Campaign to Save Agri-ville

[BennyHin]

Here is a challenge:

For all you regular Agri-villians, (that includes all you readers too), if you have connections with people in the Agri-industry with the ability to purchase this site, perhaps even expanding it with bigger and better content, contact them now.

What I'm thinking is that that the Cargill's, Bayers', Monsanto's, Agricore', Pioneers, Dupont's etc of the world, jointly fund this site. As part of their cost to invest in it, they can run banner ads, information updates, and links with in it?

If just one of these companies wants to take it, I'm ok with that.

What say you all?

After all, who wants to go to a US site, we have a good site here already, with lots of potential?

Start calling.

Merry Christmas.

[crossfield_beef]

I think that you are way off base.
It does not cost very much to run a website.
I do not think that the owners have anything to sell except maybe the trademark.
Who is going to pay for a website when a new one with a different name could be started up for peanuts. Programming is available for this type of website for free.
I contacted the people that run this website and they could not even be bothered to return a phone call.
Since there is not any stats available as far as number of hits and visits etc, I can only suspect that there are not too many visitors. Agriculture is a declining business. Nobody really cares.

Maybe they are looking for government money or something like that.

[silverback]

A noble idea.

But...

Correct me where I have it wrong, you think we need big gov't and gov't agencies in place to protect us from the big bad profit makers, but when you want support for something like this site you want some donations and investment?

Why not just a checkoff from the pool accounts to keep things rolling?

Nobody would (or should) mind as it would be in the best interest of everyone if your idea of what is best is funded, right?

[rbrunel]

the only problem with the check off idea is that the actual cost is so small that the adminstation of a check off would probably outweigh the cost of maintaining the website. But I do agree that this should be funded by those who benefit from it, and that would include me. I bet there is someone's kid or family member who is capable of maintaining this site, it's just a matter of finding that person. The only question is, is there a price tag for the take over of this site.

[parsley]

rbrunel,

I think silverback was being sarcastic, weren't you silverback?

I can't imagine silverback approving of a website checkoff from the CWB pooling accounts.

Parsley

[wd9]

rbrunel, the time involved in maintaining a site like this is far beyond someone's daghter or son. Server maintenance, prgramming, and cost alone is for serious inquiries only.

The site however could be paired down, but then the revenue generated would be less and costs to operate go up. Good stuff takes money, lotsa money.

[silverback]

Sarcasm on high.

[wd9]

Sarcasm? What do you mean?

[wd9]

Oops the other post, never mind.

[BennyHin]

Silverback: you are so one-sided thinking. I support a mixture of a CWB and open markets, both keeping each other in check. It appears to me that you wiil only be happy when there is only one buyer left.
I never said I dont support private enterprise, my farm is private enterprise. Board sales are only 1/3 of my production due to rotational factors, and diversifying marketing risk. This year my wheat yields were extremely high, so I'll make money on wheat. My canola yields were below average due to the excessive summer heat and lack of rain. I'll loose some money on canola this year (although I havent sold any yet).

I also suggested that this site should use banner ads to support the site (this is how google makes most of their money).

You guys sure arent open to other's opinions. Just like the Wild West. Yeh-Hah! No wonder so few others want to join in.