M-COOL

[Willowcreek]

rkaiser- you are fighting a good battle there buddy- but I'm afraid those folks sound like they would rather drown in their misery than get off their duffs, organize, get rid of ABP/CCA, and get something accomplished...Yep- you are right- you have a world of opportunity available-if you could get folks to do something... And contrary to what some negative Canuck posted about cattle markets- many are saying that the world is going into a huge food shortage by this summer- and in fact there will be a run of all types of proteins...Folks down here selling culls now for $60 cwt are wondering how high the price can go by the normally high barbeque period in June and July...

Profarmer- We do have too much subsidy money out there- but you have to know our governments trickle down economics--the major share goes to the politicians that keep the laws in effect- Next the Multinational Corporates (Cargil/Monsanto/Tyson/etal) take their share followed by the Big Corporate owned farms (many owned/financed by the same names), then eventually if a little is left it trickles down to the family farmer/rancher- which then gives the Canucks what drips off their shirttails as you ride them...
So Canadian producers profit about the same from any subsidies as the average US producer does.......

[waterloo_boy]

our product in any market other than the US can and should receive a premium. what must not be overlooked is the intense national pride of the American population as a whole. if the consumer chooses not to buy our product, no matter how superior it may be, then what? we are talking about a perishable comodity with a self life of at best 48 hrs at the supermarket level. the last thing we need in this country at this present time is a backlog of beef with no alternative market to move into.

[ProFarmer]

Not with 25 cent cows 33 cent bulls and 80 cent 700 lbs feeders, oyeh and with that cheap corn you dump on us I can't even get 4.00 for my barley. If there is one thing you could do for us take our CWB it sucks us dry.

[Willowcreek]

Profarmer-- I feel for you guys..I was talking to a neighbor right across the border that was telling me about the same thing..

If you can even find it- feed barley around here has been $8-$9 cwt-- oats as high as $16 cwt....Spring wheat hit $18.75 bushel here last week- and some in N.D. was selling for $20 bushel...Already contracting over $10 for next fall.....

You guys need to do what some of us did- quit following the old fogies that have been leading you down the poverty trail (NCBA/CCA/ABP/SSGA)-- and jump onto rkaisers bandwagon...The markets are out there-and more will be from what the worlds economists are saying...But you have to give the consumer what they want and get past this NCBA/ABP/CCA/AMI/Multinational Packer driven "Them thar dum folk will et what we put in front of them- take it or leave it" marketing mindset.....