How much is fair mark up on crop inputs

[highwayman]

Tower
Good idea. Bring back a quota system that actually discourages production. Farmers that pound the groceries to their crops to maximize production and revenue/acre can sit with their bins full of carryover for years at a time,just like we did through the 70's and 80's while those who choose to mine the land can sit with a smurk on their faces knowing that the top producers out their cant sell any more grain per acre than they can. A truly socialist idea.

[wilagro]

I liked the quota system...it was fair to all. It gave us small producers a chance to sell grain when the bills had to be paid. The big hogs couldn't fill the elevators to our detriment.

Socialistic...hardly.

Fair...yes.

[chaffmeister]

Inefficient? Yes.

Costly? Absolutely.

Fair? Hardly. How can adding costs and inefficiency all in the name of fairness be fair?

[highwayman]

Socialist....to the core. Dont let one man profit from his good production skills or management if it means that the miner gets left behind. Revolutionary thinking. The freedom to be irresponssible. CWB and the NDP

[parsley]

Did your parents immigrate from a farm near Peking, wilagrow?

[tower]

Hey wilagro, I appreciate hearing that there are still some who realize what we lost when the quotas went.

Chyaffmeister, how were they inefficient, and costly? The idea of them was not to give benefit to traders, it's my experience that when you are the type to make pronouncements you are less likely to be the type that is willing to learn.

highwayman, please let me know what is the tie in between quotas and mining the farm. I don't follow your argument. Perhaps it is more appropriate to another thread.

I think the quota system does have a socialist basis. There are several aspects of life in Canada that have similar philosophical backgrounds. In large part they have made Canada a better place to live. Quotas recognized that the country and the land needs farmers who are there, taking care of it.

[tower]

I'd like to see suppliers of farm inputs take the same sort of level of markup as grain producers have been asking for and recieving for the last twenty years, in recognition of the value we each provide to society.

[parsley]

"Quotas recognized that the country and the land needs farmers who are there, taking care of it."


If you want to tell jokes, start another thread.

Parsley

[tower]

Tom4cwb, I've had the odd fight with bureaucratic arms of governmental policy direction. I have to say that the frustration and anger over MIS-direction and mistakes made by such organizations can get to be overwhelming. unto death in some circumstances. A useful point to remember is that we all die sooner than later anyway.

It should be better to bear in mind that there are benefits as well from even such as these. With a good group of farmer directors and independance from governmental ... good intentions... this is a board that could do us good as grain producers. Much more so than your average multinational.

[freewheat]

What I would do to fix the board? Get rid of it. Completely. Along with the CBC. State run garbage should be banned in this country. I used to be a dual proponent, and was willing to allow the board a chance, but now I simply want them gone. That would fix the CWB question.