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Risk and volatility not necessarily same

Hedging Your Bets: Current canola and farmland prices are examples of markets at risk of a sudden change

By David Derwin August 1, 2018

When thinking about risk, there can be a lot of different interpretations. Risk does not have to mean volatility but the two tend to work in conjunction. One way to define risk is ‘the consequence of not meeting your goals.’ One of my favourite authors on the topic of market risk and practical trading ideas

Columns, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: A potential heat wave, again

By Daniel Bezte July 20, 2017

Last week’s forecast began with a much-stronger-than-anticipated area of low pressure that brought some welcome rains to a good portion of southern and central Manitoba. The rest of the forecast played out fairly well, but once again, the forecast heat didn’t really materialize as the western ridge of high pressure is continually knocked down every

Columns, Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: New opportunities

By Gord Gilmour July 20, 2017

Agriculture is often viewed, especially by outsiders, as a staid and conservative place where things are done by tradition. To be fair, it’s often true. After all, you’re practising a craft that’s 12,000 years old and the foundation of human civilization. Without farming we’d all be hunting and gathering our next meal with no time

Blue and purple fruits and vegetables frequently are packed with these powerful antioxidants.

Columns, Country Crossroads

Prairie Fare: Enjoyed any anthocyanins lately?

By Julie Garden-Robinson July 19, 2017

What colour scheme should we have this year?” I asked my older daughter as we surveyed the flower pots we needed to fill earlier this summer. “Mom, you always get pink and purple flowers,” she replied with a grin. Yes, she knows her mother. I usually fill my cart with pink and purple flowers. Just

Columns, Weather, Weather Vane

Forecast: Warm, with scattered thunderstorms

By Daniel Bezte July 13, 2017

Well, for once, our weather over the last forecast period played out fairly close to what the weather models were calling for and we didn’t get hijacked by an upper-level low. What didn’t pan out as forecast was the extreme heat that was expected to move in — at least, not yet. The weather models

Columns, Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Midpoint

By Gord Gilmour July 13, 2017

It’s that point of the summer when the crops are really getting their legs. They’re growing, stretching and filling and now success or failure is largely between themselves and Mother Nature. As a farmer, you’ve done what you can to set them up for success, and that’s no doubt made for some hard work, long

Columns, Editorial

Editorial: Where have all the good times gone?

By Gord Gilmour December 15, 2016

Lately, it’s seemed like one story after another about a record or near-record harvest has passed across my desk. In November, the USDA upped their estimate of an already-record 2016-17 crop. The agency said soybeans would come in at 4.269 billion bushels and corn at 15.057 billion bushels. Market watchers, already expecting a big crop,

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Big oat crop in 2025/26 pointing to less acres next year

China trade deal falls short: Conservatives

Chinese importer buys Canadian canola after Carney visit

Columns

Risk and volatility not necessarily same

Forecast: A potential heat wave, again

Editorial: New opportunities

Prairie Fare: Enjoyed any anthocyanins lately?

Forecast: Warm, with scattered thunderstorms

Editorial: Midpoint

Editorial: Where have all the good times gone?

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