ii - Next Steps
The paradigm-shift we are calling for in the Prairie grain-economy involves three prongs: specialization in higher-value crops, shift...
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i - Forward // Intro
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...
X - Recasting Our Global Image: Extolling Prairie Virtues
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...
IX - Our Market Research Agenda: What To Expect From Us
Market research efforts in the grain-industry tend to focus on price-volume trends in global markets, which is understandable as they are...
VIII - Future of Grain Industry Structure: Our Brief Outlook
In our last article we addressed the question of “who” would be best positioned to take advantage of contract-sales opportunities from...
VII - Further Thoughts on Specialization: Who can Participate?
Our last article tried to tackle some of the challenges posed by the specialization imperative that we are advocating to free producers...
VI - On the Nature of Direct Sales: Risks & Rewards
The mission we embarked on to diversify the Prairie grain-economy is largely driven by the risks we foresee in our producers’ dependence...
V - Trade Facilitation: A Roadmap for Collaboration
In previous articles we discussed the nature of grain-trades, and how they offer considerable scope for specialization and...
II - Our Grain Economy Vision: Path to Producer Prosperity
In our previous featured article we noted the advances made in the Prairie grain-economy, achieving significant yield increases and...
I - Prairie Agriculture at Crossroads: Specialize or Perish
Over the last three decades the Prairie grain-economy has undergone a fundamental transformation with noteworthy gains Grain output...
III - Trade Facilitation: A Call for Producer Collaboration
Our fundamental thesis is that producers are under a margin-squeeze that in turn gives rise to an imperative to specialize in...
IV - Export Opportunities: Select Market Insights
In our quest to open direct sales channels for high-margin crop-exports we urge producers to engage in a collaborative process, which we...
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