Originally posted by blackpowder
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As an example G3 is building another elevator at Swift current....There is already 6 elevators in the general vicinity ...Had they moved it 30 miles east they would have had an easier time filling it....less competition and for guys from the east it would have meant not climbing the Rush Lake hill with the semis....but who am I to point out what would be good for both farmer and grainco....
So now if I decide to or forced to haul to Swift Current I have one more option as to where to deliver...not sure if it makes more sense or gains any efficiency....
But because everyone has moved to the city that is where the labour has to be found and kept....
When the consolidation happened it was just before farmers made a major shift into continuous cropping and special crops....seems like no one gained an ounce of knowledge as to how to better service farmers change other than to download costs to them....whether it be fuel tires equipment or storage to accommodate grainco logistics...
At one point in time in the future someone is going to recognize the infrastructure we had already built and wonder what the phuck was wrong with us...as a country and those that allowed it to happen...
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