Alberta/Canada gov $200/ head livestock assistance.

[Stormin]

DDG’s, Corn, there is plenty of feed in North America.
With a little imagination.

Think outside the box, there are many cattle folks who have at least one year feed in store… after next year with out normal rain there would be much different issues to over come.

Have a safe harvest, we are very blessed to be in Canada!!!

Cheers

I remember when farmers (like my dad) used to cut the ditches for extra feed in dry years. Now with the vast expansive perfectly contoured ditches on roadways I only see contractors out there mowing the grass that would get animals through the winter...what a waste. but that is becoming the mentality of people, if it doesn't come neatly packaged then it can't be done.

Think outside the box, use imagination.

[bucket]

I remember when farmers (like my dad) used to cut the ditches for extra feed in dry years. Now with the vast expansive perfectly contoured ditches on roadways I only see contractors out there mowing the grass that would get animals through the winter...what a waste. but that is becoming the mentality of people, if it doesn't come neatly packaged then it can't be done.

Think outside the box, use imagination.

Use to cut highway ditches until they supposedly fixed the highway ...too rough to bother with.


Plus the semi truck tires in the ditch because of hauling further ...it isn't worth it.

Neighbour ate a tire in the haybine...first hundred feet of cutting ...said phuck it.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Use to cut highway ditches until they supposedly fixed the highway ...too rough to bother with.


Plus the semi truck tires in the ditch because of hauling further ...it isn't worth it.

Neighbour ate a tire in the haybine...first hundred feet of cutting ...said phuck it.

On our recent trip we saw plenty of haying going on in highway ditches. East central AB, and west central Sask.

In 2002, our county allowed farmers to pasture the road ditches, I don't recall what we were supposed to do for traffic control. Not enough traffic to count here then.

[Old Cowzilla]

94 bucks a head from Alberta 136 million with an additional 104 from federal government by the end of the year.

Election is in the way of the federal commitment.

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Guess we are not voting in Manitoba

[Horse]

I wonder who gets this,Iwill bet money the welfare cowboys take most of it,they have the biggest herds as they are being paid to keep cows.
Talked to the manager of community pasture just west of here ,he said cows are going home by sept 1 ,no grass. That will put a lot of people in real dire straights having to come up with 2 extra months feed,thats about 12,000 cows.
I guess I am like the grain farmer as I rent out grass and will get 0 and at least 1 month less grass so income goes down.

[littledoggie]

Yup, we're cutting pipelines and an old neglected field that was disced twice and left. Rough going, but lots of feed there, although some of it is built up trash - probably kept the soil moist though. Will most likely be the best yield of all the fields. Lots of bales moving off the fields here in hopes of getting another cut. I don't know............. :|

[GDR]

I guess I am like the grain farmer as I rent out grass and will get 0 and at least 1 month less grass so income goes down.

I only rent one small pasture and it is per head per day and reasonable and have had to move cows out, I will try to make something work for his rent. Most have went to a flat rate per pasture here for the summer. Sky high rents, landlords are trying to get guys to pull their cows as there is nothing left and renters have nowhere to put them and have paid for "the season". Its a mess either way.

[Horse]

I only rent one small pasture and it is per head per day and reasonable and have had to move cows out, I will try to make something work for his rent. Most have went to a flat rate per pasture here for the summer. Sky high rents, landlords are trying to get guys to pull their cows as there is nothing left and renters have nowhere to put them and have paid for "the season". Its a mess either way.

How much is the rate there ,I charge $1 per day and I look after fences,and rotate cows around some are 1.10 to 1.25/day.
Community pasture is at $25/month I think.

[GDR]

How much is the rate there ,I charge $1 per day and I look after fences,and rotate cows around some are 1.10 to 1.25/day.
Community pasture is at $25/month I think.

I'm only paying $1 also but I've heard rates as high as $2.30. Like I said lots are a flat rate that work back to the higher end of that range on a good year, so will be huge this year on a daily basis.

[TSIPP]

We had an open herd law from November 15 to March 15, I used it all the time, I always brought the cows home before dark and let them go a little before noon. It was closed probably 15 years ago.