farm stress line calls....

[bucket]

Partners

I have to ask....

.dont give a shit about the neighbors

How do you mean that?

I consider all here my neighbours .....a better chat here than going to a coffee shop....A good chat here says its the same everywhere this harvest...cant do much about it....

Guys are drying grain with frost fighters ...wait until they add the costs ...they might get 2cwrs at the elevator but they are netting feed....or less...

[Partners]

Partners

I have to ask....

.dont give a shit about the neighbors

How do you mean that?

I consider all here my neighbours .....a better chat here than going to a coffee shop....A good chat here says its the same everywhere this harvest...cant do much about it....

Guys are drying grain with frost fighters ...wait until they add the costs ...they might get 2cwrs at the elevator but they are netting feed....or less...

Why store their problems in your head?
They are the same as yours..
And NO my neighbors don't give a shit about my losses..

[bucket]

Why store their problems in your head?
They are the same as yours..
And NO my neighbors don't give a shit about my losses..

Do you have neighbours licking their lips at the potential ....guys that don't get done considered failures and time to strike??????

[Partners]

Do you have neighbours licking their lips at the potential ....guys that don't get done considered failures and time to strike??????

We we lost 80% of our canola in 2012.
Neighbors asked if we could continue farming with that loss?
There real colors showed up..
Vultures..
So we don't dwell on their issues..

[Partners]

Plus we are the smallest farmers in the area.so it makes sense we should be bought out.we only in the way.

[bucket]

Plus we are the smallest farmers in the area.so it makes sense we should be bought out.we only in the way.

Yup ...your comments make sense now....I certainly understand....one of the reasons I don't coffee much anymore....out of sight ..out of mind....

[hobbyfrmr]

Plus we are the smallest farmers in the area.so it makes sense we should be bought out.we only in the way.

Good point. What does the farm stress line say when a farmer calls in? Do they present a loose plan to overcome the short term stress? Are there resources a person can explore to help with the stress? Regular exercise, meditation, yoga, proper diet? These are actions some regular citizens take in order to successfully get through their days.

The next question is, when does a person sell the farm? There are places in Sask where farmers are buying/selling at $500,000 per 155 acre quarters. It seems like a person could sell, relocate and buy another 30% more land in a different area. Or else rent it out and live reasonably well if they are careful. Its not something to dwell on but why not say yes when land prices are good instead of not as good?

[sumdumguy]

There’s a farm for sale in Mexico, just need armoured tanks and machine guns to get there.

[bucket]

There’s a farm for sale in Mexico, just need armoured tanks and machine guns to get there.

Way off topic but you mentioned Mexico......

The mexican Mennonites are all over up here spending big.....I think if it gets resold....the money is cleaned.....that's the play even at a loss....

And who wouldn't trust a family from Mexico with barely enough to clothe themselves paying top dollar for land....

It's so nice to see politicians are stupid and don't know what's going on or pretend they don't which makes them even more incompetent. ...

[furrowtickler]

The weather and financial stress is real and dangerous to our health.

You should rephrase that question because no individual or politician controls the weather or markets.

What is causing the stress is the better question.

Ed White in his piece wrote about the end of the commodity boom.

Errol clarified that China's exceptional growth and decline has had a big impact on commodity prices.

Many on this site want to lay the blame on politicians.

Was Harper responsible for the commodity boom? I don't think so.

Harper was friendly to trade deals .. so yes it helped .
Trudeau basically single handily pissed off most of our major trading partners... so that did not help

Boom or bust , politics plays a huge role in the net returns for farms .... both here and the US or any exporting country. So politics do control prices but have major influence on what happens to our bottom line . Ask the dairy producers ..... policy rules .