Why such a price difference between Canada and USA

[SASKFARMER3]

Latest crop cost sheet out of ND extension service.

Nitrogen cost for spring 07

.307lb
phos
.25

Canada extension service.

nitrogen

.47 lb

whats wrong with this situation.

[uef]

Did you ask one of the fertilizer company reps about that? Just curios what kind of BS answer they would give or if they would tell the truth that they want to make the most money possible? Maybe we should get a permanent supply of offshore fertilizer.
And yes, I know the argument that will come from some people:"we should support the local businesses ....". Guess what if they don't want to support me they are not getting my support either!

[SASKFARMER3]

I emailed the US studies to a few head reps with two major companys in western canada. will post their response when I recieve it.
its amazing what one can find if they just look around.

[kamichel]

Keep up the good work

[caseman]

let us know what u find.....

[Pulseman]

Hello,

Do we have to pay import duty when bringing 46-0-0 or 11-51-0 in from Montana?

I live close enough to the border and could 34 tonne loads easily.

[Pulseman]

Saskfarmer, good to see we can still do a little digging if we have to.

[SASKFARMER3]

Check out the University of Lincoln Nebraska who have a cost analysis for spring 2007 comparing ripping up winter wheat and seeding corn.
in the Comparison their using 82-0-0 and the price.

.25 lb Why would they produce a paper that is based on spring of 2007 and use .25 if we in Canada are being told that because corn is going in the ground gas will have to be .45lb

The more I dig into this the deeper the Canadian anhydrous industry looks to be gouging us.

[Burbert]

Saskfarmer3, WOW WHAT A SURPRISE big grain companies gouging farmers, bet it is the first time in history that happened.. NOT.
Maybe we'll have a better relationship with them, if we turn the whole grain industry over to the open market. Then when its every farmer for himself, we can all get SPECIAL deals, and establish true meaningful relationships, built on respect integrity and truthiness! Oh, oh, I beginning to sound like TforC B. Guess I need a good slap upside the head. "Farmers are such funny fellows, we sell wholesale, buy retail, and pay the freight all the way to China....

[SASKFARMER3]

Can you read were not talking grain companies in this blog were talking Fertilizer and the price difference between the USA and Canada. Providing information is whats going to kill the CWB and providing information will deal with this fertilizer problem.

[bgmb]

Burbert

You're a "funny fellow"
And you're only about a tenth as smart as you profess to be.

The only way you get screwed is if you let yourself get screwed so spare us your corporate conspiracy theories.

SF3

I know of a guy who used to buy anhydrous across the line.

It came out of simplot in brandon.
This is how it went down:

1) anhydrous is made at siomplot in brandon.
2) anhydrous is trucked across the line.
3) anhydrous is trucked back over the line to farm in southern mb.

This was quite a few years back not sure how the rules have changed.

[SASKFARMER3]

Did some more checking today and yes we can bring anhydrous back across the boarder its not like chemical.
Now today had a conversation with the Safer co territory rep. What a conversation. He denied denied denied. Then when I told him the Manitoba farm group was going to take action against price fixing he became concerned and started complaining about bad dealers etc. (Change topic)
The more I dig the More it looks like were getting screwed.

[Burbert]

bgmb, Farmers can get screwed in at least two ways. They can be seduced and gently led down the garden path by the grain companies. Or they can get ****d when there is not a lot of time to spare. This year, with good grain prices, **** is the likely MO. To heck with ammonia, we'll use dry this year, likely to be screwed using it, at any rate too! PS, I never said I was smart, after all I am farming, but thanks for assuming as much. You seem to be a nice person though!

[Burbert]

Burbert, are you for real??

How is using dry going to save you more money then Ammonia???

[SASKFARMER3]

were talking ammonia but if you want a scare look into what dry or liquid will cost you and you will drink another 40.
Oh the big bad big farmers give me a break.
There is money that can be made at any size of farm its just attitude that counts.