Friday end of the Week Wrap up on a Thursday.

[blackpowder]

[beaverdam]

"""""So business this week can get a loan up to $40,000 then only have to pay $30,000 back and get an interest rate close to zero. So who negotiated with BOBOO for farmers to pay stupid interest on supplier loans, stupid interest on Cash advances, Stupid interest on the big $500,000 extended loan. Oh but the media and all producer groups cheered as the $50.00 fee was dropped. WTF is wrong with these groups.""""""

SARM and APAS need a rework....both complimented the feds for the farm announcement on the radio ...neither recognized it was a election promise and there was nothing for farmers that should have been done last November ...two weeks after it wasn't worth continuing to combine....

It's actually embarrassing to see how we are represented while business like Air Canada are in high level talks for a bailout....

Yup!,,, if it was the "milk lobby", they'd be telling her;
"Hey minister, 5 billion now sounds good,,, but don't forget about the other 5 billion you promised last fall during the election,,, you owe us 10 billion now !"

[SASKFARMER]

Clear as mud but not bad compared to another loan

[bucket]

Clear as mud but not bad compared to another loan

Its a principle loan and a 10000 dollar grant....

Can you imagine if farmers could take a 400000 loan out and only have to repay 300000.....

The price of land would sky rocket ...and the machinery dealers would jack prices....cant do it....welll make the 100000 grant a taxable benefit ...that will make some think twice....

If after all this time they can't tell who is taking advantage of the system ...there is something the phuck wrong with the CRA.

[Zephyr]

So....


How, specifically, has covid19 hurt your farm operation, so far?


For us, the farm is the only thing that has not been affected...

[bucket]

So....


How, specifically, has covid19 hurt your farm operation, so far?


For us, the farm is the only thing that has not been affected...

Good question....the point is...when shit hits the fan ...whether it be a shitty harvest or covid19 to businesses....

Shouldn't the help be the same?


Air Canada will receive billions....banks are making nothing but money on this...whether its by better spreads on interest or the backing of government to move their bad debts to in the process....

Bill Morneau is ensuring banks are not hurt ...he does not give a shit about the average person....because he is above all that...born and bred into money....he understands nothing of wealth building for a nation...

Agriculture should never be forgotten as the kickstarter of the economy....if Trudeau or Morneau understood basic economics....

You could fully fund farmers and the economy would make out like bandits for all the middleman involved and the economic driver it provides....

[blackpowder]

For edification, the screenshots I posted were an Edmonton Chamber of Commerce weekly survey of its members who took the survey. Could be seen as alarming. 25% of respondents feel they may not have cash for payroll next week. Of course if laid off less expense but still...
That's the here and now.
Our bs commission's become politically trained very quickly. Act a certain way or you don't get an audience in Ottawa.
Facts of Life. Start pulling your check offs en masse. Go to as many meetings as you can stand. Be the high nail and get hammered.

[furrowtickler]

So....


How, specifically, has covid19 hurt your farm operation, so far?


For us, the farm is the only thing that has not been affected...

At this point in time not much , the rail blockades cost us millions already though
If this Covid continues to wipe out financial markets everywhere and last another 6-8 months .... then it will be a train wreck as we all will have spent a fortune to put a crop in and potentially no buyers . Ag industry will be ok , they all will get paid ahead .
Hopefully the world still needs to eat and somebody at the end can pay us for the massive amount of risk we are about to take here in a months time .

[malleefarmer]

So....


How, specifically, has covid19 hurt your farm operation, so far?


For us, the farm is the only thing that has not been affected...

Well for me lamb and mutton down 20% wool down 30 to 45%

Vaccine drenches very scarce and chemical which I’ve secured basically sold out.

Spare parts for any imported machine which is nearly all getting close to being exhausted common parts.

Even eartags impossible to get guessing plastic must come form. Hina

[Braveheart]

So....


How, specifically, has covid19 hurt your farm operation, so far?


For us, the farm is the only thing that has not been affected...

Well, the local John Deere dealership is locked up tighter than a Jewish ghetto in 1941 Poland. A few isolate cheaters have already lied their way in though. Short line dealer in town all locked up. Parts set outside if you need something. Need an appointment to get office supplies.

Delivered wheat on Monday. I couldn't touch anything. Had to get after them to sweep the scale. They brought the cheque out to the driveway with tongs!

Trying to finish income tax but accountants are "working" from home. I guess when there's a couch, tv and refrigerator it's no wonder it takes 3 days to answer an email.

Has Covid affected our farm? Yeah , I think a little.