COWS

[parsley]

I've learned much from you Tom4CWB. There are few one cannot learn from.


But being consistent in applying what you learn is the trick to adopting a life philosophy.

Kill one day. Don't the next.

Stealing is wrong. But over there it is right.

Hmmmm.


Consistency is the key. And applying it what one needs to try to accomplish.

Baic premise I am defending is this:


If an idea is a good one, you do not need force to have people accept it.


Hence Supply management fails the test.


Basic Logic 100.

Try agian in th morning when you have a good night's sleep, Tom4CWB

Parsley

[Fransisco]

Grassfarmer, just out of curiosity, how much of what type of quota do you have?

[Fransisco]

On second thought how much is too personal a question and unnecessary. But I am curious which supply manged commodity you do hold quota on. Is it dairy?

[parsley]

grassfarmer,

"where the participants know something about the subject. "


uh huh.

Does calving out a big herd of cows every spring and all the yearling heifers besides for 22 years qualify me as knowing anything about the subject, or is that just reserved for the rude?

Parsley

[parsley]

I'd guess goats, fran. He got mine.

[TOM4CWB]

Parsley;

A real Tough call Parsley.

If a deranged person were after you, your daughter... grandchild...

Would you stop them from killing them and yourself; if it appeared it was comming to that?

I believe the laws of Canada say you have a right to defend yourself, or someone else under attack who's life is truly threatened.

Would I defend myself to live another day and serve my family and community?

I hope I would not be a coward... if your life were threatened... and help you survive!

My belief says... this would be

[charliep]

grassfarmer

Not underestimating the negative impact on the cow calf side. US buyers (even domestic guys) will be feeding animals south which will support price. Canadian barley remains an expensive feed ingredient. Likely makes more sense to haul calves to corn/DDG versus the other way.

For grain guys, the above is not a comment on right or wrong. Just a note in the margin based business that cost of gain in Canada is more than the US.

[parsley]

Tom4CWB,

Protecting a life cannot be compared to protecting your bottom line.

Parsley

[grassfarmer]

Fransisco, You seem to have run out of witty insights into the beef sector - wise move quitting while you are behind.
And no I don't hold any quota for a supply managed product.

Parsley, As a fellow beef producer I would welcome your contribution. In all the time I have read your posts I have never seen you mention beef or the beef industry. Agriville also has a beef forum.
With all your knowledge about the beef sector it is a shame your only contribution to this thread has been to nitpick the psychology and principles of TOM4CWB.
What are your opinions of the problems of the packer cartel, rising feed grain prices relative to CFOs. Falling calf prices etc ??

[parsley]

grassfarmer,

I have been a contributor on Agri-ville since its' inception, as has Tom4CWB, who is a very knowledgable contributor and a good friend.

I have covered a lot of subjects over the years. You can read in "Search".

We know longer have cattle, but I do have a lot of experience with cattle and the cattle business. Cow-calf operations, purebred operations, marketing, and so on. Redundancy gets tiresome.

I am interested in marketing chouce for grain farmers, an issue that most cattlemen want to avoid because captive Canadian grain means cheap feed for cattlemen.

I will choose what issues I will contribute to, and which I want to focus on and those I believe have the most impact on Canadian agriculture.

Hence the CWB issue.

Parsley