse Meets Chaos Theory
- 16: Low Grain Prices: How Are We Going to Dig Out of This?
- 09: Canada’s American Problem: It’s Really No Problem At All
- 05: Canada’s American Problem: It’s Really No Problem At All
- 02: Farm Land Values Wobble Amid the Commodity Meltdown
- September 2014 (7)
- 28: Farm Land Values Wobble Amid the Commodity Meltdown
- 25: Grain Transportation Is Everything in Both Eastern and Western Canada
- 18: Canadian Agriculture In 2024: Take Risks, Pass and Fail, Embracing Change
- 11: I’m Planning On Farming in 2015: A Look Ahead
- 10: I’m Planning On Farming in 2015: A Look Ahead to Next Year
- 04: Ukraine, Russia and Stalin: Geopolitics, Grain Movement and Fairy Tales
- 01: Ukraine, Russia and Stalin: Geopolitics, Grain Movement and Fairy Tales
- August 2014 (3)
- July 2014 (6)
- 24: Greater Efficiency Yields Lower Prices: A Vicious Cycle
- 17: Restricting Neonicotinoids in Ontario: Up and Down That Slippery Slope
- 13: Restricting Neonicotinoids in Ontario: Up and Down That Slippery Slope
- 10: Feeding The Bull Everyday: Right Now He’s Emaciated and Starving
- 06: Feeding The Bull Everyday: Right Now He’s Emaciated and Starving
- 03: Hedged In Front of USDA: We Are Farmers, Always Long
- June 2014 (9)
- 29: Hedged In Front of USDA: We Are Farmers, Always Long
- 26: Ethanol, Gasoline and Corn: Hedging Our Risk In Front of USDA
- 22: Ethanol, Gasoline and Corn: Hedging Our Risk In Front of USDA
- 19: Writing the Story on This Year’s Crop Prices: Risk Management Never Gets Old
- 16: Writing the Story on This Year’s Crop Prices: Risk Management Never Gets Old
- 12: Ontario Cash Grain Prices: The Vicious Cycle of Success
- 08: Agricultural Production Efficiency: The Vicious Cycle Continues
- 08: Canadian Cash Grain Prices: The Vicious Cycle of Success
- 01: The Politics of Pragmatism: Tighten that Bolt on the Manure Spreader
- May 2014 (8)
- 25: The Politics of Pragmatism: Tighten that Bolt on the Manure Spreader
- 22: The Absence of Memory of Crisis In Canadian Agriculture
- 18: The Absence of Memory of Crisis In Canadian Agriculture
- 15: Working Safe: Farm Safety Needs to Be Our First Priority
- 11: Working Safe: Farm Safety Needs to Be Our First Priority
- 08: Ag Biotechnology Needs to Heed that Big Flashing Red Light
- 04: Ag Biotechnology Needs to Heed that Big Flashing Red Light
- 01: As Planters Start to Roll, It’s About Boosting Our Production Efficiency
- April 2014 (6)
- 27: High Frequency Pinstriped Pirates: The Continuing Challenge of Price Discovery
- 24: High Frequency Pinstriped Pirates: The Continuing Challenge of Price Discovery
- 17: Agriculture’s Future: We Won’t Be Going Back To The Ox Cart
- 13: Agriculture’s Future: We Won’t Be Going Back To The Ox Cart
- 10: Post March USDA: Price Volatility in a Blink of an Eye
- 06: Post March USDA: Price Volatility In a Blink of an Eye
- March 2014 (8)
- 27: With Spring Here, No Duracade, But Lots of Other Technology to Speed Planting
- 23: With Spring Here, No Duracade, But Lots of Other Technology to Speed Planting
- 20: Quebec Agriculture: Dairy, Hogs, Corn, Soybeans and That Collective Soul
- 17: Quebec Agriculture: Dairy, Hogs, Corn, Soybeans and That Collective Soul
- 13: Appreciating History: Why Ukraine Matters
- 09: Appreciating History: Why Ukraine Matters
- 06: Oats the Rock Star in Canada’s Arbitrage Dysfunction
- 05: Oats the Rock Star in Canada’s Arbitrage Dysfunction
- February 2014 (5)
- 27: Planting at 10 MPH: Technology Can Be a Vicious Circle
- 23: Planting at 10 MPH: Technology Can Be a Vicious Circle
- 13: Our Farming Common Denominator: Price Transparency, Discovery and Arbitrage
- 09: Our Farming Common Denominator: Price Transparency, Discovery and Arbitrage
- 06: Canadian Ag Price Transparency Continues to Evolve
- January 2014 (7)
- 30: Meeting Chinese Demand Face to Face: Please Sir Call Again
- 19: The Delusion of a Lower Loonie: But Cash Grain Prices Pays the Bills
- 16: No Bids for Grain: This Is Western Canada’s “Marketing Freedom
- 13: No Bids for Grain: This Is Western Canada’s “Marketing Freedom”
- 09: Expectations for 2014: Our Agricultural Economics Will Take Care of It
- 06: Expectations for 2014: Our Agricultural Economics Will Take Care of It
- 02: Looking Ahead Into 2014, Long On Hope
- December 2013 (9)
- 29: Looking Ahead Into 2014, Long On Hope
- 26: The Obscenity of Empty Stomachs: As I Grow Older, It Bothers Me More
- 24: The Obscenity of Empty Stomachs: As I Grow Older, It Bothers Me More
- 19: At A Million Miles Per Hour, Change Is Coming Straight At Us
- 16: At A Million Miles Per Hour, Change Is Coming Straight At Us
- 12: Walking Gingerly: The Softening In Ontario Farm Land Prices
- 08: Walking Gingerly: The Softening In Ontario Farm Land Prices
- 05: Give Me Yield and Simplicity On the Way to the Casino
- 01: Give Me Yield and Simplicity On the Way to the Casino
- November 2013 (7)
- 28: Grains and The Agricultural Economics of Hope
- 24: Grains and The Agricultural Economics of Hope
- 17: Growing Less Corn: Our New Reality Unless Prices Rise Significantly
- 14: These Are Not the 1980s: Canadian Ag’s Rough Spot Just a Speed Bump
- 14: These Are Not the 1980s: Canadian Ag’s Rough Spot Just a Speed Bump
- 07: Slagging 2014 Corn Acres: Mother Nature Rules the Roost
- 03: Slagging 2014 Corn Acres: Mother Nature Rules the Roost
- October 2013 (7)
- 31: As Combines Roll, Sometimes the Mind Will Wander
- 24: The Race To The Bottom, Ag Export Pricing Is No Panacea
- 20: The Race To The Bottom, Ag Export Pricing Is No Panacea
- 17: A Chill In Our 2014/15 Agricultural Economics: Interest Rates Remain Key
- 10: Back To The Future: $3.69 Corn Challenges Our Market Assumptions
- 07: Back To The Future: $3.69 Corn Challenges Our Market Assumptions
- 03: As Combines Roll, In 2013/14 It’s All About Soybeans
- September 2013 (8)
- 30: As Combines Roll, In 2013/14 It’s All About Soybeans
- 26: Actively Farming As We Grow Older: When Will Someday Come Along?
- 22: Actively Farming As We Grow Older: When Will “Someday” Come Along?
- 19: Ontario Crops Careen Toward Harvest: USDA Sets the Table
- 12: Transforming our Ag Commodities: The NFL and Chicken Wings
- 09: Transforming our Ag Commodities: The NFL and Chicken Wings
- 05: Canadians and Our Banks: Billion Dollar Profits Forever
- 01: Canadians and Our Banks: Billion Dollar Profits Forever
- August 2013 (9)
- 29: The Fudge Factor in Canadian Price Discovery: Market Structure is Key
- 25: The Fudge Factor in Canadian Price Discovery: Market Structure is Key
- 22: Like the Fog of War, Fog Descends On the Grain Markets
- 18: Like the Fog of War, Fog Descends On the Grain Markets
- 15: $3.88 New Crop Corn Does Not Mean the Apocalypse is Nigh
- 14: $3.88 New Crop Corn Does Not Mean the Apocalypse is Nigh
- 08: The Buzz on Neonicotinoids: It’s About the Honey Blends
- 05: The Buzz on Neonicotinoids: It’s About the Honey Blends
- 01: Adjustable Hitches, Guidance Lasers, Weeding Robots: Embracing Agricultural Technology
- July 2013 (6)
- 28: Adjustable Hitches, Guidance Lasers, Weeding Robots: Embracing Agricultural Technology
- 25: Canada’s Agriculture: Recoiling After the Boom, Interest Rates Key
- 18: Lac Megantic Quebec: You Will Be Remembered
- 14: Lac Megantic Quebec: You Will Be Remembered
- 11: Biggest Crop Ever, Summer Weather Holds the Cards
- 09: Biggest Crop Ever, Summer Weather Holds the Cards
- June 2013 (7)
- 25: I’m Long On Hope, Pre and Post June 28th USDA
- 20: Let’s Temper Our Heightened Expectations, $7 Corn Was One Sided
- 19: Let’s Temper Our Heightened Expectations, $7 Corn Was One Sided
- 13: Jackhammer Seed and $20 Soybeans: Only One Unexpected Tuesday Away
- 09: Jackhammer Seed and $20 Soybeans: Only One Unexpected Tuesday Away
- 06: When Good Science Meets Bad Agricultural Economics We Get Segregated Markets
- 02: When Good Science Meets Bad Agricultural Economics We Get Segregated Markets
- May 2013 (6)
- 30: There Are No Delusions With COOL, Canadian Beef Back to WTO
- 27: There Are No Delusions With COOL, Canadian Beef Back to WTO
- 24: Take Your Farm Safety Seriously–Things Can Happen So Fast
- 19: Take Your Farm Safety Seriously–Things Can Happen So Fast
- 10: It’s All About Cheap, Savar Bangladesh vs. Canadian Agriculture
- 02: The Slippery Slope of Technology Keeps Us Working
- April 2013 (8)
- 28: The Slippery Slope of Technology Keeps Us Working
- 25: Investment Capital Looking For It’s Own Cocaine: How Do You Hedge That?
- 25: Investment Capital Looking For It’s Own Cocaine: How Do You Hedge That?
- 18: Blue Skies On Canadian Interest Rates But Hither New Crop Prices
- 16: Blue Skies On Canadian Interest Rates But Hither New Crop Prices
- 11: Coming to Grips With Corn Prices: Ugly Basis Levels Loom This Fall
- 09: Tree Bylaws and Radicalized Environmentalism: Farmers Are Listening
- 05: Tree Bylaws and Radicalized Environmentalism: Farmers Are Listening
- March 2013 (6)
- 28: Spring Is Here, It Just Doesn’t Feel Like It Yet
- 24: Spring Is Here, It Just Doesn’t Feel Like It Yet
- 22: Old Crop New Crop Mindset, Our Currencies and Our Marketing Challenge
- 17: Old Crop New Crop Mindset, Our Currencies and Our Marketing Challenge
- 07: Cooling New Crop Grain Prices Will Surely Cool Land Values
- 03: Cooling New Crop Grain Prices Will Surely Cool Land Values
- February 2013 (6)
- January 2013 (2)
- December 2012 (7)
- 28: Stuff Is Not Our Salvation: Thankfulness Is
- 24: Stuff Is Not Our Salvation: Thankfulness Is
- 20: The Ubiquitous Nature of Food, Now Expanding Waistlines Around the World
- 20: The Ubiquitous Nature of Food, Now Expanding Waistlines Around the World
- 13: On Tour in Southern Ontario: The Farm Economy is Strong
- 08: Agricultural Biotechnology: There is a Balance, But Is This Vertigo?
- 02: Agricultural Biotechnology: There is a Balance, But Is This Vertigo?
- November 2012 (8)
- 29: Canadian Farm Organizations Need to Be Supported and Maintained
- 22: My 5 Tips for New and Young Farmers
- 18: My 5 Tips for New and Young Farmers
- 15: Twisting and Grunting: Canadian Agriculture In Front of the US “Fiscal Cliff”
- 11: Twisting and Grunting: Canadian Agriculture In Front of the US “Fiscal Cliff”
- 08: Crooks, Hedging, Speculation, MF Global: Canada Don’t Take This Market for Granted
- 04: Crooks, Hedging, Speculation, MF Global: Canada Don’t Take This Market for Granted
- 01: Give Me Something Tangible: Something I Can See
- October 2012 (8)
- 28: Give Me Something Tangible: Something I Can See
- 25: An Evolution In Agricultural Commodity Markets: Sometimes At Light Speed
- 21: An Evolution In Agricultural Commodity Markets: Sometimes At Light Speed
- 18: The Road Ahead in Grains Something Akin to Importing Snow to Canada
- 15: The Road Ahead in Grains Something Akin to Importing Snow to Canada
- 11: Canadian Beef: Lots of Good Canadian Cattle Still Being Harvested
- 07: Canadian Beef: Lots of Good Canadian Cattle Still Being Harvested
- 04: When Good Science Meets Bad Agricultural Economics, Good Science Loses
- September 2012 (10)
- 30: When Good Science Meets Bad Agricultural Economics, Good Science Loses
- 27: A Much Higher Loonie: In This New QE World, It Looks Straight Ahead
- 23: A Much Higher Loonie: In This New QE World, It Looks Straight Ahead
- 20: Driving Blind: QE Infinity and Its Effect on Canadian Agriculture
- 18: Driving Blind: QE Infinity and Its Effect on Canadian Agriculture
- 13: High Prices: Draining the Swamp of Political Discord in Canadian Agriculture
- 10: High Prices: Draining the Swamp of Political Discord in Canadian Agriculture
- 07: Farm Credit Canada Grains Volatility Tour: We Are All Vulnerable
- 02: Farm Credit Canada Grains Volatility Tour: We Are All Vulnerable
- 02: Farm Credit Canada Grains Volatility Tour: We Are All Vulnerable
- August 2012 (7)
- 30: Price Discovery and Feeding The Bull, My Hour on the CME Trading Floor
- 19: Transporting Ontario Corn to US Markets Works Both Ways And That’s a Problem
- 16: My Midwest Drought Tour: This Is Not 1988, 2012, A New Benchmark
- 13: My Midwest Drought Tour: This Is Not 1988, 2012, A New Benchmark
- 13: My Midwest Drought Tour: This Is Not 1988, 2012, A New Benchmark
- 05: Canadian Agriculture: The West, Ontario and Quebec, If We Only Knew Each Other
- 02: Canadian Grains: This Is Not Your Father’s Market And Maybe That’s Not So Bad
- July 2012 (9)
- 29: Canadian Grains: This Is Not Your Father’s Market And Maybe That’s Not So Bad
- 26: Post US Drought: The Opportunity Ahead Is In Our Hands
- 26: Post US Drought: The Opportunity Ahead Is In Our Hands
- 19: The Unexpected Tuesday, Canadian Farmers Measure Their New Reality
- 16: The Unexpected Tuesday, Canadian Farmers Measure Their New Reality
- 12: Deteriorating Crop Conditions and Drought: 2012’s Unexpected Tuesday
- 09: Deteriorating Crop Conditions and Drought: 2012’s Unexpected Tuesday
- 05: Soybeans Move West, Corn Acres Increase: Canada’s Grains Economy Adjusts
- 02: Soybeans Move West, Corn Acres Increase: Canada’s Grains Economy Adjusts
- June 2012 (9)
- 29: Trans Pacific and Canada: Hither Canadian Supply Management: The End is Nigh
- 24: Trans Pacific and Canada: Hither Canadian Supply Management: The End is Nigh
- 21: Keep Both Hands On The Steering Wheel, It’s Going To Be Coming From All Sides Soon
- 18: Keep Your Hands On the Wheel, It’s Coming From All Sides Soon
- 15: Running Out of Runway in Europe, China and our Friend Ben
- 14: Running Out of Runway in Europe, China and our Friend Ben
- 10: Running Out of Runway in Europe, China and our Friend Ben
- 07: The Uncertainty Index is High: Bypassing Grains In the Flight to Safety
- 03: The Uncertainty Index is High: Bypassing Grains In the Flight to Safety
- May 2012 (9)
- 31: Farming Small In a Big Way: It’s Canadian Agriculture’s Lifeblood
- 27: Farming Small In a Big Way: It’s Canadian Agriculture’s Lifeblood
- 24: Dare to Dream……………As Planters Roll
- 22: Scottish Independence, Like Quebec, An Emotional Slippery Slope
- 20: Dare to Dream……………As Planters Roll
- 18: USDA Spacecraft Lands: May WASDE Report Surprises
- 10: This Market Has 22 Hours: Soybean Planters Get Set to Roll
- 06: This Market Has 22 Hours: Soybean Planters Get Set to Roll
- 03: 70 Cent Limit Move In Soybeans Draws Near: Hither the Black Swan
- April 2012 (10)
- 29: 70 Cent Limit Move In Soybeans Draws Near: Hither the Black Swan
- 26: High Farm Land Prices Will Not End Well: That’s What History Tells Us
- 22: High Farm Land Prices Will Not End Well: That’s What History Tells Us
- 19: An Agricultural Policy Fantasyland Where Nothing Works But It Doesn’t Matter
- 15: An Agricultural Policy Fantasyland Where Nothing Works But It Doesn’t Matter
- 12: With Corn Planters Ready to Roll, Soybeans Say Not So Fast
- 08: With Corn Planters Ready to Roll, Soybeans Say Not So Fast
- 08: Maple Dips and Empty Stomachs: Hunger Is a Tough Problem/Children of the God and Food
- 05: Government Cuts to Agriculture As USDA Sets the Table
- 01: Government Cuts to Agriculture: What We Fought So Hard For
- March 2012 (9)
- 29: GFO Classic: A Showcase for Optimistic Young Grain Farmers
- 25: GFO Classic: A Showcase for Optimistic Young Grain Farmers
- 22: $20 Soybeans: Dreaming About The Perfect Storm
- 18: $20 Soybeans: Dreaming About The Perfect Storm
- 15: How Many Lexions Will We Need? Risk Meets Acreage Projections
- 14: How Many Lexions Will We Need? Risk Meets Acreage Projections
- 08: I Meet the Youngest Farmer: The Transition Is On
- 05: I Meet the Youngest Farmer: The Transition Is On
- 01: Watching those Bullish Futures Spreads: A Reckoning is On the Way
- February 2012 (9)
- 26: Watching those Bullish Futures Spreads: A Reckoning is On the Way
- 23: Mixing Grain, Iron and Interest Rates: 2014 Is Coming
- 20: Mixing Grain, Iron and Interest Rates: 2014 Is Coming
- 16: Feeding Hogs At $6 Corn: The USDA Weighs In
- 12: Feeding Hogs At $6 Corn: The USDA Weighs In
- 10: Soybean Outlook 2012
- 09: Why We Are Paying So Much for Farm Land?
- 06: Why We Are Paying So Much for Farm Land?
- 02: US Federal Reserve Interest Rate Freeze a Huge Stimulus to Agriculture
- January 2012 (9)
- 29: US Federal Reserve Interest Rate Freeze a Huge Stimulus to Agriculture
- 26: Stealth Like Change: 2012 Farm Environment Seems Surreal
- 22: Stealth Like Change: 2012 Farm Environment Seems Surreal
- 19: USDA Sets the Goalposts, A January Tradition Continues
- 16: USDA Sets the Goalposts, A January Tradition Continues
- 12: Grains In 2012, Who’ll Win: Depends on the Day
- 09: Grains In 2012, Who’ll Win: Depends on the Day
- 06: Out with 2011: What Monkey Wrench Will Come in 2012?
- 02: Out with 2011: What Monkey Wrench Will Come in 2012?
- December 2011 (14)
- 30: Corn In The Bin, But Extended Stomachs Haunt My Vision
- 30: Corn In The Bin, But Extended Stomachs Haunt My Vision
- 26: Corn In The Bin, But Extended Stomachs Haunt My Vision
- 22: A Wobbly Europe & Nervous Speculators, But In 2012, A Much Bigger US Crop
- 19: No Hippie Reunions & Certainly no Agridome. This Is Not The End, But A New Beginning.
- 18: A Wobbly Europe & Nervous Speculators, But In 2012, A Much Bigger US Crop
- 15: Fantasy Land Prices: Farmland Rental Auctions Coming to Canada?
- 12: Immigrants: Southwestern Ontario Is The Place For You
- 11: Fantasy Land Prices: Farmland Rental Auctions Coming to Canada?
- 08: Bittersweet Taste: Price Discovery Can Be a Messy Business
- 05: Ontario’s Auditor General Chimes In: Green Energy A Stinker
- 04: Turning the Coin in Africa – The Chinese Way
- 04: Bittersweet Taste: Price Discovery Can Be a Messy Business
- 01: 25 Years Out: Change is Our Only Constant
- November 2011 (12)
- 28: 25 Years Ago, I Was Just A Kid
- 27: 25 Years Out: Change is Our Only Constant
- 24: Farm Profits Capitalized Into Land, Equipment, Despite the Slow Moving Train Wreck
- 21: Giving Cold Water to Somebody in Hell: European Debt, Where Do You Start?
- 20: Farm Profits Capitalized Into Land, Equipment, Despite the Slow Moving Train Wreck
- 17: Grain Headwinds: MF Global, Europe and Increased Competition–Hither China
- 14: NBA Lost: Wish We Could Just Play Ball
- 13: Grain Headwinds: MF Global, Europe and Increased Competition–Hither China
- 10: Telematics, 4 Million Lines of Computer Code and Mr. Raccoon
- 07: Barack Obama Next Year: The Republicans Need a Leader
- 06: Telematics, 4 Million Lines of Computer Code and Mr. Raccoon
- 03: European Bailout: Now We’ll See What They’re Made Of
- October 2011 (13)
- 31: China to Europe: What Have You Done for Me Lately?
- 30: European Bailout: Now We’ll See What They’re Made Of
- 27: A Blood Issue: Marketing Freedom Coming to Western Canada
- 24: Ontario’s Minority Government: I Give Them 13 Months
- 23: A Blood Issue: Marketing Freedom Coming to Western Canada
- 20: Stressed Out? In 2011, Emotions Weigh In On The Grains
- 17: Occupy Protests: In the End, the World Stays the Same
- 16: Stressed Out? In 2011, Emotions Weigh In On The Grains
- 13: iFarm #RIPSteveJobs
- 09: iFarm #RIPSteveJobs
- 06: Getting Those Noncommercial Speculators Back and Waiting for Godot
- 03: The End is Nigh: Marking Your Ballot Has Tangible Benefits
- 02: Getting Those Noncommercial Speculators Back and Waiting for Godot
- September 2011 (13)
- 29: The Nature of 2011/12 Markets: Violent Volatility Ahead
- 26: Commodities Get Smoked, Europe Key to Economic Reboot
- 25: The Nature of 2011/12 Markets: Violent volatility Ahead
- 22: The Bulls Will Just Have to Refocus
- 19: Dashed Expectations: Economic Growth Eludes Us
- 18: The Bulls Will Just Have to Refocus
- 15: 9/11: Ten Years Out, It Still Hurts
- 12: 9/11 Ten Years Out: Still Feeling the Effects
- 11: 9/11: Ten Years Out, It Still Hurts
- 08: Shifting Global Agricultural Supply: China, Brazil, Mozambique, Who’s Next?
- 05: Global Economy: Let’s Just Hold On Tight. Sometimes That Works
- 04: Shifting Global Agricultural Supply: China, Brazil, Mozambique, Who’s Next?
- 01: The Noisy World of Agvocacy: Tangible Benefit Is Key
- August 2011 (14)
- 29: With Jack Layton Gone, Canadian Opposition Parties Regroup
- 28: The Noisy World of Agvocacy: Tangible Benefit Is Key
- 25: Exorcising the World Economy: An Economic Tsunami We Don’t Need
- 22: Jack Layton, Thank-You
- 20: Exorcising the World Economy: An Economic Tsunami We Don’t Need
- 18: USDA Bullish Surprise: Violent Volatility Ahead
- 15: Ontario Provincial Election: Let the Chair Throwing Begin
- 14: USDA Bullish Surprise: Violent Volatility Ahead
- 11: Outside Market Headwinds Blowing Hard
- 08: Market Meltdown: How’s that “Hopey-Changey” Thing Working for You Now
- 07: Outside Market Headwinds Blowing Hard
- 04: Canadian Farmers Stare Down the Barrel of the US Debt Gun
- 01: A Tree Is Falling in the Forest: Is There a Hashtag for That?
- 01: Canadian Farmers Stare Down the Barrel of the US Debt Gun
- July 2011 (12)
- 28: Crops Face the Dreaded “Dome of Doom”: Our Number Was Up
- 25: Jack Layton, Godspeed
- 24: Crops Face the Dreaded “Dome of Doom”: Our Number Was Up
- 21: Summer Grain Markets: There Are a Thousand Factors, Pick Your Poison
- 18: Sovereign Debt Solutions: Canadians Better Hope for It
- 17: Summer Grain Markets: There Are a Thousand Factors, Pick Your Poison
- 14: When a Duck Isn’t a Duck: What’s Real On Our Farms
- 11: Sovereign Debt: US and European Debt May Impinge on Canada
- 11: When a Duck Isn’t a Duck: What’s Real On Our Farms
- 07: June 30th USDA: Shifting Those Goalposts Once More
- 05: On Being Canadian
- 04: June 30th USDA: Shifting Those Goalposts Once More
- June 2011 (13)
- 30: The Incubation of Chaos Theory: The Crop Might Be Made
- 28: The Mail Must Go On: This Time With Legislation
- 26: The Incubation of Chaos Theory: The Crop Might Be Made
- 23: Ontario Gets Planted, Not So for Western Canada, Price Volatility Heats Up
- 20: Angry Canada: Vancouver Riot Taints Canadians Around the World
- 19: Ontario Gets Planted, Price Volatility Heats Up
- 16: Driving Blind In This Fractured Corn Market
- 13: The CRTC Meets Netflix, Google and Apple TV
- 12: Driving Blind In This Fractured Corn Market
- 09: Weather and Flawed Market Signals: Not Everybody Had Their Eyes Open
- 09: Weather and Flawed Market Signals: Not Everybody Had Their Eyes Open
- 05: Shaq, I’ll Miss Those Free Throws
- 02: Ontario’s Wet Feet: 2011 Corn Supply Looks At Severe Constriction
- May 2011 (15)
- 30: Yearning for a 85 Cent Loonie: But Interest Rates Are Key
- 29: Ontario’s Wet Feet: 2011 Corn Supply Looks At Severe Constriction
- 26: Corn Vs LinkedIn: Noncommercial Money and Delayed Plantings
- 23: Pizza Hut Logo on the Parthenon: Euro Debt Woes Affect Us All
- 22: Grains: Noncommercial Money and Delayed Plantings
- 19: Manitoba Floods, Food Prices and Fickle Commodity Demand
- 16: Canada’s Tough Economic Choices: Kudos to Paul Martin
- 16: Justice Is Not Seen To Be Done/Justice and 911
- 15: Manitoba Floods, Food Prices and Fickle Commodity Demand
- 12: Conservative Majority Will Forge Change on Canadian Agriculture
- 09: Canadian Liberals: The Long Way Back
- 07: Conservative Majority Will Forge Change on Canadian Agriculture
- 05: The Big Orange Wave: 2011 Planting Delayed, Full Speed Ahead
- 03: Conservative Majority, Big Orange Wave, Sea Change Comes to Canada
- 02: The Big Orange Wave: 201l Planting Delayed, Full Speed Ahead
- April 2011 (13)
- 28: Poised to Plant: Weather and US/Canadian Dollar Interaction Continues to Challenge
- 25: May 2nd Election Day: Remember, We Are All Canadians
- 24: Poised to Plant: Weather and US/Canadian Dollar Interaction Continues to Challenge
- 21: Consistent Low Interest Rates: Boon and Bain for Canadian Agriculture
- 18: When Only Birds Flew: What’s the Next Big Thing
- 17: Consistent Low Interest Rates: Boon and Bain for Canadian Agriculture
- 14: Canadian Agricultural Business Risk Management Policy At a Crossroads
- 11: Arm and Leg Oil Prices: We Don’t Want to Go There
- 11: Libya Gets Messy:Peace-Maker or Trouble-Maker: A Big Question Ahead For The UN
- 10: Canadian Agricultural Business Risk Management Policy At a Crossroads
- 07: USDA Report: Something Has To Happen Because This Is Not Sustainable
- 05: Ignorance Hits the Fan: Florida, Afghanistan and Moderation
- 03: USDA Report: Something Has To Happen Because This Is Not Sustainable
- March 2011 (13)
- 31: In Our Dreams: Toss Another Chinese Pork Chop In the Wok
- 28: 2011 Canadian Federal Election: Give Me a Good Reason To Vote For You
- 27: In Our Dreams: Toss Another Chinese Pork Chop In the Wok
- 24: Cash Grain Basis: Mystery and Reality, It Is What It Is
- 21: Libya Gets the World’s Attention
- 21: Cash Grain Basis: Mystery and Reality, It Is What It Is
- 17: The USDA, More Corn Acres, and Unexpected Events In Japan
- 14: Japan’s Torment, An Economy On the Brink
- 14: The USDA, More Corn Acres, and Unexpected Events In Japan
- 10: 2011 Plantings: Soybean Yield Lag Boosts Corn’s Chances
- 07: Winter Hangs On, But I’ll Take 40 Degrees C
- 06: 2011 Plantings: Soybean Yield Lag Boosts Corn’s Chances
- 03: Grain Markets, Evil Speculators, Libya and Louisville
- February 2011 (14)
- 28: Canadian Economic Balance: Wanted Robust US Growth
- 27: Grain Markets, Evil Speculators, Libya and Louisville
- 24: Cheap Food: Any Variation on That Theme Screams Headlines
- 21: Libya, Oil and Us: Godspeed My Friend
- 21: Cheap Food: Any Variation on That Theme Screams Headlines
- 20: Staring Into My Face 32 Years Ago
- 20: Staring Into My Face 32 Years Ago
- 14: Cheap Food: Any Variation on That Theme Screams Headlines
- 13: Staring Into My Face 32 Years Ago
- 10: US Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke: Rising Grain Prices Aren’t Inflationary
- 07: Internet Access Is Ubiquitous, Almost Like Clean Water
- 06: US Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke: Rising Grain Prices Aren’t Inflationary
- 03: Food Commodities, Empty Stomachs and 2011 Production
- 01: The Gulf of Aden and Somali Pirates! My Time on the Indian Ocean
- January 2011 (14)
- 31: Borrowing Made Too Easy: Personal Lines of Credit
- 30: Food Commodities, Empty Stomachs and 2011 Production
- 27: Talking Market Volatility in Alberta
- 25: Political Attack Ads: We Are All Canadians
- 23: Talking Market Volatility in Alberta
- 22: Alberta Bound: “Market Volatility and Our Changing Agricultural and Political Environment”
- 17: Finance Minister Flaherty: Slow Down Spending Borrowed Money
- 17: Are We Bullish, or is Bullish Here?
- 13: Santa Clause Came a Couple of Week Ago: We’ll See What the USDA Brings
- 10: Canadian Politicos: Waiting for Defeat Snatched from the Jaws of Victory
- 10: Santa Clause Came a Couple of Week Ago: We’ll See What the USDA Brings
- 06: 2010 In the Rear View Mirror
- 03: 2011, Where Will the Fire Be This Year?
- 03: 2010 In the Rear View Mirror
- December 2010 (13)
- 30: The Great Lion, I Will Miss Him, Yes I Will
- 26: The Great Lion, I Will Miss Him, Yes I Will
- 23: A Canadian Agricultural Policy That Works: The Conversation Starts Now
- 20: Believing Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- 19: A Canadian Agricultural Policy That Works: The Conversation Starts Now
- 16: Those Times When Eyes Glaze Over: Tractor Circuitry Meets the Ontario Cash Price Index
- 13: Canadian Do Some Crazy Spending
- 12: Those Times When Eyes Glaze Over: Tractor Circuitry Meets the Ontario Cash Price Index
- 09: Let’s Get Real: Commodities Have the Buzz, But Also the Risk
- 06: US Unemployment Numbers Hinder Canadian Economic Growth
- 05: Let’s Get Real: Commodities Have the Buzz, But Also the Risk
- 02: China Is Our Ace In the Hole for Agricultural Demand, But It’s Not a Sure Thing
- 02: China Is Our Ace In the Hole for Agricultural Demand, But It’s Not a Sure Thing
- November 2010 (12)
- 25: Yelling Through the Inukshuk: Old Canadian Marketing Paradigms Need to Be Struck Down
- 22: 25 Years Hence, Long Hand, Social Media and Me
- 21: Yelling Through the Inukshuk: Old Canadian Marketing Paradigms Need to Be Struck Down
- 18: USDA November Report Pushes Soybeans: Ontario Under a Mountain of Grain
- 15: Afghanistan: It’s Time For Canada To Move On
- 14: Out Into the Light: Chilean Mine Accident Shines Light on South America
- 14: USDA November Report: Ontario Under a Mountain of Grain
- 11: Printing Over Half a Trillion US Dollars Don’t Lie: Markets Feeling the Heat
- 08: Something’s Amiss: Conservatives Dropping the Ball in Afghanistan and UAE
- 07: Printing Over Half a Trillion US Dollars Don’t Lie: Markets Feeling the Heat
- 04: “Quantitative Easing”: US Fed Action Will Surely Challenge Our Marketing Outlook
- 01: Conservatives and Potash: Oh What to Do?
- October 2010 (13)
- 31: “Quantitative Easing”: US Fed Action Will Surely Challenge Our Marketing Outlook
- 28: Productivity and Debt Levels: The Bank of Canada Weighs In
- 25: Commodities Prices Continue to Tantalize
- 24: Productivity and Debt Levels: The Bank of Canada Weighs In
- 21: Navigating Rare Air: These Times Will Challenge
- 18: Navigating Rare Air: These Times Will Challenge
- 18: Apple’s $20 Billion Quarter: Thinking Different…… Like Microsoft
- 14: Foreign Exchange Wars: A New Horizon for Agriculture
- 11: Foreign Exchange Wars: A New Horizon for Agriculture
- 11: “Currency Wars”: The Inconvenient Truth
- 07: Three Corn Market Head Fakes in 2010: Is the Fourth Coming October 8th
- 04: The Tea Party and the Pious Republic to Our South
- 03: Three Corn Market Head Fakes in 2010: Is the Fourth Coming October 8th
- September 2010 (13)
- 30: The Minefield for Corn Demand Over $5
- 26: A New Road from Dresden to Chatham Via the Abandoned Railroad
- 26: The Minefield for Corn Demand Over $5
- 23: Disappointing Early Yields In Ontario As Producers Jostle for Market Position
- 20: Economic Meltdown Two Years Out: The Long Road Back
- 19: Disappointing Early Yields In Ontario As Producers Jostle for Market Position
- 16: The GFO, 10% Ethanol and Minister Mitchell
- 13: A Slippery Slope: Genetically Modified Salmon For Dinner
- 13: The GFO, 10% Ethanol and the USDA: Thunder Before the Lightning
- 09: Structural Price Volatility: Another Factor to Make the Cash Market Nervous
- 06: Double Dip or Just Dip? Canadian Banks Need To Take More Risks
- 05: Structural Price Volatility: Another Factor to Make the Cash Market Nervous
- 02: “Dirt Under My Fingernails”: Questions From the Field
- August 2010 (15)
- 30: Counting Smart Phones and Economic Numbers On the Magnificent Mile
- 30: World Cup 2010 Postscript: What Up North America?
- 29: “Dirt Under My Fingernails”: Questions From the Field
- 29: Are We “Losing Control?” Potash and Phosphate Issues Resonate
- 23: Challenging the Technology Tsunami with a Bucket: Staying Connected Off Line
- 21: Are We “Losing Control?” Potash and Phosphate Issues Resonate
- 19: Running With the Bulls: August USDA Reports Project Record Yields and Usage
- 16: McNuggets and Rogue Flight Attendants: Checking Out the Wrong Way
- 16: Running With the Bulls: August USDA Reports Project Record Yields and Usage
- 12: Wheat Futures and Basis De-couple: Will Soybeans and Corn Be Next?
- 09: Federal Election Fall 2010: It Sounds Right to Me
- 08: Wheat Futures and Basis De-couple: Will Soybeans and Corn Be Next?
- 05: Farmers Driving Out Cancer Via “The Greatest Tractor Parade”
- 02: Sweet Corn Economics: The Passion for Cheap
- 01: Farmers Driving Out Cancer Via “The Greatest Tractor Parade”
- July 2010 (13)
- 29: End User’s Game of Chicken: Negative Basis Levels Continue to Confound
- 26: Long Form Census and Other Foibles: The Clock is Ticking on the Conservatives
- 25: End User’s Game of Chicken: Negative Basis Levels Continue to Confound
- 22: Sometimes We Never Know: Wheat Has Its Day
- 19: “Chocolate Finger”, Broken Markets and Female Libido
- 18: Wheat Has Its Day: Prices Explode During Ontario’s Catchy Harvest
- 15: Agricultural Markets Flex In Front of WASDE, China and Drought
- 12: LeBron James: We Are All Witnesses, And I’m Not As Interested Anymore
- 12: Agricultural Market Flex Into July
- 08: USDA Corn Stocks Go Poof! The Phantom Corn Bushels Which Were Never There
- 05: Asking “Anne” Her Economic Opinion
- 05: USDA Corn Stocks Go Poof! The Phantom Corn Bushels Which Were Never There
- 01: Ducks on the Straight Header: Mother Nature and USDA Hold the Cards
- June 2010 (13)
- 28: On Being Canadian
- 27: Ducks on the Straight Header: Mother Nature and USDA Hold the Cards
- 24: Unseeded Acreage in Western Canada Will Stir Up Canadian Agricultural Policy Wars
- 21: The Chinese Yuan Gets De-Pegged: Good for the Canadian Economy
- 20: Unseeded Acreage in Western Canada Will Stir Up Canadian Agricultural Policy Wars
- 17: USDA Report Confirms Corn Demand Growing: Catches Many Off Guard
- 14: Liberals/NDP Merger: Calling Justin Trudeau!
- 13: USDA Report Confirms Corn Demand Growing: Catches Many Off Guard
- 10: Gulf Oil Spill Boosts Agricultural Biofuels: Not in Canada
- 07: Bangkok Violence – the other side of the story
- 07: iPhone 4, iPad, Blackberry, Android: Are They a Need or a Want or Just Too Expensive in Canada
- 06: Gulf Oil Spill Boosts Agricultural Biofuels: Not in Canada
- 03: The Agricultural Efficiency Challenge: It Just Keeps Going
- May 2010 (14)
- 31: The Oliphant Inquiry: Old Whores and Cash Stuffed Envelopes
- 31: The Agricultural Efficiency Challenge: It Just Keeps Going
- 27: European Debt Meets the Fundamentals of Grain: What Matters Anymore?
- 24: Saving the World Economy: No, Just Chill Out and Have a Burger
- 23: European Debt Meets the Fundamentals of Grain: What Matters Anymore?
- 20: China’s Corn Imports: We’ll Take It, But Nobody Knows The Truth
- 17: Oil Prices Slide On European Economic Fears
- 16: China’s Corn Imports: We’ll Take It, But Nobody Knows The Truth
- 13: Dow Jones Bungee Jump, Greece and Canadian Cash Grain Pricing Opportunities
- 10: Europe’s Shaky Economies, Ontario’s Shaky HST Make For Volatile Times
- 09: Dow Jones Bungee Jump, Greece and Canadian Cash Grain Pricing Opportunities
- 06: RR Giant Ragweed and Me
- 03: Louisiana Gulf Drilling Platforms: The Convenience and Cost of Oil
- 02: Glyphosate Resistant Giant Ragweed and Me
- April 2010 (15)
- 29: Stale Seedbeds and Ontario Ethanol: Corn Planters Roll in Ontario
- 26: The Canadian Jobs Economy: Finding Our Way Back Below 6% Unemployment
- 25: Stale Seedbeds and Ontario Ethanol: Corn Planters Roll in Ontario
- 22: Pricing Opportunities in Our At Par World: Planters Get Set To Roll
- 19: Temptation and Busty Hookers: It Must Go Together
- 18: Pricing Opportunities in Our At Par World: Planters Get Set To Roll
- 15: Bearish Markets Combined With Exploding Land Prices: What’s Up With That?
- 13: The Debate over Muslim Women’s Wardrobe in the West
- 12: What is a Liberal?
- 11: Bearish Markets Combined With Exploding Land Prices: What’s Up With That?
- 08: Old Crop, New Crop, Avoiding the Bin: In 2010 “Hope Is On The Way”
- 07: Agriculture for Realtors
- 05: What Is a Conservative?
- 05: Old Crop, New Crop, Avoiding the Bin: In 2010 “Hope Is On The Way”
- 01: Mar 31st USDA Report, $1.05 Loonie and Our Canadian Agricultural Safety Net
- March 2010 (15)
- 29: Tales From a Relic: How Will the iPad Change Our World?
- 29: Mar 31st USDA Report, $1.05 Loonie and Our Canadian Agricultural Safety Net
- 25: Bullish Clues for Bearish Times: Canadian Producers Poised for 2010
- 22: “Yes We Can!” The US Gets Their Health Care Reform
- 22: Bullish Clues for Bearish Times: Canadian Producers Poised for 2010
- 19: USDA March 10th Report Pulls No Punches
- 16: USDA March 10th Report Pulls No Punches
- 16: Iggy, the Liberal Party and the Politics of Rielle
- 10: Focusing on Payday: A Look Into Our 2010/11 Future
- 08: Stock Market Up 60% From Last Year: Who Predicted It?
- 07: China, Asia, The Olympics and Our Changing World Economy
- 07: Focusing on Payday: A Look Into Our 2010/11 Future
- 04: Toyota’s Meltdown: Hearing, Feeling, Seeing, What About Our Farm Equipment?
- 01: Vancouver Olympics and the Gold Medal Game: Cha-Ching, Cha-Ching
- 01: Toyota’s Meltdown: Hearing, Feeling, Seeing, What About Our Farm Equipment?
- February 2010 (11)
- 25: A Defining Week: Interest Rates Rise and Quebec Farm Country Loses Its Soul
- 21: Interest Rates and the Murky Way Forward
- 21: A Defining Week: Interest Rates Rise and Quebec Farm Country Loses Its Soul
- 18: Agristability Equals CAIS: Ministers Wait Until July To Talk About It
- 15: Canada On the World Stage: Enjoy These Olympics
- 15: Agristability Equals CAIS: Ministers Wait Until July To Talk About It
- 12: American RFS2 Is a Game Changer: Canada Needs To Do Its Part Too
- 07: Toyota Staggers, Our Auto Market Continues to Evolve
- 07: American RFS2 Is a Game Changer: Canada Needs To Do Its Part Too
- 04: Canadian Cash Grain Price Drop Mitigated By Basis Appreciation
- 01: Spaceship Earth Continues to Challenge
- January 2010 (14)
- 31: Canadian Cash Grain Price Drop Mitigated By Basis Appreciation
- 28: Google Joins the Crop Projection Business: I’m Kidding I Think
- 25: Apple’s Buzz and Those Mounting Government Deficits
- 25: Google Joins the Crop Projection Business: I’m Kidding I Think
- 21: Taking the Goalposts Away: USDA Keeps the Score
- 19: The Foreign Exchange Gods and Our Southwestern Ontario Economy
- 18: Air Security and My World/Being on the US Watch List
- 18: Taking the Goalposts Away: USDA Keeps the Score
- 14: The Dreamy Time When Ethanol Wasn’t a Dirty Word
- 11: A Pathetic Parliament Or Is It Just a Sign of The Times?
- 10: The Dreamy Time When Ethanol Wasn’t a Dirty Word
- 07: Bullish on 2010? In Canadian Farm Country The Loonie Is Key
- 04: Interest Rates Will Be Key To Defining 2010
- 03: Bullish On 2010: Canadian Agriculture Into 2010
- December 2009 (13)
- 31: Merry Christmas: As We Partake, Consider the Human Face of Food Demand
- 28: As We Partake, Consider the Human Face of Food Demand
- 24: OohRah! Within the World Soybean Complex, Canadian Soybeans Find Their Niche
- 21: A Life Lived: Christmas Through the Years
- 20: OohRah! Within the World Soybean Complex, Canadian Soybeans Find Their Niche
- 20: Copenhagen and Climategate: When Hard Work Meets Lazy Science/The Climate Dilemma
- 17: Our .25 of 1% Agricultural World: It’s Unsustainable Looking Ahead
- 14: Living on Borrowed Money: Canadians Go Deeper Into Debt
- 14: Our .25 of 1% Agricultural World: It’s Unsustainable Looking Ahead
- 10: I’m Dreaming About $20 Soybean, But Cash Markets Are King!
- 07: Economics Is Like Dentistry: US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Speaks
- 06: I’m Dreaming About $20 Soybean, But Cash Markets Are King!
- 03: Dubai World and Our Grain
- November 2009 (14)
- 30: Global Financial Hiccups: Are There Anymore Dubai’s Out There?
- 29: Dubai World and Our Grain: Hiccups Make Markets Nervous
- 26: Brazil We Are Not: The Search for a Canadian Agricultural Policy Continues
- 23: Canada’s Retail Sales are Telling: What About the US?
- 22: Canadian Agricultural Policy Forged At Glacial Speed
- 19: Quality Issues Dog the Ontario Corn Crop: However, It’s Not 1992
- 16: Adaptation vs Mitigation – the Carbon Debate!
- 15: Quality Issues Dog the Ontario Corn Crop: However, It’s Not 1992
- 12: Another Look At Lanworth: What’s Really Growing Out There?
- 09: Life Before and After the Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 08: Crop Production?…Another Look At Lanworth
- 05: The Missing Link to Grain Demand
- 02: In Search of the Liberal Party of Canada
- 01: The Missing Link to Grain Demand
- October 2009 (14)
- 29: Government Deficits And Higher Grain Prices: There Is Something To It
- 26: Agriculture for Realtors
- 26: Government Deficits and Our Grain Markets
- 22: Measuring Agricultural Biotechnology: One Combine Round At a Time
- 18: Measuring Agricultural Biotechnology: One Combine Round At a Time
- 18: “Jumping the Shark” It’s a Balloon, No, It’s a Hoax
- 18: “Thinking Western” The Future of Afghanistan
- 15: An October Surprise? The Loonie and Greenback Might Provide It
- 12: Stephen Harper and His Friends
- 12: An October Surprise? The Loonie and Greenback Might Provide It
- 08: The 2009 Crop: Who’s Right, Lanworth, USDA or Stats Canada?
- 05: The Power of Sex: Measuring It in Economic Terms Is an Endgame
- 04: The 2009 Crop: Who’s Right, Lanworth, USDA or Stats Canada?
- 01: Pushing Yield 40% in 10 Years: Demand Will Never Keep Up
- September 2009 (12)
- 28: Southwestern Ontario’s Economy: Depending On Its Aorta and Stephen Harper
- 27: Pushing Yield 40% in 10 Years: Demand Will Never Keep Up
- 24: Pre-Harvest Frost Anxiety Stalks Farm Country
- 21: Michael Ignatieff Takes Aim At Our Economic Recovery
- 20: Frost Spectre Permeates Ontario Farm Country
- 17: The Fickle Nature of Industrial Grain Demand
- 14: Lehman Brothers: A Year Later
- 13: The Fickle Nature of Industrial Grain Demand
- 08: The Truth is not always “Out There”!/Libya Now Versus Libya Then
- 08: Is the Fish Stinking? Canadian Bank Profits Give Clues of Future Agricultural Demand
- 08: Canadian Vs US Health Care….The American Fight For Reform
- 08: Is the Fish Stinking? Canadian Bank Profits Give Clues of Future Agricultural Demand
- August 2009 (15)
- 31: That’s My Commentary For This Week, I’m Philip Shaw
- 31: That’s My Commentary For This Week, I’m Philip Shaw
- 27: Canadian Hog Woes Not About Ethanol
- 27: Canadian Hog Woes Not About Ethanol
- 25: New York, New Yawk!
- 21: Price Expectations Hinge on The 2009/10 Crop Avoiding Jack Frost
- 21: Price Expectations Hinge on The 2009/10 Crop Avoiding Jack Frost
- 17: Iran’s Changing Political Culture: How Should the West React?
- 16: Jack Layton and the “New” Democrats: When Will Be Their Time?
- 13: Conservative Agricultural Policy Woefully Unprepared
- 13: Conservative Agricultural Policy Woefully Unprepared
- 10: Twitter Unplugged: Tweeting For the Long Haul Or An Internet Fad
- 06: Changing Markets Through Technology and Other Corn-Related Thoughts
- 06: Changing Markets Through Technology and Other Corn-Related Thoughts
- 02: “Society Evolving”
- July 2009 (15)
- 30: Pop the Corks! “The Recession Is Over!” So Says the Bank of Canada
- 30: Pop the Corks! “The Recession Is Over!” So Says the Bank of Canada
- 27: Another Time? Getting Agricorp Back to Chatham
- 23: Supply Woes Not: Grain Prices Fall On Increasingly Sketchy Demand
- 23: Supply Woes Not: Grain Prices Fall On Increasingly Sketchy Demand
- 20: Buying Fresh Buying Local: What’s Up With The 3000 Km Caesar Salad?
- 16: Enhancing Our Bottom Line Through Simpler Machinery Technologies
- 16: Enhancing Our Bottom Line Through Simpler Machinery Technologies
- 14: Can Sri Lanka Win Over Poverty? Let us all help.
- 14: Looking Back on the Obama Phenomena
- 09: Clapping To Those Market Bears: Anything to Get the Bulls Back
- 09: Clapping To Those Market Bears: Anything to Get the Bulls Back
- 06: A Thriller No More: My Time With Michael Jackson
- 02: Ontario Corn Acreage Surprise
- 02: Ontario Corn Acreage Surprise
- June 2009 (14)
- 29: On Being Canadian: Canada Turns 142
- 25: US Budget Deficit Lurks Over All Our Marketing Decisions
- 25: US Budget Deficit Lurks Over All Our Marketing Decisions
- 22: The World Bank Reminds Us “It’s Bad Out There.”
- 18: Farm Country’s “Clash of Cultures”: Real Differences and Real Opinions
- 18: Farm Country’s “Clash of Cultures”: Real Differences and Real Opinions
- 15: Election Fantasy: Let’s Get Real
- 11: With Our Respective Economies Changing, Foreign Exchange Gyrations Continue to Challenge
- 11: With Our Respective Economies Changing, Foreign Exchange Gyrations Continue to Challenge
- 11: Sri Lanka’s War Comes to An End
- 08: Playing Arrogantly With the People’s Money: eHealth Ontario Under Fire
- 04: GM Wheat In Siberia? Getting Agricultural Biotech Right Continues to Be a Challenge
- 04: GM Wheat In Siberia? Getting Agricultural Biotech Right Continues to Be a Challenge
- 01: “Government Motors”, GM Files for Chapter 11
- May 2009 (13)
- 28: Canadian Loonie On the Rise Challenging Our Marketing Acumen
- 28: Canadian Loonie On the Rise Challenging Our Marketing Acumen
- 25: Canadian Economy Still Faltering: Federal Government Raises Deficit Projections
- 21: Looking for Mr. Groundhog: Crop Losses Mount From Wildlife
- 21: Looking for Mr. Groundhog: Crop Losses Mount From Wildlife
- 18: Sitting Down To That Biotech Cocktail
- 16: Obama’s Afghanistan Problem and Its Future
- 14: Are You Happy With Prices? Changing Market Structure Is Key To Changing That Dynamic
- 14: Are You Happy With Prices? Changing Market Structure Is Key To Changing That Dynamic
- 11: Sanitizing Protest Movements: Canadian Protests Evolve
- 07: The Chaos Which Is Canadian Agricultural Policy
- 07: Chaos Theory Extended: Minister Ritz Has Got It All Wrong
- 04: An Election Coming? Forget About It
- April 2009 (14)
- 30: Ontario’s Cosmetic Pesticide Ban Sends Shivers Thru Farm Country
- 30: Ontario’s Cosmetic Pesticide Ban Sends Shivers Thru Farm Country
- 27: “Advice Well Taken” The Stars Come Out At the 2009 University of Windsor Film Festival
- 23: Soybeans Have Their Own “Demand Driven Market”
- 23: “Demand Driven Market”: Soybeans Are Turning Heads
- 20: Hoop Dreams: Wallaceburg Air Hawks Bring Home the Gold
- 16: Canadian Farm Debt Mounts
- 16: Throwing Cold Water On Las Vegas North: Canadian Farm Debt Levels Mount
- 13: Liberals Might Finally Get It: Winning Back Rural Canada Is a Priority
- 09: Corn, Ethanol and Livestock Can Co-Exist In Canada
- 09: Corn, Ethanol And Livestock Can Co-Exist In Canada
- 05: Tata’s Nano Hits the Streets
- 02: March 31st USDA Report Surprises
- 02: The 2009 USDA Prospective Planting Report Will Arrive In A Different World
- March 2009 (15)
- 30: GM and Chrysler Face the Music
- 26: Fixing Our Soybean Economy: Yield Barriers Must Be Overcome
- 26: Fixing Our Soybean Economy: Yield Barriers Must Be Overcome
- 23: The Confidence Paradigm: Who’s Going To Start Spending First?
- 19: Shaking Off Those Bearish Tendencies
- 19: Shaking Off Bearish Mountain: At This Age Its Hard To Do
- 17: AIG’s Entitlement: A Dog’s Breakfast For the Rest of Us
- 12: Breaking Free: Agricultural Markets Are Poised
- 12: Breaking Free From the Dow: Agricultural Markets Are Poised
- 09: The Greening Of McGuinty: New Legislation Faces Old Economic Pitfalls.
- 09: The Greening Of McGuinty: New Legislation Faces Old Economic Pitfalls.
- 05: Dysfunction Stacked Upon Dysfunction
- 05: In 2009 The CAIS Program Lives On: Dysfunction Stacked Upon Dysfunction
- 03: Economic Recovery Must Be Right Around the Corner
- 02: Afghan War – where is the end?
- February 2009 (14)
- 27: 50 Cents for An Opinion On the Market
- 26: Canadian Basis Values And Our Futures Markets
- 26: Canadian Basis Values: A Positive In A Disoriented Futures Market
- 23: Patience, Time and Rebooting Our Canadian Economy
- 19: At Louisville 2009: The Stimulus and Grain Demand, A World Away From Last Year
- 19: At Louisville 2009: The Stimulus and Grain Demand, A World Away From Last Year
- 17: Oil, Copper, Louisville, Barack And Our Great Economic Leap of Faith
- 13: Americans Argue Over COOL: Canadian Farmers Must Adapt
- 12: Canadian Access To US Markets Will Never Be The Same
- 09: The Economic Stimulus: Don’t Bet the Farm On It
- 08: Wherever We Live, There We Are: Echoes From The Other Side Of The World
- 05: On The Other Side of the World: What About Asian Food Demand?
- 05: Back From Asia: Where Is That Food Demand?
- 02: Canada’s Economic Stimulus: One Emergency Room At A Time
- January 2009 (14)
- 29: Canadian Farmers And Their Marketing Risk
- 29: Managing Our Marketing Structure: Canadians Must Hedge Their Risk Too
- 26: Canada Throws Its Own Economic Hail Mary Pass
- 26: Bangladesh 2009: From St Martin’s to Sylhet, A Journey To Remember
- 23: Soybeans From The Past: Non-GMO Canadian Soybeans Live Another Day
- 23: Soybeans From The Past: Non-GMO Canadian Soybeans Live Another Day
- 17: Yes We Can: Barack Obama Becomes the 44th American President
- 15: Obama’s Reminder: Recession Still Stalks Farm Country
- 15: Obama’s Reminder: Recession Still Stalks Farm Country
- 12: Stephen Harper and the Iggy Effect
- 08: Looking Ahead in 2009
- 08: 2009: The Year We Don’t Look Back
- 05: End of Cheap Food or Beginning of GM Revolution?/In The West, Food Is Taken For Granted
- 01: A Look Back At 2008
- December 2008 (17)
- 31: Looking for Economic Stability: Lessons Learned From 2008
- 30: The Agridome Presents “Heritage Iron Magazine”
- 30: Putting 2008 In The Rear View Mirror
- 25: Changing Market Structure: The Ontario Corn Economy Says It All
- 25: Changing Market Structure: The Ontario Corn Economy Says It All
- 22: Big Bruiser 45 Years Hence
- 18: Where Is Canadian Agriculture Amid the Economic Calamity?
- 18: “Rob”
- 16: Under 100 Hp, Small Tractors Can Play A Big Role In Your Profitability
- 15: Governments Get Ready To Bail Out The Big Three
- 11: Stirring the Pot: Canadian Agricultural Policy Needs It
- 11: Rome Is Burning: A Canadian Constitutional Crisis Hits Farm Country
- 09: Canada Can Do Better Than This
- 05: Linking To Our Global Markets
- 04: “Stirring the Pot”: How Do Canadian Farmers Respond To Big US Crop Insurance Claims?
- 04: Denigrating Canada:Canadian Politicians Have It All Wrong
- 01: My Crazy Friends In High Places
- November 2008 (17)
- 27: “Whoa Canada” Farmers Brace for Federal Deficits
- 27: Searching For the Market Bottom Amid Future Federal Deficits
- 24: Obama And the Optics of Confidence
- 20: $8 Corn: The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
- 20: Corn at $8: The Next Time I’m Selling a Million Bushels
- 17: Going Retro: Deficit Financing Makes a Comeback
- 13: Planning for 2009: Corn Is Clearly Better Than Soybeans
- 13: Corn Is The Better Planting Choice in 2009
- 11: Yes We Can: Barack Obama Wins The Big One
- 08: Obama and his “Change”: Yes We Can
- 06: The Loonie Swoons and USDA Hiccups Mid Month
- 06: Mind-Boggling: The Loonie, The Greenback and the USDA’s October Surprise
- 03: Country Guide/Machinery Guide Articles Now On Site
- 03: Machinery Guide: What’s Cool At the Outdoor Farm Show
- 03: Machinery Guide: Grain Carts
- 03: Machinery Guide: No-Till Drills
- 03: Change You Can Believe In
- October 2008 (16)
- 30: How Do You Like The Free Market Now?
- 30: Alan Greenspan Gets It Wrong: Free Markets Can Be Corrupt
- 27: Still Putting Campaign 2008 Under the Microscope
- 23: Yes We Can: With The Canadian Election Over November 4th Looms Large
- 23: Yes We Can: Canadian Farm Country Turns Blue/Bleu With Nov 4th Looming Large
- 20: Campaign 2008, A Commercial Not To Vote Next Time
- 16: Amid The Financial Calamity, Canadian Farmers Move On
- 16: Amid the Financial Calamity, The Road Ahead for Canadian Farmers
- 15: Orange Sky At Night: Nuclear Hegemony or General Disarmament?
- 13: John McCain’s Presidency Still In Play
- 09: “Big Ag” Gets Downgraded, Commodities Swoon, We’re Talking Real Money
- 09: “Big Ag” Gets Downgraded, Commodities Swoon, We’re Talking Real Money
- 09: Will the Commodity Meltdown Manifest Itself At The Polls
- 06: Will The Market Meltdown Affect the Canadian Vote?
- 02: Panic In Financial Markets Puts Gloom On Commodity Complex
- 02: Negative Forces Intrude On The Demand Driven Market
- September 2008 (15)
- 29: Markets Plunge Amid the Craziness of Our Modern World
- 25: Election 2008: The CAIS Program Lives Another Day
- 25: Financial Market Meltdown Rocks Canadian Farm Country
- 22: Where’s the Passion? What’s Up With Canadian Politicians?
- 21: Fall Harvest Upon Us Plus An Election
- 18: Weekend Financial Meltdown Lands in Canadian Farm Country
- 18: Planning Ahead for 2009: Productivity Is Key
- 15: Fools and Their Money: The American Debt Problem Lingers
- 14: Russia And The West: Trying To Understand Each Other
- 11: Russian Fertilizer Export Duties: New Problems From Old Players
- 11: Russian Fertilizer Export Duties: New Problems From Old Players
- 08: Paddling Around In Billions of Dollars of Sub-Prime Mortgages
- 04: Listeriosis: The Slippery Slope Underneath Canada’s Food Safety System
- 04: Remembering The Farm Rallies Two Years Hence
- 01: Election 2008: Dumb Luck Wins Every Time
- August 2008 (13)
- 28: Software Driven Farm Machinery Has Gone Too Far
- 28: Riding That Technological Wave:That Raccoon Is Watching
- 25: Throwing Out The Baloney
- 21: Looking Ahead In Our Commodity Complex
- 21: Like A Trap Door Opening: Following Our Commodities All The Way Down
- 18: Olympic Dreams: That’s Just What They Are
- 14: With Commodities Reeling, RFS Standards Still Hold The Key
- 14: Commodity Meltdown: American RFS Mandates Still Are Key
- 12: Tales From the Immigration Trail
- 10: Commodity Boom and Bust: Our Loonie and Those 55,200 Jobs
- 07: Canadian Farmers Face Their New Farm Input Reality
- 07: Has It All Been Stolen Away?
- 04: Finding Equity In Our Global Trading Relationships
- July 2008 (17)
- 31: Canadian Agriculture Remains Highly Dependent on the Loonie
- 31: Lamenting $2 Corn: Some Won’t Rest Until We’re There Again
- 28: Our Lovable Loonie: Where or Where Will It Go?
- 25: Low US Dollar May Put a Floor On Grain Prices
- 25: The Weak US Greenback Forges Commodity Price Direction
- 21: Technology Moves Ahead But Simple Games Will Remain the Same
- 17: 10% Ethanol Blends In Ontario Gasoline Comes Clean
- 17: Premier McGuinty Muses On Ontario’s Ethanol Future
- 14: Finding Those Economic Silver Bullets: Saskatchewan Shows Us How
- 10: Time for a Reality Check: Tales From Two Years Ago With $2.29 Corn
- 10: June 30th USDA Plantings Report Rocks Grain Markets
- 07: Triple Jumping My Way Through Life: My Day At the Canadian Olympics Trials
- 04: Corn Pushing Up, Wheat Harvest Straight Ahead
- 04: Corn Pushing Up, Wheat Harvest Straight Ahead
- 04: Conserving The Tigers In The Wild
- 03: Rationing Demand: The Question Is When, How and If?
- 03: Grain Prices Remain Bouyant Despite Slightly Bearish USDA Report
- June 2008 (15)
- 29: On Being Canadian: There Is Still Much Work To Do
- 26: Agriculture Talking to Agriculture Needs To Change
- 26: Putting A Green Tinge On Our Economic World
- 23: Rolling the Dice With “The Green Shift”
- 19: Canadian Agricultural Biofuels Shoulder On In An Increasingly Hostile World
- 19: Why Biofuel Is Vital To Canadian Farmers
- 16: Soaring Food Prices Is Like Saying “Chickens Can Fly”
- 12: Fantasy Markets: Is It Our Time?
- 12: “Is It Our Time”:Grain Markets Explode Over Delayed US Plantings
- 11: China, The Olympics, Tibet and the West: Let The Games Begin
- 10: The $163 Fill Up: How North Americans Wrote This Script
- 05: Canadian Agriculture Adjusts to Surging Farm Input Prices
- 05: A Fractured Way Forward: Farm Input Costs Explode Into 2008/09
- 02: It’ll Be President John McCain
- 01: Glyphosate Resistant Giant Ragweed: To Me There Is No Doubt
- May 2008 (15)
- 29: 2008 US Farm Bill An Example For Canada To Follow
- 29: Canada And The New US Farm Bill
- 26: Considering Commodities: Will These Markets Get Even Hotter?
- 22: The Inconvenient Truth About The Carbon Tax
- 22: Canadian Agriculture and the Carbon Tax: Sequestering Remains Elusive
- 19: Taxing the Polluters: Stephane Dion And The Carbon Tax
- 15: Renewable Fuels Lose Some of Their Luster
- 15: Renewable Fuels From Agriculture: Cracks Widen In the Facade
- 14: Who Triggered the Global Food Price Rise? “China and India”
- 12: The Jittery Southwestern Ontario Economy
- 08: A Canadian Earthquake: The Ground Shifts As Our Planters Roll
- 08: Oil Prices Force Farm Fuels Into the Stratosphere
- 05: The Demand Driven Market Which Is Oil
- 01: Gearing Up To Meet The World’s Food Demand One Planter Round At a Time
- 01: Canada’s Cheap Food Policy? Does Everybody Get It Now?
- April 2008 (13)
- 28: Canada’s Political Leaders and Me: Who They Really Are
- 24: Where Is the Arbitrage? Canadian Farmers Need Their Own Price Discovery
- 24: Chicago Futures No More: Canadian Price Discovery Needs To Move On
- 21: Banning Cosmetic Pesticides: One Facet of Coexisting With Them
- 17: Giving up Sovereignty Over Our Food Supply: Canada Can Do Better Than This
- 17: Securing Canada’s Food Supply: We Can Do Better Than This
- 14: Burgeoning Food Demand, Not Biofuel Is Fostering Higher Food Prices
- 10: Grains Markets Will Flex Accorinding To Ben Bernanke’s Next Move
- 10: March USDA Report: Was It Worth The Hype? Ben Bernanke and $6 Corn Futures Tell the Story
- 07: Reaching Out For The Affections of All Women
- 04: How Technology Is Changing Our World:Key To Successful Innovation Is Simplicity
- 03: Canadian Agricultural Policy In Our New Grain Environment
- 03: Don’t Be An April Fool: Canadian Agricultural Policy Trails Our New Grain Market Realities
- March 2008 (17)
- 31: Spring Cannot Come Soon Enough
- 31: Spring Cannot Come Soon Enough
- 31: Life After Pong: Is Computer Technology Hitting a Finite Wall?
- 27: Canadian Farmers Adjust To The Economic Calamity Down South
- 27: Canadian Farmers Become Spectators To The Chaos In American Financial Markets
- 24: Jim Flaherty Has It All Wrong
- 20: Grain Markets Plummet As Funds Exit
- 20: Grain Market Plummets As Speculators Exit
- 20: When There Is Smoke Is There Fire? A Canadian Ponders Price Manipulation and Price Discovery
- 18: Losing Grip: The US Government and The US Federal Reserve Fight to Support Their Economy
- 13: Riding the Waves of Change:2008 Realities Set In
- 13: Our Only Constant In Agriculture:Change
- 11: Hold On Tight!: Oil, Gold and Grain Benefit From Uncertain Economic Times
- 08: Mohammad Cartoon Controversy – Lesson for the Muslim World.
- 08: The CWB And NAFTA: Hillary Clinton And Barack Obama Weigh In
- 06: Wheat Growers Across Canada Weigh Their Options
- 03: Capitalism’s Dark Side: How the American Sub-Prime Fiasco Has Compromised Our Economy
- February 2008 (14)
- 28: “Beans In The Teens” Soybean Prices Fight Against Their Own Agronomy
- 28: The Lowly Soybean Gets Its Day In The Sun
- 26: Speaking at the London Farm Show
- 25: “It May Be Or It May Not Be”
- 21: High Food Prices:Consumers Will Hardly Notice
- 21: Louisville Farm Show: The Super Bowl of Agriculture
- 19: A Restaurant Owner’s Lament: Food Costs Are Rising Significantly
- 15: “Too Few Options” Continue to Hinder Canadian Agriculture
- 14: Ontario Farmers Face Too Few Marketing Choices
- 11: Chinese Ingredients Are Everywhere In The Food We Eat
- 07: Canadian Agricultural Policy Is Being Ignored and Beaten Down
- 07: While The American Farmer Builds For the Future, Canadian Agricultural Policy Goes Missing
- 04: Microsoft Jockeys For Yahoo: Google Is Their Target
- 04: Kenyan Violence Latest Test of Western Indifference to Africa
- January 2008 (18)
- 31: Is The Sky Falling? The Global Stock Market Meltdown Rocks the Grain Markets
- 31: Is The Sky Falling? The Global Stock Market Meltdown Rocks the Grain Markets
- 29: Speaking At The London Farm Show For Dupont
- 28: Life Is Busy So Pick Up The Pace
- 27: Today’s Farmer: A New Era Begins/Speaking At London Farm Show For Dupont
- 27: Today’s Farmer: A New Challenge For A New Era
- 26: Tomato Tubs and Lost Sheep: Contemplating The Growing Gulf Between Basis And Futures
- 24: Contemplating The Growing Gulf Between Basis And Futures
- 21: Stock Market Meltdown Brings Out The Smart Guys
- 17: With 2008 Corn Acres Set To Fall, Inputs Should Too
- 17: I Don’t Get It: Farm Inputs Prices Going Skyward?
- 14: Tata Motors Brings Out The Nano: The North American Auto Industry Must Meet the New Asian Challenge
- 11: The Great “Snookering”
- 11: Society Screams Foul About Biofuel
- 07: Let There Be An End To US Hegemony in 2008/Pakistan and the West: Not Everything Is As It Seems
- 03: A Seismic Shift in Canadian Agriculture: How 2007 Changed Everything
- 03: 2007 Changed Everything:Looking Ahead Into 2008
- 01: Considering 2008: Buying That Chinese Car On Some Mundane Tuesday
- December 2007 (14)
- 27: Christmas 2007: Tales From The Other Side of the World
- 27: As 2007 Ends, There Are Still Lots of Empty Stomachs
- 24: Christmas 2007: Tales From The Other Side of the World
- 20: I’m Dreaming of $20 Soybeans
- 20: 2008 May Prove That None Of Us Know What Wild Is
- 17: Balancing Climate Change: Canada’s Abrupt Change At Bali
- 13: Cyclone Sidr Hits Bangladesh: This Time It’s Enamul’s Call/Cyclone, Cyclone Shelter, Cyclone Relief
- 13: Examining Alberta’s Agriculture: My Time in “the Peace”
- 13: Examining Alberta’s Agriculture: My Time In “The Peace”
- 10: “Living the High Life?” Tales From Life On The Trail
- 09: My Time In Grande Prairie With Alberta’s Agricultural Fieldmen
- 07: Storming Babylon: Blazing a Trail to Alberta’s Peace River Country
- 06: From Grande Prairie Alberta, Ground Zero For Economic Growth
- 03: Sustained Low Interest Rates Key To Our Economic Growth
- November 2007 (15)
- 29: Canadian Livestock On The Brink
- 29: Canadian Livestock: Through This Bad Time, It’s An Industry We All Should Value
- 26: The Canadian Economy Under the Dental Lights
- 22: “Oil Farming” Canadian Oilseed Producers Are Poised For Their Own Revolution
- 22: Black Gold, Texas Tea? No It’s Soybean and Canola Oil
- 19: My Buddy’s Porsche And Biodeisel: Not In A Million Years
- 15: Record Low US Greenback Is The Underlying Testosterone Within USDA Numbers
- 15: Low US Greenback Is Testosterone to Grain Markets
- 12: Weasel Droppings? Airbus Still Haunts Our Federal Political Scene
- 08: 2008 Soybean Prices Need To Keep Pace With Corn’s Agronomic Superiority
- 08: 2008 Soybean Prices Need To Keep Pace With Corn’s Agronomic Superiority
- 05: Potential Turmoil in Pakistan Impacts Our Economy
- 04: IRAN SHOULD ACCEPT UN RESOLUTION NOW/Iran’s Problem: No Sale For Ahmadinejad In the West
- 01: The Record High Canadian Dollar Should Mean Lower 2008 Farm Input Prices
- 01: Demanding Lower Farm Input Prices in 2008
- October 2007 (13)
- 29: “Hello” “Hello” “Hello” “Hello”
- 25: 2008 Acreage War Shaping Up As The Bloom Comes Off The Ethanol Rose
- 25: 2008 Acreage War Shaping Up As The Bloom Comes Off The Ethanol Rose
- 23: Corn Based Ethanol Versus the Price of Corn Flakes: Who’s Gonna Win?
- 18: An Agricultural Road Ahead Never Seen Before: Innovation and New Technology Will Be Key
- 18: Canadian Agriculture Post Dollar Parity:Innovation and New Technology Will Be Key
- 15: The Throne Speech: In Politics Its All About Winning
- 11: Considering the Bank of Canada’s Choices: Our Farm Future Lies In the Balance
- 11: Considering the Bank of Canada’s Choices: Our Farm Future Lies In the Balance
- 07: The Economic Road Ahead Needs to Be Dotted With Innovation and New Technology
- 04: Bring Back the 75 Cent Loonie! Canadian Agriculture Gets Set To Adjust
- 04: Loonie At Par: A Canadian Agricultural Nightmare
- 01: Myanmar’s Torment: The Saffron Revolution
- September 2007 (14)
- 30: Considering the Bank of Canada’s Choices: Second Thoughts for David Dodge
- 27: Is Ethanol a Con Job On a Massive Scale? Greater Society Is Skeptical
- 27: Ethanol Usage Declines, The Par Dollar,A Skeptical Public, What’s Next?
- 25: The Loonie At Par: Bad News For Everybody
- 20: High Cost Structure On Canadian Farms Is Our Achilles Heel
- 20: High Cost Structure On Canadian Farms Is Our Achilles Heel
- 17: Cktimes.ca Five Years Out: John, What’s The Value of That Loonie?
- 13: The Wheat Hype Goes Cosmic: Corn and Soybeans Must Compete for Acres in 2007-2008
- 13: The Wheat Hype Goes Cosmic
- 10: Still, Its Fair To Say 9/11 Rocked Our World
- 06: Technology, Champaign, Decatur, Farm Progress Show and Those Indiana State Troopers
- 06: Technology, Champaign, Decatur, Farm Progress Show and Those Indiana State Troopers
- 04: Occupation Vs Liberation: The Conflict In Iraq
- 04: Managing Our Economic Levers: The Bank of Canada Weighs Its Options
- August 2007 (17)
- 31: Opposition Leader Stephane Dion Visits Farm Country
- 31: Stephane and Me: Liberal Opposition Leader Visits Farm Country
- 27: “Punk Hedge Funds” And The Interesting Economic Times We Live In
- 23: Michigan and Ontario Deal With Drought In the Midst of the Biggest Corn Crop Ever
- 23: Michigan and Ontario Deal With Drought In the Midst of the Biggest Corn
- 21: Farm Rally with Stephane Dion: East West Is Published in Asia: Speaking In Grande Prairie Alberta in December
- 20: Stephane and Me
- 16: “Opportunity Prices” Versus “Direct Payments”: The Culture Clash Between US and Canadian Agriculture
- 16: “Opportunity Prices” Versus “Direct Payments”: The Culture Clash Between US and Canadian Agriculture
- 14: East West Is Published in Asia: With Stephane Dion At W’Burg Farm Rally: Speaking In Grande Prairie Alberta in December
- 13: Institutionalized Minority Government Almost Reality for Canada’s Federal Politicians
- 09: Ontario’s Risk Management Plan Is Solid: Political Fireworks Ahead
- 09: Ontario’s Risk Management Policy Is Solid: Pressure On To Get It In Place
- 07: It’s Cold Up There: The World Watches As Russia Claims the North Pole
- 07: “No Money Down” Mortgages Reverberating Throughout Financial Markets
- 02: Managing the Corn Economy: The US Farm Bill Will Hold The Key
- 02: Managing the Corn Economy: The US Farm Bill Will Hold The Key
- July 2007 (14)
- 30: Shaky US Economy Will Eventually Show Up Here
- 26: Sharing the Food Profit Wealth: Grocery Chains Need To Be Reined In
- 26: Divvying Up The Food Profits:Grocery Chains Need To Be Accountable Too
- 23: The NBA Throws Up A Brick: Sports Betting is Big Business
- 19: Trespassers In Your Fields? Corporations Need to Be Accountable Too
- 19: Slaying the Biotech Dragon:Corporations Need to Be Accountable Too
- 16: The Sumner Epiphany: Making the Better Widget With Our High Dollar
- 12: June 30th USDA Report Surprises: All Bets Off Going Into August
- 12: June 30th USDA Report Surprises: All Bets Off Going Into August
- 09: Playing a Hunch: Canadian Economists Keep On Guessing
- 05: Refocusing Canadian Agricultural Policy: USDA Reports Tend To Do That
- 05: Refocusing Canadian Agricultural Policy: USDA Reports Tend To Do That
- 03: Hong Kong Ten Years Out: Not Everything Is As It Seems
- 02: On Being Canadian
- June 2007 (16)
- 28: Is The Train Wreck Coming? The Ontario Corn Basis Will Tell The Story
- 28: Is The Train Wreck Coming? The Ontario Corn Basis Will Tell The Story
- 25: Canada’s Federal Political Scene May Remain Constant Until 2009
- 21: The Corn Market In June 2006 Versus June 2007: Have We Learned Anything?
- 21: Musings On The Corn Market: What’s In The Crystal Ball?
- 19: Conrad Black Fights Back: Chicago Trial Has Canadians Watching
- 14: Canadian Agricultural Policy: Still My Passion 20 Years After Grad School
- 14: 20 Years Out:Canadian Agricultural Policy Still a Passion
- 11: Who Will Win: McGuinty, Tory and Hampton Gun to Be Premier
- 11: The 1970’s Are Over: The G8 Needs To Change
- 07: The Environment Around Us: Even On the Farm It May Not Be What It Seems
- 07: There Are Long Term Health Effects From What We Do
- 05: Piston Disappointment, Spring Planting, East West, Pictures of My Ideas
- 04: The Baby Boomers 40 Years Out: Can Those 60’s Ideas Be Dusted Off?
- 01: Rare Air: The Loonie Goes Skyward
- 01: The Soaring Loonie: Farming in Our New 93 Cent World
- May 2007 (14)
- 28: Southwestern Ontario Is Not Always As It Seems
- 25: This Is Not Your Father’s Market: Will Society’s Dalliance With Bio-fuel Continue?
- 25: This Is Not Your Father’s Market: Will Society Continue to Buy Into Biofuel?
- 21: 22 Years Out: Air India Mass Murder Black Mark for Canada
- 17: Auditor General Sheila Fraser Audits CAIS: Is It The Worst Agricultural Safety Net Ever?
- 17: Take Your Clothes Off and Jump In the River: Sheila Fraser Audits CAIS
- 14: Interim government vs. Democratic Government/Impurity in Government: Something the West Takes For Granted
- 13: Is the Pet Food Scare a Precursor to Food Safety Problems
- 10: Never Say Never: The Pet Food Scare And Our Food Chain
- 10: Never Say Never: The Pet Food Scare And Our Food Chain
- 07: Romancing Our Dollar: Oil Prices Have Spawned the “Petro-Loonie”
- 03: Canadian Agricultural Policy Amid the Ethanol Gold Rush Still Written on the Back of a Napkin
- 03: Canadian Agricultural Policy: Written On the Back of a Napkin
- 01: The Inconvenient Truth Doesn’t Need To Come From Al Gore
- April 2007 (13)
- 26: Canadian Honey Producers and CCD: I Remember You
- 26: What’s Happening To the Bees: CCD, Another Agricultural Mystery
- 23: Taking That Cell Phone Call May Not Be So Good For The Bees
- 19: Efficiency and Productivity: It’s a Vicious Cycle For Farmers
- 19: Efficiency and Productivity: It’s a Vicious Cycle For Farmers
- 16: Politics, Economics, Gas Prices and Our Lovable Loonie
- 12: USDA Report, First in a Long Road of 2007 Price Fireworks
- 12: USDA Report, First in a Long Road of 2007 Price Fireworks
- 10: Human Nature Is a Predictor the West Needn’t Ignore/Cultural Diversity – an asset or a problem for nations?
- 10: Ethanol In Our Gas Isn’t As Green As You May Think
- 05: USDA Prospective Plantings Report Rocks Farm Country
- 05: USDA Prospective Plantings: How About the Basis?
- 02: The Economics of “Fun”
- March 2007 (15)
- 29: Bio-fuels Continue To Mold Our Agriculture and Food System
- 29: Bio-Fuels Continue to Forge Our Agricultural Future
- 27: 20 Years, How Time Flies
- 23: The 3000 Mile Caesar Salad: Making Sense Of The Food We Eat
- 23: The 3000 Mile Caesar Salad: Making Sense Of The Food We Eat
- 19: Federal Budget Will Pass: What About Election Fever?
- 18: Conserving the Tiger: Can The Market Succeed?/Traditional Chinese Medicine: Tigers Pay the Price, the West Recoils
- 15: President Bush Talks Ethanol In Brazil
- 15: President Bush and Brazilian President Lula da Silva Stir the Ethanol Pot
- 12: The 3000 Mile Caesar Salad: Making Sense Of The Food We Eat
- 08: It’s Not Over: The Political Fight For A Canadian Agriculture Safety Net Continues
- 08: It’s Not Over: The Fight For A Long Term Agricultural Safety Net Goes On
- 05: “The Working Poor” Need To Be Valued in Canadian Society
- 01: Corn Futures Journey Into Rare Air: Cellulose Ethanol Begins to Take Its Place
- 01: Into Rare Air: Corn Duels Cellulose For Ethanol Dominance
- February 2007 (14)
- 26: Good Customer Service: It’s a Riddle I Just Don’t Get
- 22: Farmer Internet Use Will Increase, But Its Still Important to Get Out and Kick Some Tires
- 22: Farmers Yearn for New Technology: Their Internet Use Will Evolve
- 19: Measuring Our Economic Vitality: What’s the Right Way in 2007?
- 14: “Louisville”, Market Trends, Podcasting:Drop Me An Email
- 14: Prospective Corn Planting Is Just That: The Dust Is Still On The Planter
- 14: Prospective Corn Planting Is Just That: The Dust Is Still On The Planter
- 13: “Make Love, Not War” Canadian Society Needs Some Navel Gazing.
- 07: The 2007 US Farm Bill Will Once Again Change Canadian Agriculture
- 07: The 2007 US Farm Bill Will Once Again Change Canadian Agriculture
- 05: Reducing Our Energy Consumption, Being Green: Great Grandpa Is Looking Down and Laughing
- 03: China: A First Hand Account From Dr.A.K. Enamul Haque
- 01: Consultation Process for APF II Needs to Include Everyone
- 01: It’s Our Turn: APF II Consultations Have an Air of “Fait Accompli”
- January 2007 (14)
- 29: “Tom the Learner” Catches The Solar Powered Ultralight
- 25: USDA Sucker Punch Latest Example Of How Things Have Changed
- 25: Ft. Wayne, Self Propelled Sprayers and More
- 24: How Did This Thing Happen So Hard, So Fast?
- 22: Going Green in 2007: It’s Whatever You Want It To Be
- 18: What’s the Basis? Will the Ethanol Gold Rush Make That Question More Relevant?
- 16: January 12th USDA Report Surprises the Corn Complex
- 15: Auto Showrooms in 2007 Dazzle My Consciousness: 1984 Was Another Time
- 11: How About RMP? Canadian Politicians Grandstand Against the US Via WTO
- 11: In 2007 Let The Ethanol Gold Rush Take Hold
- 08: Steve Nash, Stephen Harper: Dealing With a Thousand Cuts
- 03: The Ethanol Gold Rush Pushes The Farm Envelope in 2007
- 02: Feeling Green? In 2007 You Are Burning Ethanol On Your Journey
- 01: Saddam’s Death: Beginning Of New Era. Let’s Be Real: Saddam Was No Democrat, No Role Model For Anyone
- December 2006 (15)
- 30: South West Ag Conference, Courtland, Elgin and More
- 28: Attacking Hunger At Christmas Time: Canadian Farmers Do Their Part
- 28: Changing Psychology In the Grain Market Rings Out 2006
- 26: Winding Down 2006: The Year That Was
- 21: Increased “Capitalizing” On Canadian Farms Needs to Change
- 21: Considering Christmas: A Year After the Wallaceburg Farm Rally, People Are Still Hungry
- 18: Considering Christmas: Hard Wired Images Burned In My Memory
- 14: Heading Toward a Train Wreck? Deciphering Corn Markets In 2007
- 14: Is the Price Train Wreck Still Coming? How Will Countries Adjust?
- 12: Canadian Banks Get Set For Another Merger Run
- 07: Should Canadian Agriculture Weigh In On Chicago Futures Exchanges
- 06: Canadian Agriculture And the Chicago Futures Exchanges
- 06: Iraq From the Moon: Is the West Set to Leave?/The Gainers and Losers of the Iraq War
- 04: Dion Captures Liberal Leadership: Will He Be Prime Minister?
- 01: John, Dick, Christmas Memories, MESZ Plot Results, 20 Years of the Agridome and more
- November 2006 (16)
- 30: 20 Years: Living “Under the Agridome”
- 29: 20 Years Of Writing “Under the Agridome”
- 27: The Quebec Nation Within Canada: What?
- 23: Stop The Charade: Margin Based Agricultural Stabilization Doesn’t Work
- 23: Stop The Charade:Margin Based Agricultural Stabilization Is an End Game
- 20: 20 Years: Living “Under the Agridome”
- 16: The Wet 2006 Fall, Speaking at the South West Ag Conference and More
- 16: USDA Report, Corn/Wheat Based Ethanol, Buckle Your Seat Belts. 2007 Might Be Quite a Show
- 16: Buckle Your Seat Belts: 2007 Might Be Quite a Show
- 13: Capital Availability: The Magic That Drives Any Economy
- 09: Western Canada’s Issue: What’s Up With the CWB II?
- 09: Farm Finance In Canada Could Take a Lesson From The Grameen Bank
- 05: Strike Up The Dance Band On The Titanic: Conservatives Flip on Income Trusts
- 05: Nobel Peace Prize Goes to the Poor/Dr Yunus, Western Banks and the Little Girl From Foy’s Lake
- 02: Looking At Volatility: Do Our Grain Markets Give It New Meaning?
- 02: Grain Market Volatility Increasing
- October 2006 (16)
- 30: Time and Chance: How Political Meddling Can Twist The Ontario Economy
- 26: The Future World Tour: Measuring Our Competition and Our Opportunities
- 26: The Future World Tour: Measuring Our Competition and Our Opportunities
- 23: Bank of Canada Hiccup’s on Canada’s Economic Activity
- 19: Commodity Market Frenzy May Overshadow CAIS Deception
- 19: Commodity Market Frenzy May Overshadow CAIS Deception
- 16: Facing Chatham-Kent’s Demons: Municipal Candidates Need to Confront Our Economic Malaise
- 12: Readers Chime In, Informa Numbers, and the Challenge Ahead
- 12: Listeners Chime In, Informa Numbers, and the Challenge Ahead
- 09: Politicians Set To Be Green Like Envy: Keep Fighting Those Phantoms
- 05: Puzzling Circumstances May Come Together For Better Times Ahead
- 05: Puzzling Circumstances May Lead To Better Times in 2007
- 04: Kiss the Rain, Farm Management, East West, the Agridome and Those Pistons
- 03: Measuring the East West Chasm: How It Has Changed “Us”
- 02: The Hot Canadian Economy Needs to Spread to Chatham-Kent.
- 01: Meet Me In Louisville
- September 2006 (15)
- 28: Grain Markets On Shifting Sands: Corn Acreage Soaring in 2007?
- 28: Farmer Feed Cities, But Consumers Need to Demand Better Grocery Choices
- 25: Consumers Have Better Grocery Choices: Forcing Them Is The Issue
- 21: Ethanol Gold Rush In 2007 Has the Potential for Huge Acreage Shifts
- 21: Ethanol Gold Rush Has the Potential for Huge Acreage Shifts
- 18: Maher Arar’s Name is Cleared: Racial Profiling Must Stop
- 14: Taming That Dawn Clay, 9/11, Dr. Haque and the Podcast
- 14: Do We Really Need Those Increased Corn Acres Next Year?
- 14: Do We Really Need Those Increased Corn Acres Next Year? Higher Prices Are The Answer
- 11: My Story About 9/11
- 07: The Political Landscape Starts Shifting in Canadian Farm Country
- 07: Shifting Politics Takes Shape in Canadian Farm Country
- 05: Grandma Janet’s Pie, East West for September and the Politics of Afghanistan
- 05: Ten Steps to Get a Bouquet of Flowers
- 04: Afghanistan Is Getting Messy: Shifting Politics Are Certain
- August 2006 (18)
- 31: Water Utilization And the Economics of Agricultural Production
- 31: Water Utilization And the Economics of Agricultural and Food Production
- 28: Ignatieff and Bob Rae: Getting Ready to Take on Stephen Harper
- 24: Staying Ahead Of The Competition We Cannot Yet See May Be Our Greatest Challenge.
- 24: Farm Rallies Go Mainstream: Risk Management Is Not Rocket Science
- 21: Feeling Uncomfortable: If You’re Paid Six Figures, Get Over It
- 21: Farmers Rally Near Wallaceburg and My Friend With HIV/AIDS Calls
- 17: Is There Enough Corn To Satisfy Future Demand?
- 17: Ethanol “Hocus Pocus” Abounds in the Atmosphere Circa California 1849
- 14: The International AIDS Conference and My Friends With HIV/AIDS
- 10: Farmers Feed Cities, Farmers Fuel Cities: In 2006 and Beyond Which Is It?
- 10: Do Farmer Feed Cities or Will They Fuel Cities?
- 07: US Economy Is Slowing: How Will It Affect Canada?
- 04: Our Sweet Corn Economy, The Madness Continues in East West and Premier McGuinty
- 03: LDP’s, Ontario’s RMP and the WTO Failure: Is It Time for Government to Move On?
- 03: Son of CAIS? New RMP for Ontario Farmers Looks to Be RMP-Lite
- 01: Premier Dalton McGuinty Has His Sights On October 2007
- 01: Lebanon, Israel and Hezbollah : War and Killing Rages On
- July 2006 (17)
- 27: American LDP’s Versus Canadian Supports: Who Has the Upper Hand?
- 27: American LDPs, Canadian Farm Supports: What’s Up?
- 25: Sweet Corn From Our Field, Plus Those Jivemen
- 25: WTO Agricultural Talks Break Down: Canadians Don’t Even Blink
- 20: Farm Leaders Need to Be Careful: Enabling Bad Policy Is an End Game
- 20: Farmers Be Wary: Enabling OMAFRA’s Failed Agricultural Safety Net Policy an End Game
- 18: The Jivemen Reunion, Chittigong and Potter’s Clay
- 18: Canadians in Lebanon: Can Stephen Harper Weather the Storm?
- 13: Carbon Sequestering Just a Dream Now on Canadian Farms
- 13: The World Grows Warmer: Carbon Sequestering an End Game For Canadian Farmers
- 11: GST Cut Spurs the Inflation Dragon: What Will the Bank of Canada Do?
- 08: So Long Ben Wallace: Hello “Market Trends” Where Will Corn Futures Go?
- 06: CAIS Alive and Well After Agriculture Ministers Meet on “The Rock”
- 06: CAIS Program Alive and Well After Newfoundland Ministers Meeting
- 03: Sir Isaac Brock Had The Right Stuff for Canada
- 03: Palestine: a Dysfunctional Economy and a Bottomless Country
- 03: 2006 Porsche Carrera, East West and That Stale Seedbed
- June 2006 (16)
- 29: How Are Canadian Farmers Doing It, Without Any Semblance of a Risk Management Plan?
- 29: How Are Canadian Farmers Doing It, Without A Long Term Risk Managent Plan?
- 26: Too Much Money Chasing Too Few Resources May Spur Inflationary Psychology
- 22: Agricultural Productivity Is Almost Like A Drug; We Just Keep Going After It
- 22: Agricultural Productivity Is Almost Like A Drug; We Just Keep Going After It
- 19: Canadian Gun Control: Someday We Have To Get This Thing Right.
- 15: Terror Arrests Send Shudders Through Canadian Farm Country
- 15: Terror Arrests Send Shudders Through Canadian Farm Country
- 13: Will Canadian Bio-Fuels Ease the Pain At The Pumps in 2010?
- 08: Imports of Protein Concentrates Precursor To WTO Capitulation for Canadian Dairy Farmers
- 08: Imports of Protein Concentrates Precursor To WTO Capitulation for Canadian Dairy Farmers
- 07: Being Afraid in Canada Shouldn’t Be Part of Anybody’s Thought Process
- 04: Afghanistan: Confounding Western Powers Again.
- 03: East West Showcases Afghanistan, Sidedressing Nitrogen and “the Bomb” Picture
- 01: For Canadian “Bio-fuels” Value Added Should Start At The Farm Gate.
- 01: Value Added From Bio-Fuels Must Start At The Farm Gate
- May 2006 (15)
- 28: Enron, Sheep, Canadian Banks and the Wolf In Lamb’s Clothing
- 25: CAIS Is Still Here: CAIS Inventory Transition Initiative (CITI) Payments
- 25: CAIS Is Still Here:Farmers Won’t Rest Until It’s Gone
- 23: Know Your Seed Costs
- 23: Declining US Greenback Will Cause Drastic Change In Canada
- 18: Is Hope On The Way: Painting a Picture for a Positive Summer
- 18: Is Hope On The Way: Painting a Picture for a Positive Summer
- 15: The Canadian Economy: If You Want Something Done, Ask A Woman.
- 11: Growing Corn In Our 90-Cent World: Does Anybody Remember That?
- 11: Growing Corn In Our 90-Cent World: Does Anybody Remember That?
- 08: Stephen Harper, David Dodge and Dalton McGuinty Get Ready to Rumble
- 07: Sheep, Enron, Stale Seedbeds and the Pistons Struggle With Miami
- 04: Farmers Watch the Loonie and Assess the May 2nd Federal Budget
- 04: Farmers Watch the Loonie and Assess the May 2nd Federal Budget
- 02: ABC’s of the Nuke story in the Persian Gulf.
- April 2006 (15)
- 30: Disco Returning In 2006: Maybe the Loonie Holds the Answer
- 27: CITT Decision Sends Body Blow to Canadian Corn Producers
- 27: Canadian Corn Producers Take Body Blow Over Countervail
- 24: Musings About What Will Be In The May 2nd Federal Budget
- 24: Musings About What Will Be In The May 2nd Federal Budget
- 20: BSE In Fraser Valley Festers Amid More Farm Protest at Food Terminals
- 20: BSE In Fraser Valley Festers Amid More Farm Protest at Food Terminals
- 17: The World Oil Market Meets Grandpa John
- 13: Farmer’s Frustrated and Consumer’s Duped Over Canadian Food Choices
- 11: Ottawa Solidarity Farm Rally
- 10: Alberta’s Good Times Affecting The Bottom Line In Chatham-Kent
- 07: Farmer Fury Manifested at Ottawa Farm Solidarity Rally
- 06: Canadian Farmers Mass In Ottawa At Solidarity Rally
- 03: Canadian Consumers Unduly Duped Into Their Food Choices
- 03: Ferry Safety Takes On An International Flavour
- March 2006 (16)
- 31: Federal Agr. Minister Strahl Gives Green Light For More Protests
- 29: Federal Agr. Minister Strahl Gives Green Light For More Protests
- 29: Cleaning Beans, Apple Computer, International Ferries and More!
- 27: Apple Computer Turns 30: Do We Still Need “Computer Money”
- 24: Would There Be Gnashing of Teeth With a 62 Cent Loonie?
- 22: Hey Chatham-Kent Farmers: What’s All the Fuss About?
- 20: What Does Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge Really Know?
- 20: With A 62 Cent Loonie, Would We Have Gnashing of Teeth?
- 15: Jim Flaherty is Right: Canadian Equalization is a Mess
- 09: Winter 2006 Proves Farmers Need to Work Separately
- 08: Oil Prices, Louisville and New Zealands’s David Lange
- 08: Shall we say NO to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
- 08: Wireless Internet Technology Will Change Our Economy
- 07: Ottawa Farm Rally Tests Chuck Strahl’s Mettle
- 02: It Doesn’t Take Much to Rattle the Oil Market
- 02: Ottawa Farm Rally Tests Chuck Strahl’s Mettle
- February 2006 (12)
- 24: Watch Out Tories: Liberals Hate to Lose and Rarely Do.
- 24: Strahl Off to Rough Start As Agriculture Minister
- 23: Welcome to philipshaw.ca
- 23: Strahl Off to Rough Start As Agriculture Minister
- 16: Stale seedbed saves time, cuts compaction
- 16: Put An End To Dead Furrows
- 16: Political Environment For A New Agricultural Safety Net Keeps Evolving
- 16: Putting Terrorism in Perspective: Is It All Based On History?
- 16: How Google May Change Our Digital World
- 13: First podcast!
- 10: Lightbar Guidance Get Passing Grade
- 08: 85 Bushel Soybeans Needs to Be In Our Future
- January 2006 (3)