Yes VS NO on Flood Help!

[sewen]

By Resource News International

WINNIPEG, MB, (RNI) - An additional C$450
million will be available to Canadian prairie producers hurt
by flooding and excessive moisture this year on top of crop
insurance, the Canadian federal and provincial agricultural
ministers announced in a teleconference Thursday.
The funds will be available to farmers through the
AgriRecovery program and is intended to assist producers who
have experienced unseeded and lost acres due to excess
moisture and flooding, said Gerry Ritz, Federal Agriculture
Minister in the conference call.
Canadian prairie producers will receive approximately
C$30 per acre through the program. The available funds are
expected to help farmers protect and revamp damaged cropland.
The movement to initiate AgriRecovery was triggered by
the large amount of rain experienced across the Canada
prairies leaving a considerable amount of unseeded acres as
well as drowned out cropland in some areas.
The funds are to relieve producers specifically with
flooded acres and unseeded acres, explained Bob Bjornerud, the
Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister in the conference call.
Canadian prairie producers will be provided more details
about AgriRecovery for their specific province through their
local crop insurance agency.
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[mcfarms]

missed it by 20 bucks but I stand by what I said, 450 million sounds like a lot to the city folk .

[wmoebis]

We better start bracing ourselves. The rest of us are going to need help for unharvested and frose low quality grain.

[agstar77]

Dumb and Dumber. What else could we expect when Harper is out collecting votes. The landlords will be in a less forgiving mood . What is the difference between this and other years when a smaller area is hit. Short term photo op help with no real longterm strategy. How in the world are the bureaucrats going to determine who gets what? Why could they not just stick it into existing programs?

[skhadenuf]

Well checking you don't have to participate. Under the current system your so okey with some that have had no crop loss last ten years and now have a loss should get more than what their expenses are and others don't cover their expenses. Are you really that much of an ass or an idiot?

[cottonpicken]

Im probably repeating this thought that some else has
probably said but isnt it really a wash for the
government,there will be just less agstability going
out?

[boarderbloke]

cottonpicken, your right on the mark, it's a wash for the feds, w/ a photo op.

[boarderbloke]

BWT, how did you like the way Nov Canola finished?

[checking]

Skhadenuf.

What the hell are you talking about?

"Under the current system your so okey with some that have had no crop loss last ten years and now have a loss should get more than what their expenses are and others don't cover their expenses."

Where did I ever say a load of crap like what you just delivered?

I'll slow it down for you. These are your programs. You have had years to decide whether they are right for you. You are paying your participating fees for them. Obviously you must consider them to be of some protective benefit for you, or only a sap would pay into them.

I've talked, and have always talked that your reach should not extend into the public purse. I'd say the same about handouts to any non related agricultural entities.


It would be 35 years out of character for me to get involved in programs, That's your domain to scam and scheme and farm.

You happy with the $30.00, or are you now actively campaigning for a private benefit?

[ado089]

I have a problem with this. First of all we shouldn't even need to be having this discussion to start with, crop insurance should be set up so that it serves it's intended purpose and protects farmers based on realistic yields and prices but perhaps ties in inputs in the formula to prevent fraud. Fraud is the #1 problem ruining this for everyone. Secondly, nothing shames me more than seeing a group of farmers sniveling and whinning on the 6 o'clock news. The media always seems to find the one hick wearing rubber boots and suspenders who farms 3 quarters or the biggest pinko losers in sight to interiew for some rediculous sound bite that furthers these stereotypes. Third, somewhere every year people lose crops, yield, grade and so on to variables out their control so to say that one persons misfortune is less important than anothers is pretty disgusting. Not that I want any of this money but 25% of my acres a effed because filled in furrows, crusting, washed away nutrients and plain old wash outs. So even though I have 500acs the are screwed because of the rain since it's not underwater my problems don't matter. Those acres to boot have $125/ac varriable costs on top of my fixed cost of $80/ac because I got my ass in gear this spring and finished seeding before it started raining. This BS does nothing for improving our image with our urban neighbors, who at the end of the day need to become, and are engaged in the politics of food. I would rather have a level playing field and go broke honestly and have to start again then have the unrealistic economics of this industry proped up by bogus government programs.

[sewen]

Programs like cais causes ridculous land rents because some who play the game are not afraid of going broke because they think that program will save their stupid a$$.

[mcfarms]

meh who needs risk management Saskatchewan has Ritz management.


( Like it I thought of it all on my own)

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wait this just in expect a federal election this fall...

[sewen]

Here's a sample of what the internet idiots from the city are saying about todays announcement from the Government:

Mukes 4:39 PM on July 8, 2010

I guess the old saying still stands the test of time.
Why do they bury farmers only a foot deep when they die? That way they can still get their handout.



Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Prairie farmers million recover from flooding/3251085/story.html#ixzz0t9UAc6Qf

[countryguy]

Sewen I'd love to see that SOB's face the day he walked into the grocery store and there was nothing there.

[countryguy]

Way to go ado! You got your ass in gear and got done seeding before the rain.The rest of us idiots were too busy sleeping or drinking beer or something to worry about seeding I guess?