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It’s one of those philosophical questions — can there really be too much of a good thing? In the case of glyphosate it would seem the answer might be yes, especially when it comes to crop residues. There’s little doubt why so much of the product is used here in Western Canada. It’s nothing short […] Read more
An excerpt from testimony by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue before the United States House Committee on Agriculture, Feb. 27, 2019. Ever since the record prices and farm income levels reached in 2013 the U.S. farm sector has faced declines, leaving producers increasingly vulnerable to production disruptions posed by natural disasters and market disruptions. Net […] Read more
Anyone who’s spent time recently in voice-mail jail can confirm often it’s best to take one’s interaction with large organizations online. True, it’s probably just a cost-cutting measure and they’re pushing that cost onto you, the client. But it’s often also undeniably easier to take the self-serve option, where you do it yourself, at a […] Read more
Excerpts from testimony by Mark Taylor, chief executive officer, Parmalat Canada, to the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Feb. 26, 2019. In order to address these challenges, it’s important that the Canadian government uphold the commitment made by Minister Freeland to compensate the dairy sector, including processors for losses resulting from these trade […] Read more
There’s been more than a little talk lately that the federal government needs to “get on a plane,” head to China and sort this canola situation out. That is an understandable sentiment with obvious appeal to human nature, which favours obvious action on pressing issues, the act of being seen to “do something.” But the […] Read more
These days you can hardly read an article on business success without a reference to the importance of branding. But last week the federal budget confirmed what we reported in the last issue — the Canadian Grain Commission and its Certificate Final for export shipments are under review. That means that so is the brand […] Read more
The review of the Canada Grain Act is on people’s minds these days, and was identified as a government priority in Budget 2019. Recent reports based on the speculation of unnamed sources have pointed to disunity and division in the Canadian Grain Commission on the review and the value of our services. We would like […] Read more
Two recent moves into Big Ag by Big Retail bear close watching. In mid-2018 Walmart began bottling milk in a newly built facility near Ft. Wayne, Ind., for 500 of its stores. In doing so, this newcomer shoved an industry veteran, Dean Foods, its former bottler, out the door and with Dean went 100 or […] Read more
The Irish writer and humorist Oscar Wilde once famously noted that a cynic is one who “… knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.” Wilde wrote those words in the play “Lady Windemere’s Fan” more than 125 years ago, as a rebuttal to what he saw as the growing cynicism of the […] Read more
As we write this column, U.S. farmers are preparing to plant in the face of what looks to be the seventh year of significantly lower prices. The recent and historic price peak occurred in the 2012 crop marketing year when widespread drought across a significant portion of the Corn Belt resulted in an average corn […] Read more
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