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

[jazz]

Years ago when the old CASE program was in effect, I made a claim into it. It took my accountant many rounds to get the application through. I even had to go sit in front of a mini-tribunal to defend my application.

What I was told at the time is these programs often have unintended effects. At that time, farmers got support money and went and bought land with it. Thats what I did too.

There should be a simple program like hail insurance. I buy the coverage I need for my inputs, expenses and margin.

[bucket]

Government funded R&D is big business as well....grow more of what the world doesn't want and then find an excuse to further not be willing to buy from Canada.....

Research into an oversupplied mustard market seems stupid.....

[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)!