We need Aid !!!!!

[farmaholic]

Holy ****, my assessment of my farm is true. ...inconsequential. If its only the machinery dealers we're concerned about you're right. The Machinery Flippers probably do the most to keep their doors open. But in most other cases it doesn't matter if your 2000 acres or 20000 acres inputs to farm those acres are bought whether by the "hobbyFarmer" or the "Big Time Operator".

NO ONE WANTS TO GO BACKWARDS, REGARDLESS OF FARM SIZE.

[furrowtickler]

90% of what you just said is pure b/s.
10% is very true...
If your operating expenses per ac are way over your insurance levels that's your problem not the rest of us or tax payers. Not all BTO's are going to crash just because of a one year drought after 8 good years - but some will.
If your in a multi year yield loss situation that's a 100% different story.
But if your crying for aid after just this years drought conditions up to date - Sorry I still disagree totally.

[Cattleman]

Cuban - who said the smaller guys aren't looking to expand, lots of 2 and 3 thousand acre guys could all pick up 2 or 3 quarters or more IF IT MAKES SENSE! That's a 10 or 20% increase....not sure what your growth plans are Cuban?

Maybe everyone needs an adjustment, including the input suppliers!!

Regarding the government not seeing 2000 acres as sustainable, they may lean that way in some instances, but then they come out with all these programs to support small niche local producers, to do value added and be sustainable etc. Not putting to much concern into what the government thinks is sustainable. Its all about what looks best politically.

[agstar77]

Days of flipping machinery every two tears coming to an end. That is what drove consolidation in the machinery business. The end is near , you cannot use these big machines for two years and throw them away, it is just too wasteful, it is what is wrong with our disposable society. So if a few of the bigtime go broke who cares. It is people that matter not the size of their toys. People spend money and create an economy not land and toys.

[blackpowder]

When cub gets old enough he will understand.

[agchat]

Just to throw a dig in on your one comment farmaholic, I am a hobby farmer in todays ag world, and it costs me way more than the big farmer. Little to virtually no rebates from chemical companies, pay more for fuel, fertilizer, and alot of times my grain grading is no bargaining. End of rant.

[tweety]

Is cubin the only poster on here that is in big time debt?

Always the reference to "those with big debt" but no one on here is that, are they?

A few farms going down is pretty meaningless to the big cities - the only place that matters. Besides there are a thousand farmers standing in line to farm the land so they just disappear like they never were.

Its a drought for a chunk of western Canada for **** sakes, not the end of the world. You've never been thru hard times?

Get a grip!

[farmaholic]

Get a Grip, that ****ing program is long gone...

Aid, **** if it doesn't rain here soon I won't be on aid, I'll be on Prozac.

[Richard5]

Is prozac subsidized by the government through medicare?

[agchat]

Farmaholic, Maybe you should go out and scout at the game tonight for those other moist areas!!

[blackpowder]

Cub is obviously not the only one on here up to his eyeballs. Just the only one with unrealistic viewpoint.

[farmaholic]

BP, is that comment directed at me? I'm a little grumpy. If I chose to, I could be debt free. Pretty ****ing lucky. But it doesnt change the dry circumstances here and I hate losing money as much or more than the next guy.

Farming: the stupidest, riskiest business in the world. I'm too stupid to do anything else.