Philip Shaw

          My soybean planting continues. It’s been a pretty good week here in southwestern Ontario with dry weather making it good for planting. We could still use some warm weather but of course with June staring us down next week it’s just a matter of time.  Hopefully some of those June days will…

        Last week we had some of the hottest days of the season with temperatures easily reaching into the 29° range in southwestern Ontario. However, just on cue we had a little bit of a change in the weather and there were frost warnings out shortly after. It just so happened that your…

        It has been quite a week since I talked to you last. We had a limit up move in wheat, how often does that happen? Then of course we have the American President meeting with the Chinese President in a long-delayed meeting between the leaders of the world’s top economies.  Of course, included…

            I just got back from digging up corn seed. Yes, your loyal scribe was busy this past week starting corn planting and hopefully ending it in the same week. A few days of good weather although very cold have given me that opportunity.  I like planting corn, but it seems like…

         It is that time of year again.  In southwestern Ontario it’s been a bit of a different early spring as wet and cold weather has kept us off the fields.  Last year at this time I was finishing planting my corn on May 1st while this year I’ve yet to put any…

         We are about to ramp up planting big time in Ontario.  The end of April and the first few days of May always serve as a launching pad for corn getting into the ground in Ontario and Quebec.  Your loyal scribe had been dodging raindrops earlier and now I’m hoping they stay…

          It is turned quite wet in southwestern Ontario. I am hoping that this is not a wet spring but with raindrops falling all around me it certainly looks that way now.  Trying to get crops in the ground amid constant rain showers is always a bit of a tussle. I’m hoping for…

         It has been quite a week with grain and energy prices retreating to some extent following a ray of sunshine in the Strait of Hormuz.  Of course, we really don’t know what that means with all sides not necessarily agreeing to the same thing. Truth continues to be in short supply but…

          It is the best of times and of course it is the worst of times. I’m referring to springtime in farm country.  As we all know, we are going into spring this year with the war affecting our world markets. Of course, as we all look forward to warmer weather it is…

          It is still early but I got my corn planter out the other day and blew the dust off it. Well, not really. My corn planter would take a whole bunch of wind to get the dust blown off it. Needless to say, every spring I go over my corn planter in…