Existing Canadian provisions enough to protect farmers! I laugh and laugh and Cry!

[fjlip]

And funding for research by producers who rarely get any trickle down benefits is legal theft!
Market benefits, they can fund it.
Remember Aug 1st you must apply for wheat/canola check off refunds.
Agri-Invest is better but was reduced by 2/3 to 1% of gross.

[Klause]

We deported Indian politicians over the weekend...

Don't expect the pulse tariff issue to get better. Indian govt officials are pissed.

[Braveheart]

They should have sent some semi drivers with them.

[bucket]

Isn't there a big truck driver strike on in India now?


We replaced railways with trucks in this country as well....created a whole new set of environmental issues barbie can't figure out.....

One super b of feed grain trucked to the west coast is too many ...environmentally speaking.

Backwards....

[jazz]

We replaced railways with trucks in this country as well....created a whole new set of environmental issues barbie can't figure out.....

What about exporting raw lumber to china and having their landfill ready garbage furniture come back here?

NAFTA is a joke - trump is right. Autos cross the border 7 times before being completed. How nuts is that?

[burnt]

Well fellow farmers and chuck chuck, help is here -

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/agririsk-initiatives-program-is-now-available-under-the-canadian-agricultural-partnership-688761121.html https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/agririsk-initiatives-program-is-now-available-under-the-canadian-agricultural-partnership-688761121.html

How much investment value or trickle-down would you predict that this will have?

[bucket]

Unless they copy the US farm policy to some extent .....my guess is that small farms, no matter the wealth, will be held by investors.....

No young person in right mind would take on the debt without a reasonable return for their hard work after watching their parents struggle....and why would they....

That news release is insane.

[sumdumguy]

Its odd...steel companies get committed funding because of steel tariffs but wait a second ...the price of steel went up?????

western canadian farmers get a pulse tariff imposed and the price of lentils and peas drop to half of 2016 prices and .....wait for it....no commitment from government to help out by either ending the tariff or covering losses......

steel good....farming bad....funny though ...farmers support the steel industries judging by the machinery on farms....say what?????

the dumb****led farmer...tm.

No doubt in my mind - this BS government should have counter-tarriffed all East Indian imports, but No Drama boy decided to perform in Indian garb for the world (such a joyous occasion)!

[helmsdale]

No young person in right mind would take on the debt without a reasonable return for their hard work after watching their parents struggle....and why would they....

Most of the time I really do wonder if I am of sound mind or not... Quite the world.

[burnt]

Unless they copy the US farm policy to some extent .....my guess is that small farms, no matter the wealth, will be held by investors.....

No young person in right mind would take on the debt without a reasonable return for their hard work after watching their parents struggle....and why would they....

That news release is insane.

This is a real issue.

I have lived on this original 100 ac.farm here in mid-western Ontario for 54 years. Dad bought it in 64 for $10,500. I bought it from him in 84 for $100,000.

Now it's worth way more than 10X that amount.

None of our 4 kids think they can afford to take it over even at a sharply reduced price. And if we sell it cheaper to one of them, what do we do for the others? There's only so much to go around and fairness does seem rather important.

Next question - with the regulations and taxation rules biting harder every day what is the next generation going to find?

And since we have only a relatively small acreage, is it even worth their while to take it over?

Was discussing with our one son the ugly red ink we saw a pen full of steers we shipped back in the spring. He said, "There's really not much sense in farming, is there." Statement made. He's an electrician in partnership with our oldest son.

Tough call, I'm finding, and I think I want to let someone else take it on...

[jamesb]

As far as the Indian pulse issue, IMO its gonna take a draw down in the Indian pulse stocks to allow much for imports of what we used to see. The way I see it the Indian govt has done a extremely poor job in trying to manipulate markets domestically. It is my understanding that Indian farmers have not seen great increases in prices since imports have been severely restricted.
Overly protectionist policy will rarely do what is intended. US users of steel and aluminum are seeing this firsthand.

[sumdumguy]

Is Turkey still filling the Indian market?