Ships waiting

[Hopperbin]

Ian do you ship all grain at harvest. Dont knownhownyou would store wet grain in your country. If you give it to grain company without storage you may be shorting yourself. Ian we dont have a storage problem in general. Moreso a rail transport issue. Port issues. A country your size should not use a railroad that is unless yours rails are efficient.

[bucket]

Forage

The federal government hasn't been monitoring shot for two years. It's a ****ing joke.

[ianben]

Most UK farmers have a dryer and store grain on farm. UK grain is traded at 15% moisture and most year we would only get a couple of days when grain is that dry from the field.

Our rail system transports people mainly. Grain is on the roads in 30tonne max loads, some may be loaded on to coaster boat if weather means a location is short of a particular grade.

We do export both wheat and barley about 3million tonnes I believe.
All this and is organised and facilitated by our grain coes.Most grain is traded ex farm on a standard contract, every company uses the same one. The prices they offer does vary between them on a daily, hourly even, basis. Each one having their good and bad points depending on what we are selling. Even here location can make a difference of £10/tonne 20$cad for the same grade on the same day but that is just the cost to transport about 100/150 miles here.

[foragefarmer]

Harper has to say something when in Sk regarding grain movement, and as he stated a couple of times they are "CONCERNED".

That should be just enough to satisfy the party faithful!!!

Harper didn't mention Tom's hunger strike. I guess Ritz hasn't filled him in on it yet, as that is something to be concerned about.

[wmoebis]

I found it strange that he wouldn't take questions, even from the media, when he had the whole Saskatchewan audience captive. So the news said, I wasn't there.

[tweety]

On the plus side, less income keeps costs in line.

If you made 25% more, costs would rise by 35%.

This present situation isn't gonna change for a looooooong time. Nothings changed for a loooooong time. Best u can do is figure out best how to work with what we got.

Perhaps another topic.

[bucket]

We might as well go back to a liberal minority. Let the conservatives yell and bark at them. They are more effective that way.

The conservatives knew about the problems years ago and done SFA to address them.

Harper's approach should be very concerning to conservative voters. He is doing shit.

[fjlip]

I guessed there would be NO questions from STRESSED and ticked off Farmer Folk,
wmoebis!

[Nudge]

The whole system needs an overhaul. Ritz and Rait need to sit down with the railways and grainco's. Tell the grainco's they must do mandatory export sales and shipments on a weekly basis. In return they get service level agreements from the railways. SLA's that the grainco's think are fair, along with reciprocal penalties. In return for giving that to the graincos the rr will have the revenue entitlement removed. Along with all of this the CTA will have a overhaul that gives it way more power to resolve disputes and force rr to action if they fall behind in any manner. If the grainco and rr can't work this out in six months impose the reporting and open running rights.
Problems solved.

[dmlfarmer]

Must do mandatory sales??? Do you know what that would do the the prices Canadian farmers receive? If importers knew that grain companies have to sell X number of tonnes per week? Think we are getting screwed now it would be nothing compared if sales were mandated.

No, we need actual marketing of grains to overseas buyers. We need someone, coordinating the arrival with boats with grains in port position, rail movement, and local deliveries.

The only other option calls for a huge build of export position facilities, new trackage and additional cars to allow farmers to deliver more of their production into the commercial system before sales are made.

[ianben]

You guy have what you asked for no CWB and a free market so this statement is spot on

No, we need actual marketing of grains to overseas buyers. We need someone, coordinating the arrival with boats with grains in port position, rail movement, and local deliveries.

The only other option calls for a huge build of export position facilities, new trackage and additional cars to allow farmers to deliver more of their production into the commercial system before sales are made.

In our free market graincoes do all of the above without regulation, it works, they of course make money, but has taken years to evolve and is always improving.

It will happen in Canada with a free market but will take a long time, and the cost will be reflected in the prices you receive. Location will dictate what you grow that is how it works.

[Hopperbin]

Apparently 82 vessels waiting at brazil ports. Never heard of an american port line up. There must be such a report. Anyone got the info of where the ships are waiting around the world? What about china where they unload the worlds grains? Is there a line up?

[blackpowder]

Ianben. Your last 2 paragraphs say it all.

[Nudge]

Likely nobody reading this thread anymore but I have to correct a mistake in my post. I forgot to write the word 'reporting' after mandatory sales. In no way do I think grainco have to sell a certain amount. Lol. Basically what bucket has been calling for. The Canadian version of USDA weekly sales and exports report.