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.
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The News & What it Means – Surprising Gains in Kansas City Wheat Not So Surprising at All
By John DePutter – March 13, 2018
The News:
“July Kansas City wheat is up more than a dollar a bushel in 2018 – a substantial move that was unimaginable back in December when traders were focused on 2017’s record global wheat harvest.”
– Progressive Farmer, Mar. 7, 2018
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.