Just wondering?

[haveapulse]

Choice2U your case in point of how a political decison in the 80s impacts for generations. Therefore we should carefully consider the playing field we leave for the future, today.

Healthy capitalism is based in competition, and shared markets are essential for competition. While we can agree that having adequate storeage and timing may find a beneficial position in a price graph, ultimately competition defines the percentage of the margin, and what the market can bear capitalism has a range which extends into pure feudalism.

I have heard varying numbers does anyone know what % of inputs Agrium controls, in addition to the independents they supply?

[rhoff]

High or low natural gas agrium will sell urea for as
high as the market will allow it to. Why would any
farmer/business person expect anything else?
Why do farmers get offended at companies that
operate on the same principals as they do. It's
called free market capitalism and yes sometimes
people and business's other than you might
benefit from it. Instead of fretting about inflated
land values buy shares in agrium or cf.

[haveapulse]

Yes, and the opportunity to price fix comes once every decade or so to a group of farmers: price of Canola, thank you very much. As opposed to the 75$ rise in N prices one day this week. While it is the same opportunity in a technical sense, the ratio of opportunity is variable with the number of players. 2 is way more fun!