U.S. Farmers May Reap Subsidy Boom on Record Crops

[hobbyfrmr]

Farmaholic totally correct. I had an ag stability guy describe the details as they were modifying the program. After one cup of coffee I stated " with all these cuts in qualifying expenses and the severe reduction on the revenue/margin side, it will be fing near impossible for even the most productive farmers to collect if things go really bad". Thats when I got the hesitant "well...yes."
The program was to encourage proper building of margin protection with production volumes etc. weather agreed, and it was working well. BUT THEN......market prices went up. Margins got built very well. The govt could see they could not pay out that kind of money to farmers in the case of a weather disaster. Taxpayers would be wailing from the rooftops.
Bucket, I hope you are wrong. I recall a nasty hangover morning in university listening to Dr. Red Williams describing the perils of GATT, LDP, NAFTA etc. I started farming in those years, with no backup, I was pretty skinny for a long time. 12 years I would easily say. Competing with the US LDP programs, and a "glut" of corn.
Aaaahhh, the bad old days. I sure hope history does not repeat itself. That was waaaaay to crappy for me to do it again.

[hobbyfrmr]

I still remember a phrase in the " New Holland News" sometime around 1995 (?)). It was to celebrate the productiveness of US farmer.

"Never have so few, fed so many, for so little."

So, for those farmers who think/say they are feeding a starving world....good luck with that.

[bucket]

Sadly I am getting to an age where I can remember stuff. I am not wrong.

This government does not stand up for farmers.

History will prove it but by then it's too late.

[westernvicki]

They gutted AG STABILITY and Saskatchewan took GF2 put the funds into farm programming not farmer programs.

Do the google compare what our province offers through GF2 to farm programs; SAD.

NO risk of loosing votes.

[bucket]

Western Vicki a question.


How many seats would the conservatives have to lose for them to realize they have ****ed up?

Would it take losing the election?

Or just a few key seats?

Boot Anderson and ritz. boughen doesn't matter. Scheer could go.

[westernvicki]

Run independents and see.

[Hopalong]

Still a lot of us extoll the virtue of getting our money from the government rather than the market place.

[bucket]

And what's happening with our competitor to the south?

They are driving prices lower to gain market share and farmers are well supported because they know it's an economic driver.

Go it alone hopalong. You better have deep pockets.

[farmaholic]

There is enough money in the market, if only more would trickle down to the Producer.... there!!!