
Under the Agridome
DTN Contributing Analyst Philip Shaw says while farmers are busy making their day-to-day micro decisions on their farms to get their crops planted and fieldwork done, they need to be aware of...
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Philip Shaw is a Canadian farmer and agricultural economist who grows corn, wheat and soybeans on 865 acres near Dresden, Ontario. He has his Bachelor of Science degree and his Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics and Business from the University of Guelph.
Philip is a contributing editor to DTN, which publishes his weekly agricultural economic commentary in his "Under the Agridome" column. He also writes and podcasts "Market Trends" as a monthly analysis of grain prices for the Grain Farmers of Ontario. His commodity commentary has been published in Grainnews, the Ontario Farmer, the Ontario Grain Grower Magazine, Country Guide, FCC Express and several other publications, including in French in Quebec. He is a feature speaker across Canada and the United States and in January 2020 lectured on "Canada's Blue Economy" at East West University in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
DTN Contributing Analyst Philip Shaw says while farmers are busy making their day-to-day micro decisions on their farms to get their crops planted and fieldwork done, they need to be aware of...
DTN Contributing Analyst Philip Shaw said the Bank of Canada has decided to stay the course on interest rates but also acknowledge the uncertainty in the Canadian economy. In fact, the bank...
The ag markets hate uncertainty. As farmers, here we go; we just got more risk heaped up on our table.
DTN Contributing Analyst Philip Shaw looks at how some of the tariffs being imposed by the United States, China and Canada are affecting farmers, such as Canadian canola growers.