I hate to say it But Farmers in Paris and Quebec stick together.

[SASKFARMER3]

I hate to admit it but the french farmers seem to know one thing how to stick together. Here in West were so divided its pathetic. We have those who feel the state is their to help them. Then open market who feel the market will help them. To farmers who feel chem and fert companies are looking out for them. To university etc who have their best interest etc etc etc.
Yet yesterday in Paris thousands of farmers were pist off at price their receiving. Here in Canada A few would go the rest would sit at home and say all is well as the Auctioneer leaves their yard after an appraisal.
Sooner or later farmers have to tell the world if you want cheep food good you feed your self we quit or you want cheep food pay us for what were worth. Simply no one can afford to keep doing what we have been doing.
But will we ever agree, simple answer is NO.

[SASKFARMER3]

Sorry the number was 10,000 farmers, Hm 1/5 of all of the farmers in Saskatchewan in Regina and no its not a rider game or a concert event. HM

[parsley]

"the rest would sit at home"

That's because all the flour milled and bagged for Western Canada and sold in the stores are IP's with ample estrogen additives.

[fjlip]

Our main problem is being "divided and conquered by business and governments". Comments from Australia...
Whilst grain prices and production costs are causing uncertainty in the industry, so is the formation of an effective lobby group to replace the embattled Grains Council of Australia (CGA). Last week, the Western Austra-lian Farmers Federation and the NSW Farmers Federation formed a new organization, National Grains Australia (NGA). Simultaneously, there is a push from various states for the formation of Grain Producers Australia, a national grower representative body with a direct membership of grain growers to deliver advocacy and accountability in the grains industry. Peter Mailler is Grain Producer Australia's steering committee's spokesman and says this industry split was expected. "We're operating in an environment in an industry that's been hopelessly divided for a number of years, so it's not unexpected to see groups trying to put alternative strategies forward," he says

[hobbyfrmr]

IF everybody sticks together and suceeds, then all Sask farmers would financially do well. How would an ambitious Sask farmer take over his neighbors land so he can be more efficient by reducing fixed costs on new iron? It would play out like the US, we would make more money and land prices would triple.