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.
As spring gets closer many things on the farm get closer focus. In the United States many farmers are not only going to the fields, some of them are already planted. There is also the group risk income protection (GRIP) and group risk plan (GRP) crop insurance to buy. That among other things makes US…
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 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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