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- 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 (15)
- 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: Passages
- 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)