By John DePutter & Dave Milne – January 7, 2020
The News:
“Brazil will top the U.S. as the world’s largest soybean producer in 2019-20, according to a new USDA report.”
Syngenta Market News, January 6, 2019
Tagged: China
The News & What it Means – Laws of Supply and Demand Remain a Touchstone
By John DePutter & Dave Milne – October 15, 2019
The news:
A new report from the Guelph, ON-based Agri-Food Economic Systems is suggesting low prices may no longer cure low prices, as countries increasingly turn away from rules-based trade.
Syngenta Market News, October 8, 2019
The News & What it Means – No Easy or Quick Solution to Rising Canola Stocks
By John DePutter & Dave Milne – September 24, 2019
The news:
“With the latest 2019 production and final 2018-19 ending stocks estimates now in, Canadian canola ending stocks for the current marketing year are poised to reach a new record high.”
Syngenta Market News, September 23, 2019
The News & What it Means – Breaking Down the 2018 Farm Income Numbers
By John DePutter & Dave Milne – May 29, 2019
The news:
Statistics Canada released 2018 farm income data this week, showing just slightly higher crop receipts compared to a year earlier, sharply lower realized net income and rising debt.
Then and now
By Fred Evans – January 17, 2017
How often have we heard “those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it” and “the future is a repetition of the past”? I mention these quotations to highlight the similarities of an event that occurred nearly forty years ago and which now could again be possible.