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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.

Ethanol Gold Rush In 2007 Has the Potential for Huge Acreage Shifts

admin September 21, 2006

The USDA released its September crop production report last Tuesday.  It projected US soybean yields to be 41.8 bushels/acre with the total crop projected to be 3.09 billion bushels.  Corn production was increased from the August USDA report to 11.114 billion bushels; expected yield was pushed to 154.7 bushels/acre. It was a bit of a…

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Do We Really Need Those Increased Corn Acres Next Year?

admin September 14, 2006

Informa Economics came out last week and pegged the US corn crop at 11.07 billion bushels.  They pegged the US soybean crop 3.11 billion bushels.  Both estimates were more than the Aug 11 USDA crop production reports.  Coming up on September 12th, we’ll get to see the new numbers from USDA.  Will these already huge…

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The Political Landscape Starts Shifting in Canadian Farm Country

admin September 7, 2006

A few months ago I was asked to write the “Market Trends” column for the Ontario Corn Producer Magazine. As I wrote the September piece the other day finding positives in the corn market was pretty hard to do. Other than the ethanol shine at the end of the rainbow, there is seemingly corn everywhere….

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Water Utilization And the Economics of Agricultural Production

admin August 31, 2006

Every February your loyal scribe winds his way down to Louisville Kentucky.  I go there to work, always looking for another opportunity.  As many of you already know I published a feature on that show this past summer in Country Guide magazine.   However, I like to kick tires too. For a Canadian it is a…

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Staying Ahead Of The Competition We Cannot Yet See May Be Our Greatest Challenge.

admin August 24, 2006

I like to tease a younger farmer in the neighourhood. He’s a very successful organic soybean and wheat farmer. Typically he sells his crops for triple or quadruple what the rest of us do. However, he doesn’t use commercial fertilizer, the whole nine yards. Beating the weeds is his annual challenge. I have often thought…

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Is There Enough Corn To Satisfy Future Demand?

admin August 17, 2006

It is the eve of the big USDA August 11th crop report.  The experts are saying 10.8 billion bushels of corn, 3 plus billion bushels of soybeans and good weather ahead.  It seems with all those triple stacked bt-corn seeds, yields just keep climbing.  However, maybe I’m wrong.  That’s why we have a market and…

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Farmers Feed Cities, Farmers Fuel Cities: In 2006 and Beyond Which Is It?

admin August 10, 2006

If you live in Western Canada you know them well.  If you are in Eastern Canada, you probably don’t know them.  Last week fertilizer producer Agrium reported a record profit of $142 million US in the second quarter of this year.  It was a reminder to me that all is not necessarily doom and gloom…

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LDP’s, Ontario’s RMP and the WTO Failure: Is It Time for Government to Move On?

admin August 3, 2006

In my part of Canada it is like a garden.  I’ve farmed for all my life, but rarely have I seen it as lush as it is this year.  There is still time for mother nature to exact her vengence.  However, on the rural concessions of southwestern Ontario, I’ve rarely seen corn and other crops…

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American LDP’s Versus Canadian Supports: Who Has the Upper Hand?

admin July 27, 2006

A reader from Eastern Ontario contacted me last week regarding the American Loan Deficiency Payments.  Long the scourge of Canadian corn growers, the LDP is a major part of how the American corn farmer can thrive at times when prices go south. Consider this.  According to an AP report published July 19th in DTN News,…

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Farm Leaders Need to Be Careful: Enabling Bad Policy Is an End Game

admin July 20, 2006

Last April 5th I gazed out into a crowd of 10,000 people in front of me at the Parliament Buildings.  I wouldn’t say everything about that was easy.  I had never spoken to that many people before.  However, as the pitch of the Ottawa Solidarity Farm Rally reached a crescendo everybody on stage felt good. …

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“Liberals are looking red-faced”

Liberals laughed at Ontario’s new NDP leader. Who’s laughing now? https://t.co/MNypRK78JH via @torontostar

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Opinion: The jarring echo in a recent Pierre Poilievre speech /via @globeandmail https://t.co/k8x5JrVZYl

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This is Toronto last night in -29 C weather taken by @ChrisYphoto. People have nowhere to go. The state of homelessness is a health crisis. We need more humanity in our public policy and every level government to end homelessness now.

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What does an autonomous car do in these conditions?

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March Corn Within a Range, Thx ⁦@mantini_r⁩

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