Its like a Train wreck in slow motion.

[SASKFARMER3]

Doesn't is seem funny how the China problem was sent to the Grain companies and not the Producers whose life depends on it. No the Middle man are looked after.
You think the Americans are dirty wait and see how China screws us. Just ask Mr Potash for his comments.
Now today the CFIA has a conference call on how to deal with it. HM farmers get screwed ever thing is OK. Welcome to the Cattle, then Hogs and Now grain way in Canada. Farmer screwed protect industry and jobs.
Then on top of that the Harvest from hell, and you have a great big lovely fall. Wow what a great lively hood.
Next weeks weather is just plain ugly and rain last night didnt help one bit nice this morning but then its like over.

[Zaphod]

Why do you keep farming? Maybe you should have stuck with your Ag Cda job.

[SASKFARMER3]

Well zap instead of cutting me down why not discuss. Plus maybe a bit pst since have over a m$ill out in field.

[SASKFARMER3]

But Zapper I forgot you live in a bubble where everything is perfect. China will screw us like europe usa etc times are getting tough these guys know how to protect their own canada protect the middle man.

[silverback]

My brain is pretty old, but I can't remember an october like this. We have had big rains that kept us on the sidelines, but to never get a push of warm west air for almost a month is beyond strange for this area. 3 days cold and damp, 3 days of rain/snow, repeat.

[Zaphod]

Trust me, I don't think everything is fantastic. There is ugly stuff out there. But I get on with life rather than complain about things I can't control. Based on the way you talk, it sounds like you hate everything about farming, so that is the reason for my question about why you do it. But then again, you hated your day job at Ag Cda. So what gives?

[SASKFARMER3]

That is my point guys like zap don't get how wierd this fall is he probably thinks were all just lazy for not finshing

[Zaphod]

Oh, by the way, we're still waiting to get oats, canola and soybeans off the field.

[SASKFARMER3]

Zap on my job I loved helping farmers deal with the beurocratic bs.

[samhill]

I believe it is important to complain if something is
not
right. If one turns away and avoids
confrontation,then wrongs continue.
I also do not believe that business is conducted
with
fairness and integrity much of the time. One would
think that with recent events in the world
economies, it is not safe to trust people with your
tax dollars, or any of your dollars. If people are not
held accountable there is no reason to trust them. If
people are proven trustworthy, they are valuable. I
apologize somewhat, for this. It's pretty basic.

[Jagfarms]

Food 'bigger than climate change'

http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/story/2009/10/12/food-bigger-issue-than-climate-change/

DEALING with the prospect of food shortages in the next 40 years is a bigger problem than climate change, a Senate inquiry has been told.With the world's population expected to reach about 9.2 billion by 2050, coupled with food demand growing at one per cent per annum, the requirement for food will roughly double by mid-century, academic Julian Cribb says.Professor Cribb outlined his concerns to the Senate's select committee on agricultural and related industries during a public hearing into food production in Canberra on Monday.Under current projections, five billion people will face water scarcity by 2050, and Australia won't have enough water to sustain food in 25 years time.Adding to the mix, a quarter of arable land around the world was degraded in some form and global stock of good farm land was declining about one per cent each year, Professor Cribb said.Yet more than half of all food produced and about three quarters of all nutrients were being wasted."This is the problem of our age, it is more immediate than climate change, it's going to happen a lot faster than climate change," the former CSIRO National Awareness director told the hearing.Climate change was, of course, a part of the issue, he said."But the real impact of this is going to be upon us within a generation."Professor Cribb, now an adjunct professor at UTS in Sydney, did offer a glimmer of hope."Our cities are immense traps of water and nutrients, huge quantities of water and nutrients pour from these places and we, generally speaking, chuck them out to sea."So if we can trap even a part of that water and nutrients and recycle it back into agriculture and other nutrients, we're stemming the haemorrhage."Australia needed to see it as an opportunity, and not a waste disposal activity, Professor Cribb said."It's a big industry that we could have here if we wanted to."However, it would take 25 years to develop technology before introducing it to farms."So we've only just got enough time to do something about this."

[rookie]

Maybe this site should get a pshycologist or 2 to be moderators...