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: U.S.
The News & What it Means – Surviving Until the Good Times Return
By John DePutter & Dave Milne – December 5, 2019
The News:
“Realized net income of Canadian farmers declined 41.0% from 2017 to $4.2 billion in 2018 on sharply higher costs and a slight increase in receipts.”
Statistics Canada, November 26, 2019
The News & What it Means – Lower Brazilian Real Another Challenge for U.S. Soy Exports
By John DePutter & Dave Milne – November 26, 2019
The News:
“Brazil’s government devalued the country’s currency, the Real, sparking farmers to sell old and new crop soybeans”
Successful Farming, November 22, 2019
The News & What it Means – A Glimmer of Hope for Wheat
By John DePutter & Dave Milne – November 7, 2019
The news:
“Dogged by lower prices and tepid demand, U.S. wheat farmers are poised to plant the fewest acres of winter varieties in 110 years.”
Bloomberg, October 28, 2019
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.