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High and then low

January 2015 - THE BENEFITS OF MINIMUM PRICE PROTECTION IN 2015 BETWEEN 2012 AND November 2014, agricultural commodity prices were on a roller coaster ride. During 2012, corn and soybean commodity futures prices hit all-time record highs. Wheat…
In the news

January 2015 - NEWS BITES THAT MATTER New IntakeTM Adjuvant for Liquid AchieveTM Dow AgroSciences Canada has announced that Intake™ Adjuvant is the new surfactant for use with Liquid Achieve herbicide for reliable grass weed control in wheat…
Looking at the basis

January 2015 - FINDING THE MARKETING MESSAGE BASIS IS WHAT we collect at Farm Market News each and every day. Without sounding too basic, let’s set the stage for this fairly simple concept. First of all, the trade…
Business side: Planning tips for 2015

CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESS EXPERTS

January 2015 - (R.H.) AS A NEW YEAR BEGINS, WHAT PLANNING ACTIVITIES DO YOU RECOMMEND TO YOUR CLIENTS? (E.F.) When making business plans for the upcoming year, I recommend that farmers first take some time to reflect and…
Overcoming challenges

January 2015 - ANALYZING CORN AND WHEAT MARKETS 2014 WAS A year with many challenges continuing for both the Ontario farmer and the agriculture industry in general. Harvesting the crop this fall and the issues around that will…
Market side: Futures trading basics

LESSON 4: MARKET PARTICIPANTS

January 2015 - This monthly educational series will feature the basic workings of the futures and options markets and how they can be utilized to help farmers with risk management. LAST MONTH, WE discussed the first two participants…
The corn challenge

January 2015 - 2014’S PRICE DECLINE FOR ONTARIO CORN farmers, 2014 was a real challenge. The price of corn declined from a futures level of $4.95 on May 13 to $3.18 on October 1. This price decline, along…
Supply and demand pricing

January 2015 - THE ONTARIO WHEAT MARKET WINTER WHEAT PLANTING in the fall of 2013 was somewhere around 750,000 acres. The long cold winter and some thaw and refreeze events in the spring resulted in a larger portion…
The 87 cent dollar

January 2015 - ASSESSING THE EXCHANGE RATE IT MAY BE some time before the Canadian dollar (CAD) and the U.S. dollar (USD) return to a persistent parity. Although a high exchange rate is usually said to hurt buyers,…
Disappointment

FROM THE CEO'S DESK

January 2015 - BY NOW YOU will have heard of the intention of the provincial government to obtain an 80 per cent reduction in the use of neonicotinoid treated corn and soybean seeds by 2017. One way to…