Can you name..... ??????

[bucket]

Hey bucket, did you go to China to straighten out the canola dockage debacle to 1%? Thanks for all your hard work in resolving that issue.

Or did that just go away on its own? Must have, because those shite organizations never do anything

And those groups had my checkoff to use and help from the government...

I quit growing canola because when I complained the best suggestion they could offer is ....grow something else....


9.50 for a bushel but 700 dollars a bushel for seed....yup they sure took care of the problem...

And then they got more government money to find additional markets that they were supposed to be looking for all along....when the Chinese closed the market. ...

[foragefarmer]

Braveheart, you obviously didn't bother to do a little research on DLF Seeds and Science to see how successful a farmer owned co-op really can be. But then again you know all there to know about co-ops because you were an employee at MPE way back when.

I 'll make it easy for you, DLF is the largest forage seed company in the world owned and run by Danish farmers. I thought you mention you grew a little forage seed now and then, I would hope you would know who the major Forage seed companies are here in Manitoba.

Wouldn't it be ironic if you sold your forage seed to DLF Pickseed, a farmer owned co-op.

[tweety]

And those groups had my checkoff to use and help from the government...

I quit growing canola because when I complained the best suggestion they could offer is ....grow something else....


9.50 for a bushel but 700 dollars a bushel for seed....yup they sure took care of the problem...

And then they got more government money to find additional markets that they were supposed to be looking for all along....when the Chinese closed the market. ...

Hey, you're the one that has asked what they did, and all your response is to whine about the price of seed. On second thought, probably best you stay far away from any commission. Please.

[bucket]

Hey, you're the one that has asked what they did, and all your response is to whine about the price of seed. On second thought, probably best you stay far away from any commission. Please.

My question was what have they done to improve returns to the primary producer....how did the dockage thing improve returns? And how do you know the dockage wasn't added in like the deer shit a few years back....considering part of basis or elevator charges is for cleaning....I guess all they had to do was tell the grain cos to actually clean ....instead of adding to spec and phucking it up ....

And that market is now closed anyway. ....


BTW ...you sound alot like the farm group directors I have talked to....highlight an issue but no details as to how my checkoff money is having any ROI to the farm gate....

Are you a board member of a farm group tweety?

People say I complain on this forum....but...I also offer solutions to director of farm groups....they say they are taking notes on the ideas.....

The chair of a farm group was giving me shit for calling an acclaimed director....and told me I should have got involved....then I asked him to resign so I could be acclaimed or run ...that was something he wasn't expecting to hear...I am still fuming about that call ...cold calling me because I had called a new director and also asking for another directors phone number ....had saskpulse run an election they would have had to publish their contact info...

Although most Sask wheat candidates don't answer their phones...easier to vote that way...

Look if you don't want me asking questions about farm groups and their use of my money....make checkoffs refundable or better yet voluntary....call it a charity ..which they are....

If you knew how many other organizations are funded by these checkoff dollar only to be influenced by other groups that are sponsored by corporate interests ..you would question the point of them ....

Grain Growers Canada has saskpulse money in it but when you look at who else is involved and their sponsors ...it is controlled by the railways.....

So the other day the big press conference by the GGC was cancelled because the CN strike was over was the excuse..... but more than likely the corporate interests of GGC told them not to make waves....because they had the opportunity to talk about other issues in agriculture for that press conference....but didn't. ....they cancelled it...and then went on to tell me how the media only has so much time....well it looks like you blew an opportunity....

Do any of you ever call the secondary farm groups our checkoff money goes to? If a farm group is funding other farm groups that say they are representing farmers ...call them... see how "the don't give a shit about farmers" actually works...they use the same phrases in their answers ...they are like robots repeating ...its like listening to Trudeau...think of a script that fits for an answer...

When they say they feel your frustration...thats code for "phuck off"

[tweety]

My question was what have they done to improve returns to the primary producer....how did the dockage thing improve returns?

Jesus H, really?

[bucket]

Jesus H, really?

Yes really....what are international standards for dockage...and who put the dockage in when someone was charging for cleaning....or how tough is it to scalp canola....

Look ....you are short on details as to how returns are better to the farm gate considering current costs and prices...and China is closed....

And don't forget the 30billion committed to the American producer....because that just came out of the blue....

[bucket]

Although I am not that articulate ....I am not sure why anyone would want me getting involved....there is no filter anymore...

[Zephyr]

Today, Jan canola ICE futures in CAD: $458.30 / tonne or $11.43 per bu.
Today, Feb ****seed MATIF futures in CAD: $566.30 / tonne or $12.84 per bu.

[bucket]

The farm groups will tell guys to use the other exchange. ..

ICE isn't liquid enough ....for canola...

[TASFarms]

$2 bucks a bushel would be the profit margin.

[farming101]

The farm groups will tell guys to use the other exchange. ..

ICE isn't liquid enough ....for canola...

You might be on to something there. Matif nearby chart posted a 31 month high for the week ending Nov 22

[dave4441]

Anything farm groups have done to improve the finances of the primary producers they say they represent????

A policy....a variety....a contract ...a grade ...that isn't more expensive to grow ....

While everyone else gets gets rubber stamped increases to improve their bottom line...


Just one policy that has helped a primary producer or cattleman improve their bottom line....

And just one that hasn't said farmers have to tighten their belts while supporting the economy with their exports and no one else is tightening their belts....

2 Million MT yellow pea market into China (about half our sales) as developed directly by Pulse Canada. It did not exist prior.

CDC lentil and pea breeding program has had a massive difference affect on our farms.