End of the Week Thursday Report.

[grassfarmer]

Just curious, who gets these precipitation badges?

Well you don't get one if you got rain and claimed you didn't lol!

[SASKFARMER3]

Really thats all you can come up. Wow what a troll.

[Horse]

mallie I am one of those that didn't want to see the CWB go as I am a small producer,I always ran cattle and of course have to turn over the grass once in a while so some yrs I had an extra few thousand bu grain, it was nice to dump it in the elevator and let them sell for me ,even now 20.000 bu and no one wants to talk to you.
I never wanted to be a giant killer, just wanted to make a living,whitch I did, I can see if you have a few 100,000 bu its to your advantage to market your own, but who hasn't sold at the wrong time,, Everyone says to hire financial planers and investors as they have the expertise so that's what I did by leaving it up to the CWB. I think it was more the grain traders that wanted it gone more so than the producers, but it is what it is.

[LEP]

Ok. Can't help myself. Horse, how do you market your cattle? Just dump the calves in the fall?

It doesn't matter how much grain you have. All it takes is alittle reading.

Just reading between the lines, but I am guessing what you really liked was that you got the same price as everyone else. Nobody got a better price by keeping informed and following the market signals.

"Collective poverty" was the CWB motto.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

"Collective poverty" was the CWB motto.

Capitalism " The unequal distribution of wealth"
Communism " The equal distribution of poverty"

I think it applies.

[bucket]

Capitalism leads to communism unchecked and vice versa....

Think about what stage we are in....

[the big wheel]

Precipitation badge goes to those who had either extreme.

The chicken cannon goes to those that cries all year how bad it was only to one day say hey my 50 canola is alright. Lol

[Horse]

Ok. Can't help myself. Horse, how do you market your cattle? Just dump the calves in the fall?

It doesn't matter how much grain you have. All it takes is alittle reading.

Just reading between the lines, but I am guessing what you really liked was that you got the same price as everyone else. Nobody got a better price by keeping informed and following the market signals.

"Collective poverty" was the CWB motto.

No really I used to finish my calves and a few more if I had the feed, but the capalistic system fu,d that as I could get buyers to come look at my cattle ,they would even sort them,I only fed between 50/150 head, get bids from gainers, burns,intercon,cp Then in comes the BTOs and all of a sudden just send them they will look after them for you,HA HA the last cattle I fed I had the BTO in the area sell them and even offering 6 pots of cattle it still took2 weeks to move them ( only just under 1 pot was mine).
If I was the genunis you seem to think you are do you hit the top of the market every time ? Hell why would you bother growing any thing just buy low sell high F all to it.
Ive listened to enough on here to know you are all liars or just like to bitch, if you hit top market all the time why all the fuming crying about prices.

[Horse]

Lep where do you farm out there in welfare land eastern/ southern Alta ??

[PrairieDude]

Just curious, what is cost per day to attend show?

[LEP]

Nope I don't hit the the high but I treat it like a business and roll with it. Once you do it for a while you realize nobody hits only the highs. I guarantee you CWB certainly didn't.

I think the comment that you just wanted to dump your production and let the CWB market it, is the dumbest and irresponsible thing a farmer could say. Your farming because of the lifestyle aren't you or is it a hobby? I have to farm for a living. I am in business to earn a living for my family and pay for my retirement, so I take it seriously. My advice, you need to treat it like a business and enjoy the lifestyle benefits when you can.

[blackpowder]

I'm sure Horse does the same with his accounting, banking, estate planning etc. Just dump it on somebody else.
They'll do better than he because he doesnt want to know and would rather pay the bill and consider it done.
Kinda like takin your calves to this weeks market based on last weeks prices and sell all your inventory in seconds.
Then, having a lot of other people to blame, go home with check.

Ya, Mallee, few supported it then, fewer now. Real facts.
Jeez, we need silver bullets and garlic to keep that undead bastard in the ground.