Stats Canada YES the report thats two months old.

[bigzee]

I just want to know who is giving out their numbers? If you had a killer crop do you think the people on the other line really know anything. I know some like to make themselves sound like they are king tuts. I guess some get scared when they say it’s law. Now when prices start to collapse wonder how many of these guys are complaining?

[Guest]

I just want to know who is giving out their numbers? If you had a killer crop do you think the people on the other line really know anything. I know some like to make themselves sound like they are king tuts. I guess some get scared when they say it’s law. Now when prices start to collapse wonder how many of these guys are complaining?

they get SFA from me , and haven't been imprisoned yet?

[Guest]

If things are so tight not sure why so many were getting all upset about tax changes on profits over $200,000. Something doesn't add up?

think it was more the issue that a co. could take over your farm a lot cheaper tax wise than your own son that has helped you for 20 years

[Partners]

Stats can has never called us.
Is it all guessed with satellites?...
Or do they just call the mega farms?

[Guest]

Stats can has never called us.
Is it all guessed with satellites?...
Or do they just call the mega farms?

no , we're small potatoes , and they hound and threaten me constantly. you are one lucky guy !
i always tell them when they tell me what they're wage is, we can talk. none has . apparently thats personal and confidential

[food4u]

got caught on the last day of the survey, so just lowered my numbers a bit more but we were down as a result of the drought...

[AlbertaFarmer5]

The market either doesn't believe this doesn't care or already had this priced in. Canola closed almost back to flat meanwhile soybean soy oil and soymeal closed down more relatively. Non event.

[tweety]

Sorry guys, but we live in a technological era where they don't even have to ask you any more. Farmers do a good enough job paying to give all their data electronically to companies, satellites, drones....

Oh, but its just 7$ and acre..... They don't really use the data to...... Not MY data, its all wrong..... I don't have a SIM card so it can't send.......

and other silly naive replies.

[Guest]

Sorry guys, but we live in a technological era where they don't even have to ask you any more. Farmers do a good enough job paying to give all their data electronically to companies, satellites, drones....

Oh, but its just 7$ and acre..... They don't really use the data to...... Not MY data, its all wrong..... I don't have a SIM card so it can't send.......

and other silly naive replies.

exactly , so get rid of that useless govt liberal job creator
serious question , can our combine yield monitor with satellite for auto steer send any info ?

[Klause]

exactly , so get rid of that useless govt liberal job creator
serious question , can our combine yield monitor with satellite for auto steer send any info ?

Depends how new it is.

It can send a whole lot more than that if it is a jdlink or telematics capable machine.


They know when you changed oil. Acres and tons per hour. How many hrs a day you work.

How much fuel you burn.

[tweety]

exactly , so get rid of that useless govt liberal job creator
serious question , can our combine yield monitor with satellite for auto steer send any info ?

Only the software developer knows for sure.

[dmlfarmer]

Could some of you explain why you do not feel you should be providing yield information to statscan yet you complain there is no transparency in export sales, volumes, and prices? Why do you feel marketers and grain companies should be obligated to provide demand information but it is okay for farmers to refuse or even fudge their supply information?

Do you not feel it is important for governments to at least make an attempt to find markets for our grains, especially given most other grain exporting nation's governments are active promoters of their agricultural commodities including the USDA, Australia, European Commission, Brazil, Argentina, and especially Russia? Furthermore each of these with perhaps the exception of Russia provide government estimates of production. I put forward it is important for governments to know what their farmers have to sell if they are to promote sales opportunities. And it is extremely important when dealing with countries which have state buyers, especially China and other Asian countries which are our best markets.

You complain about the railroads and government not forcing them to provide service but unless you are willing to tell governments how much service is needed each year as a function of volume to be moved, you are tying the hands of regulators and giving the railroads a free pass to only provide as much service as they feel like providing.