The National Pork Board has named David Newman as its new CEO, effective Sept. 1. Newman has been on staff at the organization since 2023.
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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 grain marketing is never just about predicting prices; it's about spreads, basis, crop conditions, geopolitics, and weather patterns. AI is always looking backward, trained on history to...
DTN Contributing Analyst Philip Shaw says yield forecasts going off script in the next two weeks might lead to market opportunities.
DTN Contributing Analyst Philip Shaw says the challenge for farmers as they go into the next WASDE report is to weigh the optimism of remarkable genetic advancements against the reality of market headwinds and weather uncertainty.
DTN Contributing Analyst Philip Shaw says new initiatives are needed to add value to corn, instead of just shipping it and any other agricultural commodity out on the open seas, where farmers are suddenly in a race to the bottom...
DTN Contributing Analyst Philip Shaw compares what farmers get from either side of the Canada-United States border for government program support and tax differences. (DTN photo by Philip Shaw)
DTN Contributing Analyst Philip Shaw notes through the years, USDA reports on March 30, June 30 and the January report are the big three. Any dalliance with the numbers in these different reports can often cause big movements...
DTN Contributing Analyst Philip Shaw says the futures market is priced like everything is perfect. That's always a dangerous assumption in early June. Noncommercials may be leaning hard on the short side now, but it wouldn't take...