Praise be to Farmaholic

[tweety]

The thing I noticed was that chuck2, dml , tweety and the rest didn't add to any of these threads.

So keep up the good work. All we have to do is not engage them and keep posting about ag related issues and they will lose interest and move on.

OR you could just post crop production discussions in the crop production forum. But hell no.

Farmers biggest strength is also your biggest weakness. Pig headed stubborn.

[LEP]

OR you could just post crop production discussions in the crop production forum. But hell no.

Farmers biggest strength is also your biggest weakness. Pig headed stubborn.

And yet you say you aren’t a farmer, funny.

[Marusko]

Guys have y'all took a serious look at the website? We're running on early 2000s shit here, our forum owner don't need the extra traffic from these popular sh'tposts to generate revenue. This place is the slum of the ghettonet! Hahaha! Not that I'm complaining, it's great!

Here's a better idea. Make a dam' POLITICS forum! And a climate change one while you're at it!

[malleefarmer]

Seems to me admin never check the site out, check the mood or grumblings.

Just elephant underwear comes to there attention we may have a rat amongst us , only joking

[Hamloc]

I never blamed one side of the other. I agree both sides are to blame. My point is posters are so busy pointing fingers and name calling they will not even think of compromise or potential solutions that would benefit everyone.

You point to "the great reset" as an example of the left not defending something. The great reset is a vague term thrown out to trigger an emotional response. I have yet to see a detailed description of what this is and how it is to be implemented by supporters of the plan (who ever they are). All I have seen is opinions by those opposed to it as to what it is

Is the great reset even a socialist or communist plot as it is portrayed on here? Or is it in fact the opposite. If the great reset is a product of the World Economic Forum/Davos, you have to consider that at the last gathering there were 119 billionaires, 50+ world leaders primarily from first world nations, and the majority of attendees were corporate leaders. This seems like a strange mix for a socialist gathering especially given the distain billionaires/corporations/corporate elite in left wing politics. Or is the great reset actually based in capitalism and it is a strategy by the powerful to earn even more of the world economy?

You want solutions? Here are a couple. I, for the most part, no longer post here on climate change even though I believe man is impacting climate. I do not like the carbon tax any more than anyone else on here but I know farmers will never have the power to end the tax. What I have always advocated for on this forum is that instead of fighting the tax farmers should be seeking to receive tax credits for the work we done in sequestering carbon. But that message will never be heard as long as the political voice of farmers continue to simply complain about the tax and many farmers deny man made climate change.

You want another one? Here is a big one. No question Trudeau is hated in western Canada. But the fact is no western Canadian votes for him in federal election. The only people who can vote for Trudeau reside in the Papineau riding of Quebec. Yet all Canadians can vote for who is the leader of the Liberal party. All you have to do is be a member of the federal Liberal party. In other words a majority of the 300,000 people who are Liberal party members decided Trudeau would be the PM if a majority of Liberals MP were elected. Consider if the 190,000+ farmers all hate Trudeau decided to all become Liberal party members they likely could have selected a different leader than Trudeau. Not only that but could have had a huge voice in determining Liberal policy; especially about ag. But it is human nature to complain about something and blame someone else before taking up the reins and actually doing something about it.

Here are my thoughts on carbon credits Dml. I don’t disagree with you but if your getting payed to sequester carbon should you then be taxed on methane and nitrogen emissions? Does farmland not emit nitrogen after harvest and prior to seeding in the spring? And for livestock farmers like myself(beef in my case) how long until an environmental tax is applied to all meats? It will be a cascading affect as the environmentalists push for more and more restrictions!

[tweety]

Guys have y'all took a serious look at the website? We're running on early 2000s shit here, our forum owner don't need the extra traffic from these popular sh'tposts to generate revenue. This place is the slum of the ghettonet! Hahaha! Not that I'm complaining, it's great!

Here's a better idea. Make a dam' POLITICS forum! And a climate change one while you're at it!

OR, just use the topics already made.

Why the extreme refusal to use the crop production topic for crop production topics?

[bucket]

OR, just use the topics already made.

Why the extreme refusal to use the crop production topic for crop production topics?

I agree but farmers have been conditioned to a one stop shop....pick up seed fertilizer and fuel all from the same place....why go to other places??//


Just an observation and I am guilty of the convenience of one stop forums as well...

My complaining could be put to other forums...

[blackjack]

Once upon a time ...rural issues and the beef forums were regularly used...as time went on the posters focused in on the commodity forum.

[tweety]

Once upon a time ...rural issues and the beef forums were regularly used...as time went on the posters focused in on the commodity forum.

Yes they were. And mostly no one pushed against conspiracy theories, outright misinformation, and racist remarks and posts except maybe only chuck who received it in spades from most. But that changed and it really upset the old dog politburo. They miss their "safe" space.

So then they complained about not enough ag content, wanted to turn long time commodity/political topics into crop production. But also refuse to post in crop production - because it is obvious they really don't want to post about ag, they just want the old forum back where no one disagrees with their narrative.

For me and my colleagues, this has been absolutely fascinating to watch.

[sumdumguy]

Doesn’t matter to me, I like all Ag topics. (Chickens, turkeys, cattles) Just don’t like those on here who have nothing to add but they just love to poke the bear. 🦨🐲 Useless teats.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I think it is safe to tally up the results of Farmaholics attempt at starting farm related posts now.
The Wheat thread started on Nov 16 had 3 pages, 7,527 views and was active until Dec 29.
The canola thread started on Nov 16 had 8 pages, 20,388 views, and was active until Dec 31.
I'd call that a success.
Except somewhere in the interim, Farma took his ball and went home, anyone heard from him?

[Old Cowzilla]

Maybe it gets sidetracted because some of us don't want to talk about the $10 canola we sold you know ( LOOK A SQUIRREL) effect . But we should talk about how we could do better at markets .

[beaverdam]

I think it is safe to tally up the results of Farmaholics attempt at starting farm related posts now.
The Wheat thread started on Nov 16 had 3 pages, 7,527 views and was active until Dec 29.
The canola thread started on Nov 16 had 8 pages, 20,388 views, and was active until Dec 31.
I'd call that a success.
Except somewhere in the interim, Farma took his ball and went home, anyone heard from him?

I was just noticing his lack of posting on the weekend, as well.

Farmaholic was a prolific poster, what I mean is that, to post and to reply as much as he did would consume a lot of time. To be constantly checking how others are responding to what you post is addiction/near addiction.

Could be that he checked to to the Betty Ford for 30 days!

I do miss getting updates from the Ghetto.

On the serious side, I hope there wasn't a sudden health concern for the family. I know if something big were to happen healthwise for someone in my family, posting and reading what's going on here would end pretty quickly.

[Sodbuster]

Caught COVID on the Ghetto?

[Blaithin]

I think it’s the time of year when people take breaks from online places.

When the season starts to shift and moods improve I’m sure he’ll reappear, recharged, with Ghetto news and marketing chat.