Any of you guys missing it?

[hedgehog]

what happens if the mississipi gets too low for navigation?

[SASKFARMER3]

The Mississippi is a good question, I'm trying to
find info on.

[TOM4CWB]

Hedge,
Last I checked we do not ship any
canadian grain down the Missippi,

Perhaps this would make Churchill use
expanded!

West coast shipping can be expanded as
capacity is far more than use...

[bucket]

About as much as an enema.

[Fransisco]

Thanks to the old monopoly system not wanting to take our grain at harvest storage is a non-issue. Western Canadian farmers have more grain bins than any other farmers in North America.

BTW- have you looked at wheat prices lately? Someone sure wants our crop.

[mbratrud]

ummmmm.... No

[jdepape]

Talked to a buddy that works for Ag Growth (grain
bin manufacturer) last fall - asked him what they
saw as the opportunity post-CWB.

He said they believed they would be selling bigger
bins because farms would be getting bigger.

I see it differently. Although farms are indeed
getting bigger, the demise of the single desk will
do nothing to increase that trend. I actually see
reasons why smaller farms could become more
profitable and therefore temper the trend to bigger
farms somewhat.

But on bin size, I think they have exactly the
wrong idea. With the quality demands that we
haven't seen before, there will be benefit in
keeping bins size on the smaller size. You don't
want to be dumping wheat on wheat on wheat of
various protein levels etc. It will be best to
segregate as much as possible on the farm.

Also, test each bin and then know exactly what's
in each. Your "cans" are like cans on the shelf in
the grocery store. Each one of those cans are
labeled so you know exactly what's in each. Your
bins are like those cans - imagine a grocer not
knowing what's in the cans on his shelf.

[SASKFARMER3]

Neighbor build 4 50000 bins sure look nice. Can
only combine 14000 in a day. New owner might
work for them. I agree with quality and knowing
what's in each bin.

[malleefarmer]

the harsh reality of derugulated market
is higher highs and lower lows but
plenty of opportunity in between.

guess in australia were kinda lucky just
harvest load and take it a elevator and
sell it or store it there at a cost of
course or as mentioned have your own
bins.

i have three elevators within 40 kms and
a port site 170 kms away.

As a collective havent farmers over
there thought of building a facility
with 100 farmers throwing $15,000 to
20,000 each to start with and then
increasing it as years go by.

can be bunkers and uprights

cheers

[malleefarmer]

over there i mean on the praries