Supermanitiss..... caution!!

[wheatking16]

Superman was known for his ability to leap tall
buildings, not for his memory. Countless
Saskatchewan grain farmers owe their wealth and
farms existence to the Canadian taxpayer. Many have
forgot.

[crusher]

I ditto the scrap Agristability. We opted out finally after years of paying premiums.

[sumdumguy]

If the average taxpayer only knew the truth!

[Hopperbin]

I prefered agristability over crop insurance. One reason is crop ins. will tell you what you can and cannot do. Agristability premium was cheap but hard to get over giving so much money to the hot shot accounting firm. All the programs really do need a payments cap to riegn in the Supermanitiss. And possibly no more gov't monies. The big farming units especially when into the 4000 acre plus should really be carrying their own wieght in an insurance program. Not saying smaller ones should also. On the part of paying taxes blah blah I am sure the money could go to much better uses.

[Hopperbin]

The big farming units especially when into the 4000 acre plus should really be carrying their own wieght in an insurance program. Not saying smaller ones should also

I mean we should all carry our weight in the insurance programs. If we had to pay this money back would we be taking it?

[Daylate]

by the sounds of it, it is us that are the nieve
ones. Don't think for a minute that if W. Canada
had a huge claim year that your margin would
be paid out in full. There were high claim years
in the cais years where there was 50% payouts

[sumdumguy]

You sure about that Daylate? There were cash
advances and then if in the end you didn't qualify
for more, that might have felt like a partial
payment to you. Heck they even paid on negative
margins, so if you went below zero or showed a
loss, they made that up too. Do you see the
potential for fraud?

[uneducatedbum]

Agreed wheatking16. Take the excess
moisture in 2010. My neighbor owns a
construction business, didn't get a dime
in govt money while his crew sat, bills
piled up and customers pushed for
progress....on the other side of the
fence, fcc (crown corp) deferred my
payments on fertilizer that I couldn't
get in the ground, and I got another 30
bucks an acre on top of my govt crop
insurance payment for everything I
didn't seed, not too mention all the
other tax benefits that I get on the
farm that he doesn't receive...I am a
strong supporter of the family farm but
as farmers we need to make sure we
maintain a strong image in the public
eye because corporate farms, at least
from my neighbors perspective, require
less subsidies. And in 2010 he didn't
have much sympathy for me.

[furrowtickler]

Don't give a shat about crap ins, at the end of the day mother nature is teaching lessons on what can be farmed..... again. Not the size of your drill,tractor or rent or how about how some fed farm program will or will not pay. Really you guys, come on. It's about one once of integrity and the fact that you can spend an extra $30 /ac more on the dirt you hsve and make much more money than paying more money for more dirt - everytime, hands down..... not about who's screwwing the system or neighbors. I know guys at very small ac that try that shit to stay afloat. realy???? Stop whining about gov't programs - it has nothing to do with the topic .

[Fransisco]

You don't have to fly too high to get too close to the sun.