The paradigm-shift we are calling for in the Prairie grain-economy involves three prongs: specialization in higher-value crops, shift...

When we launched this portal a couple of months ago, we were convinced of the need for it but unsure of its immediate impact. We have...

We are among the largest grain producers in the world (8th) and rank even higher in grain-exports (5th). We export close to half of what...

Market research efforts in the grain-industry tend to focus on price-volume trends in global markets, which is understandable as they are...

In our last article we addressed the question of “who” would be best positioned to take advantage of contract-sales opportunities from...

Our last article tried to tackle some of the challenges posed by the specialization imperative that we are advocating to free producers...

The mission we embarked on to diversify the Prairie grain-economy is largely driven by the risks we foresee in our producers’ dependence...

In previous articles we discussed the nature of grain-trades, and how they offer considerable scope for specialization and...

In our previous featured article we noted the advances made in the Prairie grain-economy, achieving significant yield increases and...

Over the last three decades the Prairie grain-economy has undergone a fundamental transformation with noteworthy gains Grain output...

Our fundamental thesis is that producers are under a margin-squeeze that in turn gives rise to an imperative to specialize in...

In our quest to open direct sales channels for high-margin crop-exports we urge producers to engage in a collaborative process, which we...