SF3, SaskFarm, etc.

[TOM4CWB]

I spent an hour with my dad last night... not one word... in Villa Caritas... Edm.

Dad farmed for 60 years. Now his mind is gone... and all the things he taught me... the good things if I am smart... will be what is left of his life.

Think what you have said for one second.

"Ritz just told all us flooded farmers to F&@k Off"

That is so VAIN. It is unfair and you don't care... so here goes... a song just for you!

Cheers!

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[bucket]

TOM

You are referring to RITZ, right?

He is the one that is vain, send your buddy RITZ the video.

[bucket]

And as an extension - so are you.

Absolutely zero understanding of what has happened in Saskatchewan and Manitoba this year, TOM?

Zero, nada , nothing.

That is what I find about religious zealots, They go to church on SUnday and all is well on Monday. No regard for their actions or words because they have been forgiven.

[TOM4CWB]

Bucket,

How is your risk management working for you.

Higher risks higher costs, less stability.

And I am a fool for saying this.

It wouldn't matter what Minister Ritz did... operate a small business in town and find out what taking risk and being on your own are like!

Hope the rest of our year goes better!

God Bless you and yours...

[bucket]

If it isn't working in a small business in town, they just raise their rates from anything from a can of coke to hourly rates.

[grassfarmer]

…..and so can you bucket. Growing bulk commodities and selling them conventionally into a system where you will always be a price taker is a choice.

[bucket]

and when everyone adapts your system, how long before it doesn't work?

[grassfarmer]

Why wouldn't it work? Same number of growers, same number of eaters/buyers/users just cut out the parasites feasting on the carcass of agriculture.

[SASKFARMER3]

Like I always say tom guys like you pray with us on Sunday and then. Prey over us all week!
Cheers!

[SASKFARMER3]

Maybe your dad is lucky his mind has gone and he can't see how hateful of fellow farmers you have become!

[TOM4CWB]

SF3,

Clearly the song said it was NOT about you!

Cheerio!

[ado089]

Vanity is marginalizing the misfortune of hundreds while making a martyr of one's self over the impending loss of an elderly loved one. I'm sorry for what you're going through. I've now seen it three times with close family members. Having the mind go before the body seems to be the price we pay for modern technology and comforts and it's sad. That said there are people with their lives yet ahead of them trying to raise families in an agricultural environment filled with unnatural power balances and unresponsive policy.

[ajl]

After being blessed with huge crops for so many years in a row like central AB has you completely lose the ability to relate to those who have suffered flooding losses. There is a saying that one man's dead is another man's bread and nowhere is that more true than in western Cdn Ag. The flooding losses are giving those who have a crop a price for their grain. If there was a bumper crop again commodity prices would be around 0.

[ALLFARMER]

Sorry to hear of your dads condition Tom.

This Christmas its 2 yrs since my dad passed from from that. Its damb hard to watch. If I can be of any support to you I offer it

[carebear300]

Wish I could be of help Tom, been there done that,It isn't easy. Hopefully he won't linger too long. It doesn't seem fair but lots of things aren't far or just apparently.