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Navigating through the COVID-19 black swan

Average and below-average business managers are the most at risk during the pandemic

By Don Norman September 28, 2020

Black swan” is a metaphor to describe an unpredictable, widespread but exceptionally rare event that takes everyone by surprise. It’s a term often used in agriculture to describe unique events like the dust bowl of the 1930s when drought ravaged the agricultural industry in North America. Without question, the COVID-19 pandemic qualifies as one of

A program distributing food – particularly perishables – to help feed Canadians who would otherwise not be fed is admirable.

Op/Ed, Opinion, Other

Opinion: Food recovery program should be permanent and expanded

The program isn’t a true win for farmers, but it’s better than food waste and total losses

By D.C. Fraser July 15, 2020

Now that we know more about how the Surplus Food Rescue program will work, there should be a recognition for its need beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The program was announced as part the federal pandemic response and comes with $50 million in funding to help move extra food to vulnerable Canadians. Now that details are available, there is clear indication the program

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Going down: the true farm income picture

Farmers have seen their wealth creation scooped up by others for decades

By Darrin Qualman July 6, 2020

Farm income up in 2019” was the front-page headline in the June 4 Co-operator. Though superficially true, a closer look at the numbers demonstrates the opposite, and reveals a troubling picture. How we measure and report farm income matters. Net cash income, the measure used in the June 4 story, omits depreciation — the value

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures down on big supplies, economic jitters

Surge in U.S. COVID-19 cases rattles Wall Street

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume June 25, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. cattle futures eased on Wednesday and hog futures were mostly lower on ample livestock supplies and concerns about rising coronavirus infections and their negative impact on the economy. Wall Street’s three major indexes tumbled on Wednesday and crude oil plunged more than five per cent as a surge in U.S.

Most of the time markets move in what can be considered a sideways trend.

Markets, Other

Expect the unexpected in markets

When the unexpected hits, price variation can exceed the expected very quickly

By David Derwin June 3, 2020

Last article, I talked about managing risk and uncertainty in the markets. As you might recall, there is an important difference between the two. Risk estimates everything we think might happen. Risk is our guess about what the future holds. More precisely, it is the range of things that might happen and how probable each

Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Other

Editor’s Take: Who’d have thought?

By Gord Gilmour April 2, 2020

It’s been another week of surprises. Who’d have thought we’d see gasoline prices below 60 cents a litre again? Who’d have thought we’d see the federal government backstopping 75 per cent of the wage bill for the entire country? Who’d have guessed the concept of a universal basic income would suddenly be on the minds

News, Other

Coronavirus pain muted for ag

Farmers hurting more from past problems than COVID-19 so far

By Allan Dawson April 2, 2020

COVID-19 may hurt Canadian farmers in the future, but for most commodities, other than cattle, there hasn’t been a huge impact, says Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. “Actually the food sector might be one of those that will be the least impacted because we will keep eating during the crisis so I don’t see

Facing a cliff of seeing 86 per cent of their farms’ total profit vanishing upon leaving the European Union, why exactly did U.K. farmers heavily favour Brexit?

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Brexit, Boris, and boxing in U.K. farmers

When U.K. farmers voted heavily for Brexit it was an act of either faith or foolishness

By Alan Guebert January 27, 2020

Events, like stars, can at times align just enough for you to glimpse your destiny. If you’re lucky, that sneak peek is the critical break you need for success; if you’re unlucky, the starry view spins off into the universe unseen. Farmers in the United Kingdom got that peek after the June 2016 vote that

Even as North America’s new trade deal clears a major hurdle, the WTO faces an existential crisis.

News

Farmers caught in WTO crossfire

The U.S. is letting the global trade bloc wither on the vine, while it fights economic wars

By Allan Dawson December 19, 2019

As the World Trade Organization faces a crisis that renders it impotent and potentially on the verge of dissolving, Manitoba farmers are facing more trade uncertainty than ever. “We’re really in unchartered territory here,” University of Manitoba agricultural economist Ryan Cardwell said in an interview Dec. 12, while attending a trade meeting in Washington, D.C.

U.K. long-term government bond interest rate (1700-2016).

Markets, Other

Derwin: Analyzing interest rate trends

Interest rates can do some surprising things for longer than expected

By David Derwin November 13, 2019

I put a great deal of effort in to analyzing long-term historical trends to better understand the cyclical nature of human behaviour and its impact on financial market prices. Interest rates are no exception. In fact, interest rates are key to the pricing structure of almost every other asset from stocks, gold and currencies to

Daily Network News

‘Significant’ Canadian GDP slide expected in 2026, FCC says

Gene edited, PRRS resistant pig approved in Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher

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