Goo ahead and count your blessings...But don't B.S. everyone and yourself about an overall strong fa

[freewheat]

Very good point, cotton. I have no doubt if dealt a different hand, I would have been a different kind of farmer.

[farmaholic]

To each their own....

I don't care but somewhat admire how you choose to live your life and run your farm. But if you think "WE" deserve less than the other Industry players that is where you and I will have to agree to disagree. When inland terminals do back to wooden houses and annexes and railways start using coal to power their locomotives and every other supplier of goods and services takes afew steps back or
stops progressing with new technology that will be the day I won't expect anything better for "US" either.

[sumdumguy]

Good for you Freewheat, I know exactly how you feel. And when your children move on, they will have fond memories of their home. Until age 11, I lived near Mikado and experienced life as you describe and now my grandchildren listen with awe to the stories. There were mushrooms, animals, baling small squares, crows feet, gopher hunting, fishing, saskatoons, hazelnuts. Can't say any one of them can even relate, but do they love the stories. Haven't eaten moose though. Is it good as beef?

[freewheat]

Moose IMO is better than beef. Lean, tender, delicious! But moose meat needs a good and proper preparation and cooking, because of the lean issue.

I think I am misunderstood a little bit. I am not all completely backwards: My farm is a blend of new and older, animals and gardens, and technology and painful labor. lol!

I am no Weibo Ludwig, or THAT kind of thing. I just live a simpler life. Not saying it is right, but it is who I am. Some born of necessity in the cards dealt, some just because gosh darn, I enjoy good meat, fresh eggs, etc..

I do not mean we do not deserve a reasonable living at all. I think everyone does. But does 9000 acres and 5 million in machinery mean a decent living? Do we all "deserve" whatever our hearts desire? Or can we reign in some spending, and live simpler?

Don't get me wrong, I put up new bins like everyone else when justified. I like gadgetry to an extent. I prefer a 1990's tractor cab to a 1970's one. I would like to buy certain pieces of land if possible over time. But keeping costs down is the one thing we can all control to a great extent.

[SASKFARMER3]

On the Moose thing. Swathing Barley North of us that we will harvest in 3 to 5 days if the weather holds. Come around a corner and wow. 5 moose. two big males and three females. all having fun in my barley.
Yes they make the best steaks. When I was young dad and his friends would go to Hudson Bay and hunt every fall. Ah childhood memories.

[sumdumguy]

Gonna buy a BIG freezer, see if what you guys say is true. For sure, the dog will be pleased. Moose are plentiful even down South. I thought they liked the bush up north.

[freewheat]

Moose are now everywhere. Use to be you had to hunt the forest. But now you just have to be lucky and get drawn.

[wmoebis]

Can you imagine if early people hadn't almost wiped out the buffalo and they were running wild like deer and moose.
Can't imagine hitting moose or buffalo with a car at 100 km/hr.

[sumdumguy]

A huge buck was watching me try to fix the combine last night. A rack the size of a Greyhound bus. He didn't pay any attention to me at all. He had to weigh a lot more than a steer.

[checking]

You don't have to be lucky to be drawn for moose. You just have to be a Wildlife Federation member to be drawn, so I hear!

Poaching isn't just for egg cooking, so I hear!

Since farmers don't do anything except provide the habitat for the southern moose population, I consider luck to be a no hunting sign. City member, learn to tithe if you want legal access to private land. Now that bothers the Federation, so I hear!

Not a hunter. I just like hearing things that are alive!

As for the thread, no amount of head smacking will stop farmers from chasing the current quality crop winners by trying to overproduce them next season in expectation that they will hold in price. Sorry, but you have to have it now, and not priced.

I'd tell you how that works, but some industry player would just tell me the cost of carry will just eat me up.

[bucket]

Instead of issuing tags and reducing the moose numbers the saskatchewan government hired a helicopter to net and tag moose so they could track them. Track them where.? They were going across highway 11.

So they kept the moose and the insurance costs as well. Brilliant hey.

[Oliver88]

You can go on the SERM website and check your chances of being drawn for moose. Last time I checked for zone 42 it was about a 15% chance.

I agree with reigning in spending.