Ah history repeats again! Canada gives its farmers a extra tax. Boy we can't compete1

[sumdumguy]

Foragefarmer, the Liberals tried to design income support programs that complimented Crop Insurance. Since 1999, came AIDA, CAIS, Agristability. They weren't perfect and didn't work for everyone but they were designed to pull farmers through years of low grain prices and disasterous weather events. Along came our friends, the Conservatives and kablooie - kybosh this crap and they did.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Am I the only one that sees something wrong with the above statement. Why would you pay the farmer for low prices when the record corn and soybean yields are the direct correlation to why the prices are low. How about less production so the prices rise??? I understand market down turns but all they talked about was record yields. There is no incentive to reduce production to get commodity prices rising if all you do is pay out support payments. Same as canada, why produce large yields when you get poor prices for it. We all need to put that yield EGO in check and start thinking of ways to make sure we stay sustainable.

Exactly. The most ridiculous program I can imagine is revenue insurance. The market is trying to tell the producer to produce less, and we go and create a revenue insurance to give the exact opposite signal. Same with any subsidy. Then complain about low prices and over production. Government couldn't manage a two man rush on a three hole outhouse.

[4GFarms]

Samhill, my dad talks about that LIFT program and there were guys that did the same around here. Seeded wheat and made out great. But that is the trouble with farmers, we only think about ourselves. If everyone would have taken the LIFT program everyone woyld have benefitted. Typical farmer attitude, **** the neighbor but complain about prices. This whole system is ****ing bullshit. Sorry for my french!!

[bucket]

Western Canadian farmers want to ...on an individual basis....compete against the US treasury....



It's idiotic....but the American farmer continues on....we cant compete...individually.

[fjlip]

For rage just F&@k off!

What do you bring to agriville each day?

Nothing!

But the LEFT perspective....

[fjlip]

Am I the only one that sees something wrong with the above statement. Why would you pay the farmer for low prices when the record corn and soybean yields are the direct correlation to why the prices are low. How about less production so the prices rise??? I understand market down turns but all they talked about was record yields. There is no incentive to reduce production to get commodity prices rising if all you do is pay out support payments. Same as canada, why produce large yields when you get poor prices for it. We all need to put that yield EGO in check and start thinking of ways to make sure we stay sustainable.

Soon as HELL freezes over will farmers work together...wait might be this week...cause it looks like HELL and it's f*cking COLD as HELL...must be HELL, welcome to it!