Friday Crop Report on a Thursday!

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No, I'd missed that actually thanks for bringing it to my attention. Looked at a few media reports and this one is typical:
"The budget does not provide details on how or when the money will be distributed to farmers and producers, who have long railed against any move that would expand foreign involvement in those sectors.
But the government appears to be hoping the promise of compensation will provide a salve to supply-managed farmers, many of whom are clumped in key ridings in Quebec and Ontario and angry that the deals have weakened their grip on the market."

Sounds very much the same as Harper did - talk big sums and promises big compensation to gain/retain votes but never actually pay anything out. I also note the sums they are talking about are for all SM products not just dairy. So in reality they are in a similar position to other farmers - suffering a loss due to market access issues and not being compensated for it.

does this explain it for you.....


Following the recent ratifications of CETA and CPTPP, Budget 2019 proposes up to $3.9 billion in support for supply-managed farmers:

Support will be offered to sustain the incomes of eligible dairy, poultry, and egg farmers, by making available up to $2.4 billion. Of this amount, $250 million has already been provided to support dairy farmers as a result of CETA, therefore a net amount of up to $2.15 billion will be available in coming years to deal with income losses associated with these agreements; and
Assistance will also be offered to protect the value of investments made by farmers in supply-managed sectors, through a Quota Value Guarantee Program that will protect against reduction in quota value when the quota is sold. $1.5 billion has been set aside for this demand-driven program.


Just ****ing wondering if people will wake the **** up now???????????