Blaine Higgs Gonzo! Lesson for Moe.

[cropgrower]

yes you keep working full bore cc , and pay lots tax to pay for all the free stuff that everyone is entitled to , huge pile of money needed now to pay for all the lawsuits being filled for the scamdemic so keep working , and no i'm not happy about the meat industry , i have seen that movie before , in ireland every small butcher was shud down by endless government regulations and just a few big plants left ,with full monopoly , brought about by government

[WiltonRanch]

You wanted marketing freedom, but every Conservative government supports government controlled and mandated supply management marketing boards just like Ritz and Harper? Huh?

How does as Conservative justify that twisted pretzel of a policy?

Ritz handed our grain industry to the oligopoly that keeps shrinking! Way to go dumbass!

And the cattle industry has been accused and is guilty of price fixing and manipulation for decades too.

But you still naively believe in marketing freedom? LOL

There you go again name calling. I don’t agree with supply management neither but who other than the ppc wants it gone? Good attempt on your part of creating a straw man argument though. So by what you are saying you are against supply management? Cool!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

There you go again name calling. I don’t agree with supply management neither but who other than the ppc wants it gone? Good attempt on your part of creating a straw man argument though. So by what you are saying you are against supply management? Cool!

I wonder if his NFU masters know that Chuck is out bashing SM on the internet?
I just checked, and as expected, the NFU defends supply management, because apparently it is good for consumers? Figure that one out...

Or is this just an extension of his contempt for any successful farmer/business?

[Hamloc]

You wanted marketing freedom, but every Conservative government supports government controlled and mandated supply management marketing boards just like Ritz and Harper? Huh?

How does as Conservative justify that twisted pretzel of a policy?

Ritz handed our grain industry to the oligopoly that keeps shrinking! Way to go dumbass!

And the cattle industry has been accused and is guilty of price fixing and manipulation for decades too.

But you still naively believe in marketing freedom? LOL

Where I live in Central Alberta I have 7 different grain elevator companies in my area, the farthest one is just over 1 hour away. I consider myself very fortunate. Before the demise of the CWB the only choice you had was looking at the handling charges of each elevator where there was slight differences. I am astonished that Chuck2 still believes farmers were farther ahead with the CWB. So if we look at his outlook we went from a government directed monopoly to what he describes as an oligopoly today. If he was referring to the fertilizer industry as an oligopoly I would agree 100%. Definitely not enough competition there. As far as the elimination of the CWB, I am thankful everyday.

[blackpowder]

I dance on it's grave every day.
Every time CC brings this up it completely discredits everything else he says. All of his posts are dung when seen through that lens.

[agstar77]

It is good to see that not all the FFJU have retired or past.

[WiltonRanch]

It is good to see that not all the FFJU have retired or past.

Likewise for Friends of the cwb. Most hauled at least one load with a team.

[blackpowder]

We'd have to wait longer than that to hear any ideas on how else it could've been accomplished.

[WiltonRanch]

Any time my super elderly uncle whom was a cwb supporter and quit farming decades before I was born would entertain me with stories about sleighing grain and timber through the hills I gained appreciation for the bull work they did and the screwing they got but realized it was a completely different time. Much like how gay people or natives got their asses beaten for who they were. Times change.

[blackpowder]

Of course. But just imagine what it would have looked like had it been shut down after the war as it should have been.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Any comparison between the information age we live in now in which any farmer can instantly access grain prices from anywhere on the globe, vs. the wild west pre CWB days is meaningless.

[WiltonRanch]

Of course. But just imagine what it would have looked like had it been shut down after the war as it should have been.

This was pre ww2 I was referencing. Can blame British for creating and perpetuating this donkey. Gosh if it was shut down like it was supposed to after, that would be a topic for those revisionist historians. Chuck is kind of a revisionist.

[TSIPP]

just one more and you will have a full page of nonsense

Maybe it really is agrisilly, chuckroach really needs to lay off the meth….

[chuckChuck]

Any comparison between the information age we live in now in which any farmer can instantly access grain prices from anywhere on the globe, vs. the wild west pre CWB days is meaningless.

How is your overseas sales program going A5?

You and your buddies got enough to fill a freighter yet?

It's great to have the international prices.

But what influence does that global price information have on your ability to negotiate with the local elevator?

"Hey Pete you know Russia just sold a cargo of wheat to Egypt for this amount and I think you are short $50 cents on your offer!" I am sure Pete caves every time and ups his bid to you!

Do you sell all your inventory at the peek of the market every year because you know what the Australians or Russians are selling for?

No doubt you think that you know more than all the professional traders on their desks around the world who have access to a significant research staff and resources on the ground in every major market and producing region around the world!

All from the basement on some Alberta farm in between all the other farm work you may or may not get done!

I am betting you spend way more time on Agrisilly than you do looking at international prices and markets!

And you are just a price taker with little influence like the rest of us!

[blackpowder]

Without agriville you'd be left with running around town talking to yourself and handing out leaflets.