When it comes food price inflation in Canada, grocery stores aren’t the only issue

[furrowtickler]

Sure is interesting as crop prices have dropped about 40% from their highs a few years ago ?

[foragefarmer]

The duopoly in packing plants is a great example of government regulation causing the problem.
The onerous and expensive regulations placed on the meat packing industry drove all smaller packers out of business. Now the government is going to "solve" the problem they caused in the first place. What could possibly go wrong? Check out Venezuala to see how effective price controls have been.

So what happens when the government decides that farmers are guilty of excess profits? Will you and the NFU still support price controls then?

James Rude, doesn't see it your way regarding the meat packing industry.

[WiltonRanch]

The issues with food price inflation and the consolidation of grocers and agribusiness is not limited to this industry. It is just that is absolutely essential to life more so than anything else and when people accustomed to only using 9% of their income for food while being spent out on housing transportation and the wants have to give up the wants or much worse can’t afford the rent or mortgage let alone the utilities they get grumpy. Everything has jumped, every industry has seen consolidation, every industry sees collusion and price gouging. What happened to the anti combines laws? Governments of all stripes have been asleep at the wheel for a generation or so under the thumb of large corporate interests to not better scrutinize and use the laws already there to prevent monopolies. Everyone talks about the oligarchs in Russia but it is no different in the western world. How can there be any upward mobility for entrepreneurs and smaller businesses when regulations crafted by government are done with consultation with large players?

[newguy]

Grocery store margins are 3.7%.

Everyone knows its the excessive money printing and carbon tax thats driving food prices.

Moe pst and minimum wages has more to do with inflation than the carbon tax.And really hard to believe a farmer that markets his grain does not know what to watch for on potential increase or decrease of grain commodities.Commodities can go up fast then go down but large oil and grocery stores take their time to drop them.Supply and demand is watched by big companies and they play with prices when they can.Gas prices on a long weekend .example.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

. How can there be any upward mobility for entrepreneurs and smaller businesses when regulations crafted by government are done with consultation with large players?

Exactly. And those same large layers are the ones encouraging more regulation. Because that is a huge barrier to entry to any smaller competition. It takes the same number of employees for compliance if you have a staff of one, or 10,000, so in it forces the smaller players out.

[shtferbrains]

Moe pst and minimum wages has more to do with inflation than the carbon tax.And really hard to believe a farmer that markets his grain does not know what to watch for on potential increase or decrease of grain commodities.Commodities can go up fast then go down but large oil and grocery stores take their time to drop them.Supply and demand is watched by big companies and they play with prices when they can.Gas prices on a long weekend .example.

You and Chuck get your market info from the same source?

You could be rich with sure bets like that.

[jazz]

Why dont we just use a solution that chuck could support. Lets raise the carbon tax again and then most people will get back more than they pay in and then they can buy groceries with the rebate. Of course 10% of the population would starve but thats a small price to pay.

I mean this is all so simple.

[fjlip]

SIMPLE for simple in the brain. Ponzi scheme if the TURD/ Libtards are right.

[newguy]

Why dont we just use a solution that chuck could support. Lets raise the carbon tax again and then most people will get back more than they pay in and then they can buy groceries with the rebate. Of course 10% of the population would starve but thats a small price to pay.

I mean this is all so simple.

Get out your calculator and you would be shocked how much Moe's PST is costing .Moe's fuel tax works on a % .So when a barrel of oil went up 500% .His tax went up 500%.But in the end every farmer knows Putin and Mother nature was by far the biggest cause of the spike in inflation.But if you blame Trudeau then you should give him credit for most farms doubling its net worth in the last 7 years.

[cropgrower]

net worth doubled because the dollar lost half lts value , and the only think trudope deserves credit for is destroying canada