Well for the winter lets try something new on a Thursday. One more day of the week is left, farmers are frustrated or happy at the week's outcome. So either a bitch session or hugs session. At least it was warm and enjoyable. But old man Polar vortex is on its way next week.
Ah, you just got to love it.
So I'll start, I am totally embarrassed at out leader Justin Trudeau, He demonstrates every day what a total **** up the GTA and Montreal voted in. He has not a single ounce of manners or professionalism. Basically a useless fool trying to play in the big boy world. He and his girlfriend from France are two of the same. Captain **** Up to the Call.
Premiers met and not a word on AG. This is actually the saddest thing in all of the week's news. I can tell you right now a few things will happen in the new year because of the shit show going on in AG. One dealership is shutting down a rural store come Jan. Layoffs will happen at others due to poor sales, service and repairs. Who is going to green/red/Yellow light there combines or equipment if they have a crop that's still out. Heck one chemical company that has a plant in Regina just cancelled the annual Xmas party and the room was already booked. We always get a farmer party and I guess it's done because no invitations arrived. One Big big farmer who is behind paying is common all over the province. So it's not the big are ok and the small they want out. RB is flooded with sales being booked for next year as accountants are telling guys who tried to farm and be landowners either stop the madness and leave with something before its all gone.
Farmers are beaten to a pulp and all the AG minister says is contact Crap insurance and they will guide you through it. **** buddy I am way over my production guarantee (because they use a 100-year average and we didn't get special years deducted like 2002 and 4 or flood years like the Western side did with the droughts of the 80s disappearing) with a 1/3 still out in the field. Someone said I might be busy working again, not a chance ill go back.
But this all reminds me of the 1980s without high interest or the 1990s when Canadian farmers were told to suck it up buttercup we cant go head to head against the European or USA farmers, You're on your own.
I just find it funny how all these meetings have talking heads telling farmers that Peas are ****ed going to India but well buy them from you at 6 a bushel instead of 9 and sell as many as you fools produce. Learn to get better yields and well make it on volume. Well, we will and you will still just break even. Or the Canola growers guy saying china is gone so sad so sorry but farmers we as an industry are still moving canola seed to Europe to make diesel and other countries to broker the seed to China so all is good. Europe is buying because we are so cheap compared to the rest of the world. What good does it do me if my price dropped by $2.30 a bushel yet we still can move to see. Ah, the middle man is looked after and the farmer gets the shaft again.
So a subsidy call came out this week from an RM in Saskatchewan and all the big dogs looked down and laughed. This two happened in the 90s because some farmers just can't get the fact that Dairy got a subsidy for losing 3% market share yet we lose 20% due to a total **** up of the Canadian Gov and not a peep. We get a ****ing loan.
Everything in Canada is geared to keep the middle man happy and who cares what the peasant farmers think.
But the big problem in Ag is the dumb farmer himself. Look in the mirror. We should have one voice, not 20 groups representing us. The feds go have a meeting and it's like 1 dad and 50 kids getting the same package or advise. We need one on one. Someone stong who will call a politician a ****ing fool who was elected not a prince or chosen one.
So hunker down have a great week and let's hope some finally start to wake up and forget about this me myself and I attitude and look at the big picture.
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