Old crop canola

[tweaker101]

I guess they must be pretty hard up for drivers...
Taking anyone who has the license... That is BS
to honk those air horns and make the cattle go
crazy. We used to cross the highway to a rented
pasture and on one occasion I remember my dad
ran up to this car on that was honking its horn and
kicked the door... The horn stopped and the car
drove off...problem solved. I'm sure the door was
damaged and luckily they drove off or more may
have happened... Lol

[Happytrails]

Thanks for listening all. One would think that a company like R that depends on the cattle business would try to make a better showing in cattle country.

[errolanderson]

crusher . . . your target may come into focus. impressive gains Friday . . . sharp pullback in loonie and solid July bean gains were also supportive to old crop.

canola may become quiet volatile next week (Tuesday) when it re-opens.

[ALLFARMER]

The ezee-feeder (grain despenser) I bought might
have cattle moving applications. Hungry cattle
will follow a bale shredder but imagine them
getting used to seeing a huge white grain pail! All
I have to do is start the tractor up in the yard and
cows start coming.

[checking]

"quiet volatile" I think we are all drinking the bean juice!

[Kathy]

We cross our busy highway twice in the year with
the cows and calves. We set up temporary fence
up to the edge of road, both sides, and when we
cross we completely block the highway with trucks
and stock trailers. It solved the problem of people
who just couldn't wait a couple minutes and would
slowly drive right through the herd. Visibility is
good from both sides, but I still insist on two
people to wave down the traffic. We hold the
pairs in small pens until they mother up. Still,
even when moving to the pasture next door, the
calves will run back. We leave the corrals open
so they go into there, and can't crawl through.

In spring we haul the yearlings across, and in fall
the heifers we keep back learn to cross with the
seasoned cows.

As for the R trucker, he should be fired.

[kato]

In Manitoba it's illegal to chase cattle across or down any highway or numbered municipal road. Even if it's just across to the other side, they want you to put them in a trailer and haul them.

If you do it, and there's an accident, big trouble follows.

[tipsy]

filp, there is a few guys going to the north of you but that is quickly coming to an end. We have done the driest and now are picking on the least challenging fields. Sadly the wet ground is just so saturated that it can't dry up. Of coarse were quickly finding out mud and water are still the boss..Its becoming apparent that seeded acreage on my farm is not going to be what I'd plan on!!!

[tipsy]

And Oh BTW... the canola futures market is irrelevant for my farm until I get a better grasp on how guys are progressing with seeding for the next 2-4 weeks.. good luck all..

[DogPatch]

Putting them in a trailer should be safer, but thats typical of our MB NDP. Can't inconvenience their voters going to the lake and having to slowdown for cows and to wipe poop off their tires.

Can you guess I hate the MB Government?

[Hopperbin]

5 days no rain so go hard if can. http://www.farmzone.com/sevenday_forecast/sk027 But already thinking to carry 22 to shoot the goblin making me hope for a rain to get some time off of this 5:30 am to 1:30 am days. Not sustainable but getting lots done. Actually the futures should be reflecting the later planting as later planting is typically lower yielding. Its great to see the canola price so strong Sask3 maybe still wonders why to grow it. :-)))

[WiltonRanch]

I used to work in the stockyards and I
found the the RT truckers to be
airheads. They are desparate for men so
they tend to hire owner operators that
want to get from point a to b to collect
their dough. I will neither ever hire
them because of their general attitude
to handling livestock and fellow human
beings. Not saying the local old boys
are bad but the guys doing the long runs
seem to be a different bunch.
I put these characters in the same boat
as the guys who long haul grain and
expect to be loaded christmas eve with 2
hours notice.