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.
It’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 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…
Continue ReadingSoybeans have become a real problem. What you say? Some of you must think I’ve been on the election trail too long. I’m not talking about stabilization policy; I’m not talking about foreign subsidization. The problem with soybeans is all about yield. If you believed the hype perpetuated by some in the agricultural marketing arena,…
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