Triffid and The Flax Council of Canada Edicts

[oneoff]

Are there not some more interested parties? Surely this topic deserves more comment than has been forthcoming so far. And it isn't just a flax issue.

[parsley]

I ranted about Triffid for so long oneoff, and most farmers got that glazed pen look, forked out the testing money,and asked what else they could pick up the tabs for, so I just assumed they must get some sort of erotic pleasure from being both fleeced and duped. Pars

[oneoff]

Parsley: I know what you say is true. Yours was a good solid rant with extremely powerful arguments that still remain unchallenged. To me that means they remain valid arguments....... but equally interesting is your points about why many more affected farmers won't join forces to see how far and hard the fight can be taken. Perhaps its apathy but with a big measure of fear of repercussions and offending some supposedly powerful organizations and companies. As for tyrants; I say the bigger they are; the harder they fall.

[parsley]

I was out in the rain tonight, setting mole traps, got another big fat one today, incidentally, and the humidity and the warmth in the air made the farm feel almost magical. It's so lush and green, and there are birds everwhere, and it sort of takes your breath away, so beautiful;lucky we are.

I agree some farmers are cautious about brewing a bad relationship with companies they deal with.

But farmers need to do the right thing, the decent thing, which doesn't always mean it's the popular or the easy thing. Doing right wins in the end, though. Doing right elevates the industry. Doing right can also give us that "moment", as does trapping moles in the rain. Pars

[parsley]

"And it isn't just a flax issue. "

If farmers took tha long view, it provides so many reasons why young people won't farm.

What is coming down the road for farmers will hit them like a truck.

In every crop. Pars

[oneoff]

And in every sector of farming; and every piece of that bell curve. And without some peer support and power that comes from numbers; you'll have the same influence on those forced changes and demands that the smug have been able to adapt to (so far).

[oneoff]

boarderbloke : and just how does anyone know that any flax is Triffid free. It can't be done and the proof is the Pioneer shipment that was rejected about last November-December. Further there is't any doubt whatsoever that the Triffid gene in flax is with us for eternity. Which means that farmers will be paying for tests on everything forever. Until this common sense sinks in there will never be any progress as we bog down making stupid statements about ovious givens. Sorry for the short temper.

Remember "E pleuribus non-carborundum" which is a Latin phase loosely translated as "Don't let the bastards wear you down"

[oneoff]

boarderbloke : and just how does anyone know that any flax is Triffid free. It can't be done and the proof is the Pioneer shipment that was rejected about last November-December. Further there is't any doubt whatsoever that the Triffid gene in flax is with us for eternity. Which means that farmers will be paying for tests on everything forever. Until this common sense sinks in there will never be any progress as we bog down making stupid statements about ovious givens. Sorry for the short temper.

Remember "E pleuribus non-carborundum" which is a Latin phase loosely translated as "Don't let the bastards wear you down"