Ctv regina supper news

[bgmb]

Huts get paid by the government to school their children. Always in on supply management but thats not enough they are also peddling chickens on the side through the back doors. Heck I even saw their locally grown table potatoes in the local store the other day. I wonder why peak of the market lets the Huts away with that, cause the average guy certainly would not. Huts have a tax return for every member of the colonoy, then donate everything back to the church. Its quite the system.

[tipsy]

How accurate is the ctv report? 25 combine's @ 4-5000 acres per machine is 100000 plus acre farm??

[farmaholic]

I would have to watch it again but i thought it was 25 pieces of machinery(could it be combines and headers and I thought I saw a smaller tractor leading the parade) and they farmed between 20-25 thousand acres. Have to admit it would be fun to be part of it.

[farmaholic]

Yup 25 pieces. 22,000 acres.

I like where the "salesman" tells us to remember $500,000 per combine as they go by. Ya right, that may be MSRP but apply the "programming" and "multiple unit discounts", blah, blah, blah and what is each combine sold for.

Oh ya, grain prices on my farm are priced 25% higher than what I get. But after the programming and volume discounts, I settle for less than MSRP
too. Give me a break. ....

[Oliver88]

What was the point of the CTV news piece?
Or was there point?

[grassfarmer]

Seems the hutterites aren't popular with a lot of people but I've found them to be good neighbours, hardworking, god fearing people - could have a lot worse neighbours.

bgmb, do non-hutterites pay for schooling their children without Government help? of course not!

Supply management is there for anyone that wants to buy into that system - why shouldn't the hutterites?

They are very successful as farmers because they have a diversity of enterprises which I think is smart. They also support more families per quarter or section than a lot of your big family farms and I think that's a good thing too - we need people on the land.

[Hopperbin]

Same ratio as a 5500 acre farmer purchasing 6.25 pieces of equipt. The tax deduction should keep them at near 0 tax. I dont subscribe to the 0 tax policy for myself. What are lease rates these days on new jds?

[Horse]

AH the worm turns . All yous were going to set the world on fire when you got rid of CWB and limets on amount of eligable ins well I sure hope you all enjoy wolowing in self pitty now you have starved out all your small neibors only to find out you are fast becoming the small farmer. GOOD ON YOU ALL.

[riders2010]

They are successful because of slave labor and the credit unions kiss their asses on the way in and polish it on the way out. Turn down local kids but give hutts anything they want. It's a commune you know from the word Communism!!!! Worst thing for any community.

[Braveheart]

Horse, not surprised at your post. You're just a neigh sayer!