Philip Shaw's work is published across Canada and the United States. He is an accomplished speaker, journalist, commodity market commentator, agricultural economist and farmer from Dresden, Ontario, Canada.
The air is changing. That must mean that spring is right around the corner. Sometimes I think there is something wrong with this country. It only gets warm for 10 weeks of the year. The rest of the time we are fighting the cold. Maybe that’s why some parts of Florida fill up with Canadian…
Continue ReadingThe situation developing in Iran is troubling. The IAEA, the nuclear watchdog, of the UN is debating whether to refer the case of Iran to the Security Council for further actions. This has been the demand of the US government for the last one-year. George Bush is increasing under pressure from its Israeli lobby to…
Continue ReadingMy day job puts me in a world, which has a long history. Putting food in our mouths is about as old as it gets. Yes, “now a days” it is full of new technology and modern methods to make me more efficient and to put more and more food on the table. Still though,…
Continue ReadingIt’s been a very busy week, full of highs and lows. Last Tuesday when I finished my speech in front of the Sir John Carling building in Ottawa that was clearly a high. 2000 farmers in front of me churned in a cold wintry wave, which I will never forget. When the end came, the…
Continue ReadingThe price of oil fell almost $2 a barrel last Monday as commodity traders started to breathe easy. It settled at $61 dollars after briefly dipping to $60.85. Traders were relieved that an al Qaeda attack on some Saudi oil facilities was foiled. For some of you this must seem strange. How does a botched…
Continue ReadingNobody likes to get off to a bad start. In fact whether it is hockey, track and field, baseball or politics, a good start is key to winning. So I feel for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. For a guy that held out ethics and accountability as his royal jelly, his fresh start quickly looked like…
Continue ReadingI hope you have had a chance to look around and maybe even listen to a podcast. It has been a long time coming. For years I’ve been on everybody else’s web site. I needed my work to be concentrated where everybody could take a look and communicate if they wanted. Now it’s here. Under…
Continue ReadingOn February 14th before a throng of 1500 farmers your loyal scribe took the stage in Guelph Ontario. The week after I did the same thing in Ottawa. It was another attempt by local farmers to strengthen the farm agenda. To get that many farmers to Guelph and Ottawa on a couple of cold damp…
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