Monsanto????

[nw9flynn]

I do farm. I make a decent living at. I'm sorry if you are having a tough time farming but it is none of my concern. Don't try to make me to look like a bad guy for making money when others can't.
You said your big tractor was a 2870? You also said in a previous post that you farmed 12000ac? I have serious doubts that you are covering that many ac with that old of a tractor. If you are, your fixed costs must be lower than mine. As far as the FNA, I am well aware of their chem program, It isn't in my spring plans. I'm not saying it isn't worth considering for some farmers, it just dosn't work for me. I am going to play the programs and have serivce and support from my chem company and dealer that I can trust and depend on.
I have bought oil in the past from the FNA and have not been happy with service or delivery.

[wedino]

Here's a link to a thread on New Ag Talk. Looks as if the price of clearout is on the rise!

http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/CropTalk/posts/11542.html

[furrowtickler]

nw9flynn, I am guessing you are from central Alberta? This is because 90% of the rest of Western Canada does have a "neg" attitude in agriculture for a damn good reason. Chances are you are a seed grower like tom4cwb. Does not make you a bad person, but do not compare the net returns with other people you have no clue about. I have yet to meet anyone who is remotley satisfied with grain/cattle farming , but mother nature has been extreemly nasty here in N.W. Sask the last five years. Obviosly the rains have been timley and you missed the hard frost, good for you.

[furrowtickler]

nw9- , sorry I see you are from Sask, what area of Sask are you from? Just cuurious what areas farmers actualy have a net return? What crops/cattle, rotations do you follow? I am very currious, because you are one of very few farmers that has good "ROI" after the last few years.

[nw9flynn]

Furrowtickler,

I am from south sask, I have a heavy lentil rotation, about a 50/50 LGL/RL, Ypeas, Canola (this year IP), and Durum. I am also looking at seeding some IP winter wheat this fall. In the past I have grown Kabuli's, Desi's, and chico's. I am not a seed grower although I have sold common seed to local producers in the past. If you have a strong marketing and production plan you can make money. It all starts on paper months before you even head to the field.

[plowjockey]

nw9flynn
Slow to get back here! Just wanted to tell you that I said 1 of our large tractors was a 2870.1 not all...sorry to confuse you. Not all areas in the province can gorw chick peas or lentils because of lack of heat units and soil type. We have grown lentils will a bit of luck and we have tried buckwheat, borage.Peas have been in our regular rotation. The frost hit our area hard in 04...ave to below in 03...total crop loss in 02{ which was our first ever total loss) Even in the 30's gramps said there was a bit of crop in the sloughs that they could harvest. It is not a good ROI when you get 50 bus. of feed wheat at $2.00, I don't care how you market it! Sounds like you are living in the best of conditions where you are at! Out here in the real farming world there is a crisis!

[lakenheath]

I also farm in Southern Sask. We have been very fortunate to have dodged the disasters that other parts of the provice have been plagued with. It is pretty easy to sit back and blow your own horn when things are going good. I think some arogant farmers need to take their ROI and shove it. These Ag-Ec talking big shots who don't realize the smaller farmers makes up a large percentage of rural Sask, our community spirit and ways of life are more important than the "big guy". I farm 3500 acres with endless opportunity to expand. That is just the way it is these days. I do however have a huge heart for the smaller farmer. It is these jerks with managable ROI's and "low fixed costs per acre" the are screwing up the farming industry. To get big they bought overpriced land because as the increased there land base.....magically their fixed cost per acre went down (which to them in the end all and be all). So they didn't give a damn if they were inflating land prices to an unacepetable level. Frusterating.