No confusion here

[ajl]

Take a look at the stock performance of nutrien and mosaic. NTR was $125 a couple years ago and is $65 today with a devalued dollar and lower interest rates. Similar at Mosaic. Of course investors had bid up the stock price with the we can't lose as they can rip off their western canadian customers at will mentality. My plan for 2025 involves reducing inputs (lower seed rates and fertilizer, along with reducing coverage, weed control spending will be steady) I will top dress the better land areas to even it out as my land is solonetzic. In '24 there was 55 bu wheat in the better areas with around 10 on the solonetz so trying to even that out. With less inputs can reduce coverage. Only canola will be carry forward. Fertilizer prebuy was slightly lower on urea but a bit higher on phos per pound. Lower volumes.

[farmaholic]

Manufacturers/wholesalers versus retailers.....

I think retailers make more money on high wholesale prices too...

15% of $1000 is more than 15% of $800.

I highly doubt retailers drop their margins the higher wholesale prices go.

In the infamous Alf Bryan's words, "I may be wrong but..."

[shtferbrains]

Grain prices suck cattle market hot,hot,hot

They used to finish cattle at 1350# and worry about grading A4.
Doesn't appear to be an issue now.
More beef from fewer cows.
1900# target weight on fats?

[Old Cowzilla]

My fat angus 4-H steer in 1974 weighed about 900 lbs finnished Don't think you would want any of those finished steers stepping on your toes . Lots of fat to mix with cull cows for hamburger nowadays.

[shtferbrains]

Tallow

[TASFarms]

Green Lightning…. Maybe we need to start producing our own fert on farm .
we need to become much lower cost producers, most of our dryland crop production in western canada cannot support high input costs . Production levels in no way can support high input farming on 80% of the prairies anymore .

You don’t need green lightning to make fert on your own farm. No phos going in seeder this year or ever again after looking at this years soil tests. First time seeing phos in 6-24” on every field. Some fields show more than 120 pounds an acre after a good crop. Only a couple pounds applied last year. Root exudates are very important. Ray Archuleta put out a video on you tube. He shows stored sunshine in the soil. He goes thru a brief analysis of what’s in the stored sunshine. And yes there is Nitrogen in it.

[westernvicki]

[url]https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vicki-d-759a028a_beef-prices-reach-record-highs-in-canada-activity-7269022466327404544-_wFd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop[/url]


"The drought of 21/ 22 drove hay and grain prices higher.
Poor conception, coupled with relentlessly high costs, resulted in declining numbers. The herd is at its lowest level since 1989. Even today, at record prices, aging demographics find herd disposal a better option than expansion."

Most farmers had a small herd when we started farming in the 1970s. We were told to specialize, and we did; we all sold the cows. The expertise is gone. As the herd numbers fall, a lot of pasture land goes ungrazed. What will it take to get grain farmers to cross the house?

[foragefarmer]

They used to finish cattle at 1350# and worry about grading A4.
Doesn't appear to be an issue now.
More beef from fewer cows.
1900# target weight on fats?

When did the black hippo become domesticated in Canada?

I'll stick to beef and chicken.

[WiltonRanch]

My fat angus 4-H steer in 1974 weighed about 900 lbs finnished Don't think you would want any of those finished steers stepping on your toes . Lots of fat to mix with cull cows for hamburger nowadays.

Heck my grand champion char cross finished out at 1350 and he was in the heavy class at the district show. Everyone aimed for a 1250# finish weight. Guys with 1400# were disadvantaged. My nieces calves regularly hitting 1600# and not the heaviest. Remember the bs about packers wanting smaller carcasses and long calves dragging on the kill floor. All lies presented by the Angus association marketing to justify leaving the nuts in stuff which shouldn’t have.