Marketing advisors

[makar]

My crop scout (the dog} tells me to swath my canola north and south without a roller.

[blackpowder]

I for one struggle with making a decision in the first place. Needs to start there right or wrong as proven later. Consistency of process.

[Bushpusher]

Appreciate the tips.
Like I said Cargill isn’t even an option in my opinion. not even going to waste my time pricing them out.
I have a few contacts and will have some meetings to decide who to go with. I understand an advisor doesn’t work for everyone and maybe others don’t see the value in it but I do. The opportunities I missed this year alone in seeding made a big difference and a couple guys I know with an advisor got calls on the seeder to do something, so I see it as an asset.

[fjlip]

Saskcanola suggest TODAY sell for $13.50 25% of new crop...good luck boys if we EVER see $13.50 in our lifetimes.

[BTO780]

With the little crop I will have to market from this yrs disaster, marketing this crop will be quite easy.
I will be locking the bins. LOL

I will only have a few bu of peas and lentils and likely light weight cereals.
Looks like the only thing I can be thankful for is no canola.

There is lots to be thankful for, we do take things so for granted. These crops we grow are our lively hood. We work hard and spend so much, on a yr like this it hurts there won’t be much reward for all the effort we put into it.

That’s the way the pickle squirts!!!

[Scochet]

Curious what advisors others are working with that they like and why you like them. I don’t care about options much at this point so not wanting some knob who thinks he had all the answers on that end. I shoulda got one years ago but finally gonna add one this fall. I was looking at Cargill market sense but they hired the tard that f’d up fbns marketing program. I’d prefer to work with one that doesn’t work for a grain company cause thats a no brainer in my head.

I run my own grain market advisory business, Trigger Grain Marketing. Feel free to shoot me and email and we can see if I would be a fit. I have plenty of references you could talk to if interested.

[helmsdale]

With the little crop I will have to market from this yrs disaster, marketing this crop will be quite easy.
I will be locking the bins. LOL

I for one, am somewhat jealous. If I could lock bins that'd be kinda neat... That said, there likely aren't enough bins to hold the meager crop thats here. Rented land... No bins come with it... "Livin the Dream!"

There's a certain amount that is going to have to get sold in this garbage market just to make expenses, but even with meager storage, there are 2 flat bottom bins on farm here that have been holding chemical and excess building materials for 3 years!

[jdg364]

Sort of building on helms comments.. I think there have been many older grain producers continue to farm past their planned retirement age just because these last few years have been prosperous in ag (specifically in areas that had some rain or good crop insurance levels).

However if grain prices are going to be in the dumps and the line of making $50/ac or losing $100/ac becomes the new reality, I see a lot of land coming for rent and maybe a little more for sale. These producers will hold their grain to defer tax pain and roll the dice that wht prices will be closer to $10 than $5. Just thinking out loud.

[agstar77]

Strange , lately we have been getting calls on 7.75 WHT. Hurray, won't last long.

[furrowtickler]

Strange , lately we have been getting calls on 7.75 WHT. Hurray, won't last long.

6.75 here now and dropping

[furrowtickler]

Hail in area tonight, nothing significant but …… a reality check why one can’t forward sell any significant amount till it’s in the bin
it has cost guys in this area , and to an extent us huge this past 3 out of 4 years but we are generally “too conservative” on pre selling, a fortune that is not there.
grain companies have near zero liability, it’s all farmer risk
I will take a small loss to make sure my family is fed before theirs
just my opinion

99% of the time there is only one winner when short a contract, and it’s never the farmer who put the sweat equity and a fortune into actually growing it . Most contracts are just 5 minute paper transaction that takes zero effort or money on the buyers part

still bugs me when there is commentary from those in industry that state “well you could have sold for way more money”
sorry you have zero clue on reality of farming

[furrowtickler]

2018 we had a beauty crop , all good quality, then it snowed heavy 1/2 way through , completely fuked grade .
frost in late August, 2004, many in here remember as a nightmare … yet Sask ag and industry said nothing to worry about .. again zero clue on reality
I am sure many in here can state the obvious even more that actually farm , and farmed for more than 10 years