got sprott?

[parsley]

Snooping is good business. You may want to mouse your way around Viterra, or the old Agricore United, inland terminals, and don't forget biotech companies. You will find the gist of agreements made with the CWB. With the railroads.

Numbers often tell you more than you ever want to know. And they can also give you a heads up for the growing season.

You find out who is on taxpayer-grant welfare. Who jumps from company to company. Who is well managed. Who is up front and who is devious. How certain groups, and people, spiderweb. It's quite fascinating,

For me, some of the mining companies,.... well, I'm speechless. Pars

[wheatking16]

Yeah, I am a novice to the snooping that you are
referring too. I had a close encounter with the large
ponzi scheme out of Calgary during its infancy.
Since then I have been aware of the people trail. I
also try to read the Vancouver Sun's David Baines
articles. The mining industry is certainly filled with
colourful characters.

I haven't spent any time reading Viterra filings, but I
suppose most farmers haven't. It is quite amazing
that so few in the industry know so little about it's
history and it's workings.

I am friends with Ray Somerville and his family and
am shocked that so few of the farmers it that area
were even aware of his impact on grain marketing.
I guess that was a generation ago.

The sheep are fewer in numbers everyday though.

[parsley]

i made it a point to drive across the province to meet Ray and Myrtle a few years ago, and to shake his hand, and thank him. If it wasn't for Ray Somerville, farmers would still be refused a CWB license to ship their grain to a feedlot in another province.

He's short in stature, but by gosh, he must have a trophy set to sit through years of Wheat Board ordeal at the Supreme Court of Canada.

I'm not so sure if there are too many real men like him anymore. Give them my kindest regards next time you see them, will you?

I am so pleased to have met both of them. Pars

[furrowtickler]

I have said from day one the whole farmeing side of one earth will be a complete and utter disaster, I will be right - they will get mother natuerd. But that has little to do with the big picture sprotts involved in.

[wheatking16]

I was fortunate to know Ray back in the day and
he was a confident, somewhat intimidating
individual.

I also was privy to first hand accounts of local
NDP/CPP farmers chasing Ray and some other
individuals as they trucked THEIR grain into
Alberta. Very interesting stories. Some of the
others ran afoul of the board shipping grain into
BC and faced fines. One individual told me he
would have liked to put up a better fight, but the
defense fund was limited. Hence the desire to get
market value for his grain.

[gregpet]

One Earth Oil and Gas Inc. What could this be? Not all the revenue expected to come from ag?

[DogPatch]

Sask government along with the Feds announces yesterday a new program call INROADS in Agriculture (I THINK) thats putting big money into training 1st Nations / Aboriginal members to become Agricultural workers. I wonder who the corporate benefactor will be under this program?

[DogPatch]

Aboriginals trained for farming

The StarPhoenix September 17, 2010

A new agreement under the federal Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership is set to create 104 long-term job opportunities in Saskatchewan's and Alberta's agriculture industry.

The $5-million partnership among the federal and provincial governments, One Earth Farms Corp., First Nations and training institutes was established to provide better inroads for aboriginals to enter the agriculture industry.

It will also provide training opportunities for up to 130 aboriginal people through the new Inroads to Agriculture Institute. First Nations and Metis learners will receive training, certification and job placement through the institute.

The institute will cover the costs of training, living allowance, counselling and mentorship services, and provide a wage subsidy during raining on an as-needed basis.

The Saskatchewan government has committed just under $600,000 to the program, the federal government has offered more than $2 million, One Earth Farms will provide just under $1 million and other stakeholders, including First Nations, industry partners and training institutes, have committed nearly $1.5 million.


Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/Aboriginals trained farming/3537240/story.html#ixzz0zn9BRxoH

[wheatking16]

How many of you hire people with no experience to
work on your farm?

Good way to get the taxpayer to pay for farm wages.
It probably rains everyday on One Earth land.

Any bets on the graduation rate?

[furrowtickler]

Like training a pig to fly, what a waste of tax payer money.