Food is expensive, if you can get it
June 14, 2022
Yes, food is expensive, but according to experts who track world food supplies, fuel prices, fertilizer supplies and some very grim predictions for world grain
Yes, food is expensive, but according to experts who track world food supplies, fuel prices, fertilizer supplies and some very grim predictions for world grain
Another raise in food prices? Why? As I watched the news on June 5, I noticed that another increase in dairy prices was announced. I
This week, a former milk producer called me, asking me to explain the baby formula shortage in North America when Canada gave the Chinese millions
For a thousand reasons this past week, there have been many, if not all of our citizens who were squeezed to the near breaking point.
An old farming friend once said, “You’ve never really farmed until you’ve walked down a gravel road kicking stones, wondering where the next dollar will
From a very young age, we don’t like being reminded over and over, what not to do or what to do. Quite often, we already
For those of us whose families have lived in the Pontiac for seven or eight generations, we don’t even ask. For those of us who
For years, farmers have known that providing consumers with the food that they want is the main focus of their future. 75 years ago, grandpa
Sometimes we need a painful reminder. Yesterday was one of those days. Seventeen years ago, I experienced a stroke and thanks to our local medical
How could man know how to get to the moon and still not know what’s in the air that he breathes, the water that he
Yes, food is expensive, but according to experts who track world food supplies, fuel prices, fertilizer supplies and some very grim predictions for world grain production, “We ain’t seen nothing yet.” Much of the reduction of world grain production had
Another raise in food prices? Why? As I watched the news on June 5, I noticed that another increase in dairy prices was announced. I also knew that this price increase would be . . .
This week, a former milk producer called me, asking me to explain the baby formula shortage in North America when Canada gave the Chinese millions of dollars to build a new milk processing plant near the St. Laurence Seaway to
For a thousand reasons this past week, there have been many, if not all of our citizens who were squeezed to the near breaking point. Just when we thought that we had COVID-19 under control and backed into a corner,
An old farming friend once said, “You’ve never really farmed until you’ve walked down a gravel road kicking stones, wondering where the next dollar will come from.” In May 2022, a lot of consumers and farmers (farmers are consumers too)
From a very young age, we don’t like being reminded over and over, what not to do or what to do. Quite often, we already knew what our limitations were, but just felt insulted being reminded again and again. Some
For those of us whose families have lived in the Pontiac for seven or eight generations, we don’t even ask. For those of us who have traveled a little bit, or taken a vacation in other parts of Quebec, Canada,
For years, farmers have known that providing consumers with the food that they want is the main focus of their future. 75 years ago, grandpa didn’t have to worry about the processors, truckers, retailers, etc. As one of the two
Sometimes we need a painful reminder. Yesterday was one of those days. Seventeen years ago, I experienced a stroke and thanks to our local medical staff and a great doctor I still enjoy life, but my right side is more
How could man know how to get to the moon and still not know what’s in the air that he breathes, the water that he drinks, or the food that he eats? We’ve came along way from when grandpa drove
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