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[TOM4CWB]

Melville,

I would disagree.

IMHO we Canadians take ourselves too seriously... much of the time.

If we are a small player in oilseeds, wheat, and feed grains (which we are) then in balance the major players like: the US, EU, FSU, China, India, Brazil, Argentina, and Australia, all much of the time are the market makers... not western Canadians.

The "Good Morning Ontario" daily is included in the basic... which gives a good eastern Canadian perspective.

Melville;

AS we move to electronic trading, which means funds and international traders are key movers and shakers... western Canadian growers MUST change perspective... to a international flavour... and away from a local perspective.

Basic Agdayta weather still gives me Radar... good enough for most practical use on our farms... I can watch a large area and see systems develop.

I must have good value for my money... and an hour a day is needed to follow just the basics... most farmers won't even spend this much time! I am not a technician... trading positions... I am a farmer... trying to maximise my returns!

[melvill]

Tom, I don't disagree with you that as a world market participant, we need to take a world view in our market decisions. However, in my opinion, the DTN satellite service is not a good place to start as a market information source. It provides access to futures quotes and weather radar but, I think, it doesn't provide enough detailed market analysis and implications to Cdn farmers and it doesn't provide any strategy suggestions to the majors including wheat and canola and provides nothing (that I could find) for pulses and other special crops. I have been using DTN for 10 years but I use it less and less as time passes. There are other, less costly, alternatives. (Now I'm in trouble.)

[TOM4CWB]

melville,

It is good we are all different!

Web based DTN has newswires 7-24, multiservices AP, AP Business, OsterDow Jones... Ag News that gives balance that can't be found anywhere else.

Absorbtion ability is critical... and many would rather be served Sat Tele... No Thanks.

I like to scan and nibble!