CAP saskatchewan gets only 388 million

[bucket]

Announcement t hat saskatchewan is getting 388 million from the new federal ag program....191 million going to science research and innovation?????

48 million going to risk management?????
30 million to for Value added agriculture.


Is there a problem here?

Does anyone not understand no one wants our products at half price?

Does anyone understand no one wants to move our products to export?

Why does science research and innovation get the big share of government funding while farmers that use the supposed innovation get SFA.

Its like Clean Seed getting a tax break....it should be the farmer buying the drill getting the tax break...

Things are getting harder to understand when farmers are borrowing more in the short term to get thru the current transport mess but people that research are living high on the government hog.

Grow more make less ...make it up on volume while the science teams laugh all the way to the bank with subsidized money.

[SASKFARMER3]

Its totally discusting.

AG is dying in Canada and its all becasue stupid farmers fell for the bullshit grow more feed the world mentality.

We did it to our selves.

The newby kids on the block havent seen bad times.

Wow is it going to suck.

[wmoebis]

Look at the lobbyists and advisors of not only this gov't but last and all gov'ts and then follow the money.

[ajl]

Anyone who buys the clean seed monstrosity will be getting a tax break as in never having to pay taxes again because of no profits. The research money is being channels to a few big city ridings that the lieberals have a chance of winning so that is the motivation there. Think university research grants. More research to produce more in times of surplus as a very poor ROI but it is not about that.

[Oliver88]

So $70.5 million for Environmental and Climate Change while $48 million for risk management??

Of the $70.5 million for “Environmental and Climate Change” how much will actually get to the farmer?
$32 million for federal government to act on behalf of province?

Government bureaucrats, consultants, “green” companies seeking subsidies and a federal government slush fund will take a strong majority of this money.




Below is from Farms.com:

“Programs related to science, research and innovation will receive $191.5 million over CAP’s duration, and programs related to the environment and climate change will receive $70.5 million.
The governments are investing $48 million into risk management, $30 million for value-added agriculture, $8.5 million for public trust initiatives and $7.5 million for trade and market development.
An additional $32 million will be allocated to activities delivered by the federal government on behalf of the Province.”

[macdon02]

Like the food stamp program attached to the US farm bill? Don't kid yourself environmentalists are money hungry *****s that know where their next meal comes from.... we just need to carry one more parasite. Govt will never release their claws from food production. Like a cure for cancer, more research is needed.

[Hopalong]

Seems to be some question whether federal money spent on increasing our productivity is in our own best interests.
Maybe governments should get out of these programs and leave it to investors to decide whether or not to support them.
Do not think that increased productivity is a bad thing and that governments discouraging it here would be a good thing.

[SASKFARMER3]

Hop who cares if we grow more in canada no one is paying for it any way.
In the 60 s we were told the world will run out of food repeated in 70s 80s and now.

Each time it’s farmers upping the game and we’re is that getting us. Same price as my great grandfather got paid but we now ship what’s needed to live in a super B instead of a wagon.

The big problem for Ag in canada is our costs and our transportation and all the parasites who feed off of us .

South America and Russia will hand us our lunch then we will be the last resort for supply if they have a bad crop.

That’s the billion dollar problem that only a few can see. The rest want to over produce them.

Hahahah

We’re F&&ked

[bobofthenorth]

Directly from the SAF website. Seems about right.

[Hopalong]

Sf3, maybe depends how we define productivity.
Recall report financially supported by govts on PEI economy.
That report recommended emphasis on tourism, sometimes in opposition to agriculture.
PEI farmers were upset that it favoured support for small and traditional farms.
Big picture said keep on getting tourist dollars and encorage agriculture production to move elsewhere.

[fjlip]

Sf3, maybe depends how we define productivity.
Recall report financially supported by govts on PEI economy.
That report recommended emphasis on tourism, sometimes in opposition to agriculture.
PEI farmers were upset that it favoured support for small and traditional farms.
Big picture said keep on getting tourist dollars and encorage agriculture production to move elsewhere.

Apparently same economic squeeze will shut Ag in western Canada, unless population/weather say other wise....wait for it, still waiting since 1972.

[westernvicki]

The super cluster invests in protein. While increased vegetative protein is a good investment, (providing NAFTA enables Canada could benefite (USA fractionation continues to increase)) but to ship increasingly diversified markets the logistics of the nation will need to serve the smaller shippers. And, smaller shippers scored under 10% of cars ordered to cars filled, while terminals shipping bulk volume were over 80% in the latest rail car coalition report. Hopefully the smart folk can tie this equation together: value add + efficient logistics including rail = opportunity to diversify agricultural economy.

Meanwhile livestock which could capitalize on global markets & consume more forages & grain, continues to decline.


Go figure, vegetarians are in flavour.

http://time.com/4252373/meat-eating-veganism-evolution/

[bucket]

Who are the smart folk you speak of?