Great visit with SK Farmer Megzz - Why we need to share agriculture's story.

[bucket]

Any other issues an agvocate would like to discuss? ?

[farmaholic]

Railroads

"Transparent" open market

Machinery and parts costs

Gutted and inadequate insurance and risk management programs

One sided grain contracts

Hyper inflated land prices that shut out our own young farmers....REAL farmers....agvocate THAT!!!!!

Consolidated uncompetitive industries supplying goods and services to producers

Ad nauseam

[farmaholic]

The above are all regulatable and controllable..........unlike the weather!

[bucket]

Why do I think these agvocates will be enjoying the new lifestyle after the RBA...??????

[farmaholic]

.....i apologize for dragging down what should have been a positive thread, there was still a good message in the starting post.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Railroads

"Transparent" open market

Machinery and parts costs

Why, when evidently operations are more than willing to pay such prices for the privilege of shiny paint,

Gutted and inadequate insurance and risk management programs

Which if left intact, would otherwise serve remove all risk, leading to inflated land prices and rents, and profits will be back to where they were without.

One sided grain contracts

Hyper inflated land prices that shut out our own young farmers....REAL farmers....agvocate THAT!!!!!

Do you care to suggest how to fix that? Who's fault is it that land prices are high, and how pleased would you as an established producer be if someone mandates cheap land prices for the sake of the next generation? I ask from the perspective of a young farmer who would really like cheap land prices.

Consolidated uncompetitive industries supplying goods and services to producers

Then why do the local independent suppliers complain that they can't compete with the big guys selling inputs? Why does everyone shop at Walmart while the more expensive independents go out of business?

Ad nauseam

[bucket]

I will summarize it another way.....until these agvocates can out lobby the existing lobbyists in Ottawa primary producers will remain at the bottom.....whether she's talking mental,financial or industry health. ....all of which are related. ....mostly the first two.


India technically has thousands of farmers offing themselves due to financial crisis. .....which is part of why there was a tariff put in place.

[grassfarmer]

I think you guys are confusing two roles - sharing agriculture's story with the public at large and advocating for the interests of farmers politically. You can't blame this woman for attempting the first and not succeeding at the second!

Time for all the bellyachers like SF3 to step up and get involved if you need political solutions instead of just sitting back complaining that the commodity organisations don't achieve anything.

[bucket]

Sure right....I could tell a story about how I raise my cattle that are grass fed and only a couple pourons of ivomec along with the blackleg shots.


Beautiful animals ....but it took my kid to buy some from the neighbor to compare and find out how good ours were.....better after they were in the pen together....so be it.


Add in the fact my kid wants the cows....excellent ....but there is very little money in it....and to do something higher value costs a shit load of money....no matter how I cut it. Pun intended.

Just helping him get to a herd like we had would cost a shit load.


As a friend said at a hockey game.....he has to show his sons a lentil cheque once in a while so they understand.

And no one wants to hear my story. Why? Because we use to have butcher houses to take cows to instead of paying heartland to sell them to a slaughterhouse. ...no place to take a cow that develops a bad eye over the summer....and at least pay the producer for good on the hook meat.

No dog food manufacturers for poorer beef...so instead my kid traps coyotes off them....which again is no longer a publicly acceptable practice....

Where do you go with those stories? ???

[bgmb]

Bucket if you are not completely satisfied with her message why not give your own? But really would there be any point lamenting the loss of small slaughter houses and wooden elevators. That ship has obviously sailed along with horse drawn plows and pull type combines so get over it.

But i do agree some of the agvocate stuff is over the top. Like who can stand 3 kids in a combine cab for more than 5 minutes ?