Frost warning....

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Personally Bucket, I would never allow myself to get into the position of having to sell something at firesale CWB prices in order to pay bills. They held back product from 2008 for their perferred customers. Fine. My bins can hold back product from the CWB in the same manner. Unfortunately there are not enough like minded farmers. Bring on the frost, and we'll test your theory.

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I agree. I have held back grain (cwb grains as well) to see how this year pans out. And I am willing to sit until the prices move up. It was a battle to get to that position but I am almost there. The rain should start moving pea prices up because harvest is way behind now. The only product the grainco can go after is the product left in the bin and that should make it a sellers market.

Same with the frost. The seller with product should be able to command his price.

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I'm glad for you guys who are in that position. It is a position I would love to be in someday, and strive for. With all due respect, I know of very few who are in this position, especially us young guys. Sure, if we could all hold grain back theoretically that would work, but the truth is we all are in a different boat.

The way you said "i would never allow myself to get in that position" is surely like a kick to the groin at those of us who are managing well, growing well and marketing well, but who just can't get over the hump, because of weather, or a tough start to farming, etc.

If i ever get two years back to back of good harvests, less rain, and more "global wrming", I'll be laughing. Instead, I just have to sit in the position you guys seem to think is a no-no position, through no fault of my own. This along with most younger ones in my region... I mean this with deepest respect, and do not mean to start an argument, and I'm not bitter or resentful, I just am not sure if you know what hail, frost, flooding, or no summer for 5 years in a row is like. I have had to sell oats for crap prices to pay bills many times, and your comments make me feel like a poorer farmer than I am...

You probably did'nt mean it that way, however. Just so you are aware, some of us have been suffering in spite of good farming practices, and good management.

Respectfully
Dale

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Been there - that's why I said its been a battle and I am not quite there yet. I feel for you.

This is a perfect example of why no government understands farming. I can't say anyone did anything wrong this year. If you seeded early you got froze, if you seeded late you arew going to get froze and yet not one politician is prepared to say their government will insure you have a farm to farm next year because this is no fault of your own. Its the weather.

You see the government insured that thousands of auto workers and there executives have a job to go to and it was there own fault that their business went broke.

A bailout is a bailout is a bailout....

If this frost thing happens the government has the moral duty to do the same thing they did for the auto sector and provide billions to the ag sector. Wishful thinking.

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Dang, I was looking forward to an after Sunday church fight when everyone has said their ten hail Mary's, and have been cleansed to start a new week!! You obviously have a worker ant philosophy, and I believe that that places you in a good stead to eventually achieve a position that some entity can't push or force a sell position on you. Being young, you have time on your side for that black cloud to move away. Five years - good Lord, something doesn't like your location. I know a family that stuck it out here from 1930 to 1937 before pulling the pin to live in BC. 1938 was the turn around year. Incidentally, my aim was higher towards the young and older grasshopper heads.