Are the Chineese Conected to some of these Land Companies!

[grassfarmer]

You don't know much about China SF3 do you? The
dollar value of their private enterprise (not state
controlled) exports easily exceed Canada's total
exports on a yearly basis.
What would happen to your grain prices if they come
here, own land, grow food for export to China not
using the conventional channels? A fair chance it
would help competition and prices here on the
prairies as the existing players would have to
compete harder to acquire product.
For this very reason some in the beef industry are
working with Chinese partners to do something
similar. With their investment, build a plant dedicated
to slaughter for the Chinese market thereby breaking
the cosy 2 company stranglehold on the CDN beef
processing sector that largely keeps beef captive on
the N American continent.
I think an influx of rural Chinese would be a great way
to revitalize prairie agriculture. They would likely be
able to feed and support a family off each quarter
rather than need 40 or 50 quarters like some of the
big talkers on here. On the weather thing - don't
think they would all run off to Vancouver once winter
on the prairies hit - they get -40C and feet of snow in
parts of china after all. Probably wouldn't whine every
time they got a 1/4 inch of rain either.

[SASKFARMER3]

Dave its not hong kong millionairs its chinese
workers. How may millionairs do you know who
have rice paties.
Wake up.
As for grass farmer if china doesn't need
Canadian canola how will the price do their our
major buyer.
god can't some of you see this isn't what our
grandfathers did coming here. It's china taking
you out peacefully.

[grassfarmer]

Err, no SF3, do some research there is a substantially
bigger export buyer of canola than China. You grow
canola and you don't know this stuff?

[perfecho]

Maybe they were waiting for the Wheat Board to be disabled before they made their move....or maybe they lobbied to have the board removed so they could ship home....naaaaaa.....just getting paranoid ;-)

[highwayman]

I do believe that the price of canola is more
connected to the total tonnage we produce rather
than who from Canada is selling or shipping to
china. Don't forget new markets are emerging all
the time for Canadian canola

[Burbert]

WHO CARES, wes in a FREE & OPEN MARKET,
here in Comedia! Hope wes all get a good
price when wes decide ta seller.......

[SASKFARMER3]

Maybe I'm not so off the map on this. Group
touring our area, everything grown goes home!

[Hopperbin]

Remember Canola etc has a 9 percent tarrif going into China, a state trading firm will be able to pocket the extra buck plus a bushel. Now if the Chinese could build us another rail road thumbs up.

[Hopperbin]

That group of lowly Chinese peasants you talk of likely have 5 times your education. Best make friends with them, get your kids to bread with them and join them. LOL

[itisfarmer]

SK3: I myself is a new comer originally born in China. I bought some land at Saskatchewan and am learning how to farm with locals.

To say that we Chinese people and government don't trust eachother understated it. We HATED each other, that's the reason I came to Canada. I like and trust my farming partners way more than I trust Chinese government. And as far as I know, most of Chinese farmland investors feel same way as I do.
(Sorry for my English)