Former Manitoba Co-operator editor John Morriss returns for his yearly poetic sum up of the farming year and look ahead into 2026.
The poetic epic of Manitoba farming 2025
Former Manitoba Co-operator editor John Morriss returns for his yearly poetic sum up of the farming year and look ahead into 2026
Are China’s tariffs on Canadian canola oil and meal a ruse?
Canadian farmers are getting dour news on the future of canola prices, but real data might not back up the scope of tariff-driven market chaos everyone is worried about
Canadian farmers are getting dour news on the future of canola prices, but real data might not back up the scope of tariff-driven market chaos everyone is worried about
Comment: Non-AI doggerel
The tree is took down and the sugar-free shortbread’s all eaten.That means that it’s time for the next New Year’s greetin’,And in doggerel (bad verses) to take a moment’s reflection,Plus make fearless predictions of farming’s future direction. Now given their druthers, farmers have usually thunk,That the ideal would be land in one contiguous chunk.But last
Opinion: Fighting for low prices
One bushel of barley can make 500 bottles of beer, but the Wheat Growers are asking for help to make it cheaper
Glacier FarmMedia – It used to be that if you wanted to raise a farmer’s blood pressure, you only had to suggest that an increase in bread prices was due to a change in the price of wheat. If you were around then, you’ll remember that food prices had risen so far that the government
(Guest) Editorial: A review of two-two
As longtime readers know, what we do each year first isReview the one that’s just past, but in doggerel (bad verses)A look back to review things is usually a good practice gainfulBut this year it’s one that feels kind of painfulUps and downs for farmers here seem only a piffleCompared to those in Ukraine dodging
Morriss: From bad to verse
Once again, a year’s passed and for better or worse We start a new one in doggerel — that’s badly rhymed verse We review the last year (which you could say was a hexed one) And give you some tips on what to do in the next one Now I’ve heard all the stories while
The year captured in verse — without one single curse
Despite all the woes of the year just past, our resident ‘poet’ finds much to be thankful for
We usually review the past year fondly, but in this one’s instance Some of 2020 we’d just as soon view far back in the distance While for many farmers the year was one of the best For others harvesting and preparing our food, it was a year full of stress Even if they could go
(Former) Editor’s Take: Our most important customer
It will take a couple of weeks until the final figures are out, but now that the 2019-20 crop year is over, it’s interesting to note how well grains and oilseeds have been moving, and to where. As of Week 50 with two weeks left to go, producer deliveries were a whopping 60.7 million tonnes,
Opinion: ‘Canadian grain — it won’t hurt you’
A merged Cigi/Cereals Canada should deal with customers, not consumers
In 1935, the Canadian Wheat Board launched a promotion campaign in the United Kingdom with a film called “The Kinsmen.” It showed how British immigrants to Canada were now farmers sending wheat back to their “kinsmen” in the U.K. The film showing how their wheat was grown, harvested and shipped had high production values for
Comment: Looking back at when co-ops ruled the elevator business
A new book reveals new information on the last days of the Prairie grain co-ops
If you’re younger, you may find it hard to believe that farmers used to own most of the Prairie grain and grain-processing industry and that they received part of the profits every year. If you’re older, you may know that, but wonder how that changed so quickly. And did it have to change? That’s the
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