Hypocrites on this site

[ajl]

Trouble is that no one would recognize a free market these days since it has not been around since the 60's. Why is debt so high and interest rates so low? Never exist under a free market. Central banks are manipulating this market by printing money. Reality is that free markets are long gone around the world so then everyone is a hypocrite. What would you do if your land values drop in half tomorrow. Some areas in the US such as central and western portions of Kansas and Nebraska that has already happened. (albeit from ridiculous levels). So while I am in favor of letting markets do their thing, I am certainly not confident of survival should they do that. If AG craps the bed like the energy sector, what are people in Canuckistan going to be doing? Yes we are pumping more oil that ever before, but do to less investment that will decline over the next few years. Nothing is viable in Canuckistan due to excessive regulation, poor geography and climate, and east vs west disfunction.

[GDR]

Totally agree AB5. It doesn't end with grain marketing either. As a group farmers complain about rents and land prices yet everyone keeps putting their $$ up and pushing prices further. Same story on machinery prices, do you think prices would stay where they are if farmers didn't line up to get the first order on the new model in your neighborhood. Do we really need all the bells and whistles on the machines of today. Dealer told me it's pretty tough to sell anything not fully loaded up, if it's got all the bells and whistles they can't keep them in Stock.

[bucket]

Went to auto dealerships looking for regular cab 3/4 ton plain jane truck for farm and they say no one wants them... how about used ....can't keep them on the lot... go figure.


Not sure about everyone else here but once I get combine set for a crop I rarely change anything but I could stop and do it manually and not lose much time....

[sumdumguy]

Sarcasm did a fly by lol.

I got t Tweety, and I agree. We love to overproduce and then complain about the costs - that's for sure. All in favour of cheap food, say "ai" 👍

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Why do I get the impression that some of these responders didn't read ( or at least comprehend) what I wrote. Do you think that our government should force a government of a foreign country to force their agricultural sector to buy our products at a price which is profitable for us, regardless of what local producers can sell for, or other importers prices. This would be akin to our beloved Trudeau forcing us to buy all of our N fertilizer from his favorite middle eastern terrorist states, at well above world prices, while our local manufacturers are unable to sell their product to us. That would go over like a ton of bricks.

Regardless if we operate in a complete free market, or a strict command economy, somehow producers need to get the signal to decrease production when there is an oversupply. All of your proposals run counter to that. The market is telling us we grew too much, grow less next year, until supply and demand are back into balance. Doesn't mean we are going to enjoy it.

[furrowtickler]

I'm just wondering whatever happened to our green initiative regarding biofuels? The government wants it and we can supply the canola for bio diesel and the wheat for ethanol while at the same time shorting the canola crush market for Cargill and Richardson and the like for their oil crush outfits thereby raising commodity prices because they are now forced to compete with biofuel ? Maybe I'm stupid.

I wonder the same thing , would it not be a good fit into the green climate change agenda ? It’s like bio fuel in Canada has been swept under the rug , when the Liberals should be endorsing it .

[the big wheel]

When you throw a 50% tax on a commodity over supply isn't the issue. I don't know why this over supply bullshit is being promoted it isn't the case. People are starving there and many other countries besides India. There are other issues where government deals decide the incomes of those people. Better incomes for them better prices and they don't starve. Almost every year they throw out destroy peas and lentils they produce and buy because they don't have the infrastructure to destribute and kit enough people have money to buy. So there is a whole lot more to this than supply. Are they not taking the peas that are moving now at 6.00? Yes they are but when you add the tarriff to it they re paying as much or more for it.

Once again Some on here are trying to bullshit that we are the problem we are not the problem. Do you want me to start doing a chucky and print off pages and pages of examples of our pulse groups and wheat groups expressing this endless demand that is out there so grow pulses?

Hahaha.

Stop funding the check offs and start a fund for boots on the ground marketers for us in these countries. Fund a lobby to our government to have trade deals that restrict 50% tariffs etc. Develope a program of providing food as aid instead of money to many countries we are already sending money to. Then we ll live and die by demand and supply. But not in this one sided corrupt bullshit that has been going on here for ever.

[bucket]

Closed loop production systems can't be compared to agriculture production.....weather doesn't impact production of fertilizer.....

[grassfarmer]

Why do I get the impression that some of these responders didn't read ( or at least comprehend) what I wrote.

Because they're not that bright lol?

[Klause]

People that say agriculture is no different than any other business are... Wow.


1. Most countries value food security something Canadians don't even understand the concept of considering a tiny population and a huge food base.

2. Agriculture is one of the few industries that gives paper money value. It is incredibly important to make the fractional reserve system work - ag forestry mining and oil extraction.

3. Because of point 1 agriculture is one of the most subsidized industries in the world. Also because of 1 Canadian farmers don't seem to get that and beat their chests about being independent business all the while buying inputs from near monopolies and having near monopolies in charge of buying and exporting their production.... Competing with each other to sell for the lowest price...


It really is a strange world we live in

[Horse]

Most of you on here are suffering from the Flip Wilson syndrome. THE DEVEL MADE ME DO IT. If its not you who the he'll is it, target yields, max impute, and of course sask3s theory on everything he doesn't like, the liberals did it. All of you that wanted free marked shut the **** up and don't blame the rest of society for your greed.

[Rareearth]

Nothing cures high prices like high prices
Nothing cures low prices like low prices

Let the bottom pickers pick sea buckthorn berries