Competition

[Braveheart]

Grassfarmer, the last time I was in a room with Dwayne Andreas, other people (at a reception) were teasingly asking him for tips on how to corner the CBOT soybean market, which ADM had tried and failed at. He left early.

Sometimes ex, with emphasis on the ex, CEOs say things to promote the book they're writing or set up their speaking tour.

That said, look for your own unfair advantage. If you think you don't have one you're not looking in the right place.

[farmaholic]

I want to defend fjlip. Here is part of his quote that was too good to let die.

"...but age and time wears down the enthusiasm of youth with large doses of reality."

Do you think someone who is near retirement and fought the good fight his whole career should have to carry the stone much longer???

Competition, give me a ****ing break. There are some fundamental problems in Ag in Western Canada. Words like collusion, gouging, loansharking, extortion come to mind. Kind of like organized crime.

Pass the Vodka...

[CptnObvious]

Hmmmmm. I don't drink......so I guess I fight.

[Hopalong]

Seem to remember WIT getting bailed out a couple of times by government and wheat board.
Think same thing happened decades earlier with pools.
Farmers of today don't have political power that we did when fifty per cent of workforce was agriculture.
Think union type activity is a thing of the past and we are more like other small business entrepreneurs.
Maybe time to change our thinking.

[Braveheart]

That's good CaptObvious, stay off the hooch. It destroys brain cells. You wouldn't be a genius anymore.

[wmoebis]

Booze takes weakest cells first so the more you drink the smarter you get. Just visit the bar after 10pm and see for yourself.

[mbratrud]

In the words of Winnie the Pooh. Oh bother...

[farmaholic]

But this is Fruity Drink Friday...

Captain, drinking can make you even more prone to fighting. It may help your cause.

Cheers, where is Tom?

[sk_wheatking]

Wow! That visiting the bar after 10pm one is going to go down as an agriville classic wmoebis! You really hammered captain crunch with that gem...lol. (why can't I think of shit like that..Bwahahahaha)

[wmoebis]

Good news is as soon as you stop drinking those weakest cells will rejuvenate and multiply quickly and soon take over again.

Quit for long enough and you can become a politician.

[fjlip]

Thanks farmaholic, and yes and no Captn. Cheers, Wiser's Spiced Rye, ahhh toffee...so long brain cells!
I have said it many times on this forum, nothing ever changed in the 45 years I have been actively farming.
Farmer owned never seems to pan out, our own worst enemies has been said many times. Today nearly ZERO competition in our markets and in our suppliers. It's all going to hell, amalgamations and buy outs ongoing. None of it bodes well for farmers, sorry, yes very tired of the gong show, just idling till we shut the business off. But youth is what makes it happen, so go to it, take risks, we did 45 years ago!
And youth is way sharper/smarter/knowledgable, than we were back then.

[Guest]

just like gas has gone up 11 cents a liter in saskatoon In the last week , yea that's competition , what a crock of shit . there isn't any competition left in anything we buy or sell and anyone who can't see that is living in a dream world