Cropping decisions

[chaffmeister]

Agstar:

Yes - all figures I've shown you are in Canadian dollars.

It's the only way to do it - compare apple to apples.

[Burbert]

Fiends, For your info I am a framer. I will not share any of my fram knowledge with anyone, unless they are family. Sorry that you's guys don't like what I have to say. But the last time I checked this was a free county, and I have the right to freedom of expression. If you's are all optimists about framing, that is your problem. As for me, at least I am never upset or disappointed, when things go sideways or into the sewer, as often happens in angribusiness. Nobody in business is your friend boys/girls, its all driven by greed and envy. So suck it up, or cry and whine to high heaven, it makes no difference to the big picture. Grain grows, the water flows and big winds blow, huff and buff, you don't make one bit of difference. Politicos and CEO's make on the decisions that count and pay lip service to us. Framers are peons, to be used and abused cause they love the life style and always smile!

[charliep]

To bring back to topic, I like the idea to diversity crops. I note some like to pick the winner and allocate acres to it. My experience is to be diverse as a position for market opportunities in all crops and as a hedge against weather/disease. I see others as calling crop rotation but to me is part of the overall plan.

[mustardman]

Maybe neither of them know .

The price had more to do with the Corn price than anything else.
The Barley price started dropping a few days after the Feds announced it was removing Barley from cwb. It continued on its slide thru to the CWB court decision and it Kept sliding.

The price of corn during this time had also been falling . Anyone who tells you that it had Anything to with the CWB- whether barley was in or was out is either sadly mistaken or INTENTIONALLY Misleading
Get over it boys

[Fransisco]

Sorry mus you can talk about corn futures all day long but its the cash barley price comparison in these charts...

http://www.siemenssays.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/barley-comparisons.pdf

...that tells the story.

Before marketing choice was announced we were $20 per tonne under the Montana price, after we got close to 40 bucks over. Then after the judgment 'boom' we were back to $20 under, and now we're like $70 under.

Marketing choice goes out the window and so does 100 bucks a tonne on barley.

On August 1 our cash price dropped something like 30 to 35 bucks a tonne. The Montana price didn't move an inch and you want to try and tell us it's all because of corn futures?

That theory holds about as much water as a hula hoop.

[TOM4CWB]

Mustardman,

Barley is non-GMO.

Barley makes very good camel/pet food.

Barley is short in supply... and high quality barley is difficult to buy.

Please tell me why the Aussies could extract over $400/t for ABB feed barley... the voluntary pool 1 average...

While the CWB pool 1 is $150/t lower.

[chaffmeister]

Do you know the mustardman,
the mustardman, the mustardman,
Do you know the mustardman,
Who has a weary brain.

Oh, yes, I know the mustardman,
The mustardman, the mustardman,
Oh, yes, I know the mustardman,
Who has a weary brain.

[wd9]

Thank you all for contributing. Greatly appreciated!

[just_wondering]

how did the presentations go?

[wd9]

Won't be till the end of Nov. They need translation first and approvals, etc. Nothing is ever easy internationally.