Canadian Packing houses

[carebear300]

I am going to lose a pile, frosted wheat isn't a good thing at all. As for the people that are making money, all the people that live off of agriculture are still doing good if we pay our bills. I took a sample of wheat to the terminal the other day, my best wheat. It is nice big red wheat, weighs 62 pounds to the bushel and is 14 per cent protein and it is graded feed because of the odd blackened kernel. I told them that you can only steal so long from the same people and then they will go broke and you have to find new ones to steal from.

[cowman]

I wonder how many cattle people have just come to accept the fact that this is the new reality and they are stuck with it? I believe the average farmers age in Alberta is 59 and I assume they made a few dollars along the way? Some of these old boys have pretty deep pockets? Perhaps they'll just ride out the bad times as long as they have to? A lot of the smaller producers have already sold their cattle and are doing something else.
I truly doubt there will be a big turnout at the ABP meetings. You'll get the same old boys who attend everything and a few people who want change, but I don't think there will be any groundswell of grassroots support. Pretty sad but probably true?

[cowman]

Well I'll try not to be too negative about Innisfail Meat Packers, but they should take that government money and hire a bulldozer! Really, the place is obsolete and can't meet the new health standards! I believe their "expansion" will enable them to kill another 200 cows a YEAR?
The mayor of Calgary has stated emphatically that the Sunterra plant will not be hooking up to Calgary water or sewer!
I suspect this whole thing is municipal politics on Rockyviews part? Trying to block Calgary from annexing some very valuable land for residential use? Rockyview, without a water sewer hookup is not feasable from a financial point of view...and that is a fact!
I often wonder what kind of game Price is playing here? If you know the area and how Calgary is expanding you would wonder why anyone in their right mind would ever propose building a plant there!

[ALLFARMER]

2 grain buyers in town one paying $1.40 for feed wheat the other $1.60/bu Glad I did some contracting this spring My #1 wheat contract $4.64/bu should bring me $2.40/bu feed grade. Dec canola $8.60/bushel If I hadn't forward contracted this spring I know I would be done.

[blackjack]

...like you say cowman I wonder about the sunterra deal also... know a couple of good people that have invested in sunterra I hope they don't get burned...

[kajun]

cowman,the Irish plant in Sask is on hold or so they say. Seems one of the major investors and CEO of the company died.Story goes they are trying to find a replacement for him and see if they can get the project going again.

[grassfarmer]

Not a big loss if this one doesn't go ahead in my opinion - much experience of Irish running meat plants in the UK and they are bigger pirates and crooks than the American Corporations we have here.

[blackjack]

les...you are right about Salmon Arm starting up next week according to a local auctioneer...

[dsinclair]

Last I heard, Rancher's Own is supposed to break ground in November. Stan Schellenberger is doing a spiel in Ponoka on Oct. 28, hosted by V-S feeds, a day entitled 'Future directions for the Alberta Cow-Calf Industry'.
My husband has been in touch with someone from the plant in Pincher Creek. They are steaming along, only a few shares left.
I was surprised to hear of the plant in Ryley. Just heard about it the other night.
Haven't heard too much about the one at Dawson, only that they are supposed to be getting all kinds of support from the BC gov't.
The one at Salmon Arm was supposed to slaughter just the other day, we heard.
According to the Western Producer, the one in Dauphin Manitoba is full steam ahead too. Dauphin has been pushing to get it going.
Maybe Shirley was talking about the expansions at Excel ...!

[dsinclair]

dsinclair, do you know where and what time Stan is making his presentation in Ponoka?