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**silverback** · Oct 29, 2009, 07:26

Can't get much more depressing than the last month has been. Felt more like Vancouver in January than "sunny" Alberta. Moisture every 2 -3 days but we have maybe only had a total of 1" ? Going to need a good April soaker - after we finish combining.

**SASKFARMER3** · Oct 29, 2009, 07:29

We could find a way to ship our water to you we would. No need for any snow this winter at all. The ground is wet and its down deep dugout came up springs are running. Good luck hopefully we get most of it. Oats is one we will sacrifice and harvest last then HRS. Canola is main now.

**cottonpicken** · Oct 29, 2009, 07:30

interesting article where?

**SASKFARMER3** · Oct 29, 2009, 08:01

http://www.farmmarketer.com/home/news/?storyid=1583

**dave4441** · Oct 29, 2009, 08:05

New Article with old information. I thought Darren Watson quite farming?

**SASKFARMER3** · Oct 29, 2009, 09:07

Dave ill phone a buddy of mine down their and see when have time.

**fjlip** · Oct 29, 2009, 10:23

Hmmmm... agree or disagree?

The standard advice to Canadian farmers caught in the squeeze of foreign competition and international trade subsidies has been to increase size. Some grain farmers have pushed the standard 2,000- to 4,000-acre farm to as much as 15,000 acres. But Mussell's data show that many large farms with annual revenues over $500,000 still exhibit low or negative operating profits. Thus size is no guarantee of success. "I don't really know if you can make a case for a business model on grain farming in Canada," says Allen. "You have to be very big, and the returns aren't so good anyways."

**ajl** · Oct 29, 2009, 11:04

I thought his equipment was at Ritchie's sale last spring or it may have been a year ago. Just when an article appears in a magazine about how successful an operation is you find their auction sale two years later. The outstanding young farmer award is the biggest joke out there as you win today and are broke two years later. Farming is so variable that one approach works for a while and then it doesn't anymore.

**husker** · Oct 29, 2009, 11:16

Wasn't Watson part of the trend of a few years ago where you cash in your land to free up capital to expand and then rent it back from large land corps like pike and freemonte farms.

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