Big sky posted a miillion loss how much did agstability pay them?

[SASKFARMER3]

Yes bgmg my averages have stayed close to the
same but just dropped a bit in the last 3 to 5. Now
2002 willbe out of the equation. Who knows!

[hobbyfrmr]

SF3 you will get your agri stability payment same
as anyone else. And probably Sf1 SF2, and
whatever corporation your accountant has
schemed up for you guys.
You will goto Hawaii this winter ...I am willing to
bet you have already booked flights.
Stop being and ungrateful ****.

[SASKFARMER3]

Hobby it's a useless program. But what ps me is
again big sky will have taken farmers to the
cleaners. Farmers will get shit out of this
bankrupsy. Farmers who grew the food will not be
paid. It's not about me it's about us farmers.

[food4u]

Didn't this company also get a large chunk
of money from the province a few years
ago?One of the chosen one of the
provincial gov't at the time.

[SASKFARMER3]

Yes they did plus ralphies dream.

[theplowboy]

SF3
I understand your frustration but the two issues are separate in my mind.

You getting agristability payments is not linked to bigsky etc.

I am disapointed big sky and alot of other pork producers are failing because of $1.03 Cdn dollar.

It is a tough business.

[Burbert]

LETS SEE WHAT BIG BUSINESS RELY on
gobermont payouts, the publishing
industry, the mofn oil companies,
including Fort Mcmoney, forestry, mining
in Comedia Need I go on? Their are lots
and of Conservative business right now
sucking on the gobermont subsidy tits.
Sucksess in Comedia means subsidy plain
and simple! Comedians should be afraid,
very afraid ifn framers don't want a
slice of the subsidy pie, cousin it
means they more, much more stupid than
everone else.........

[SASKFARMER3]

Plow boy I don't give a shit if I get agristability or
not just saying average joe farmer who works to
keep his farm prosperous and makes sound
business decisions won't ever get a penny. Our
high dollar and cheap feed. Give your head a
shke how long did you think grain farmers were
going to give these guys cheap feed.

[TOM4CWB]

SF3,

"how long did you think grain farmers were
going to give these guys cheap feed"

We found out in a hurry the real world of feed grain prices... Now the elephant had its trunk put on a chain... ALL feed grain prices have risen 20 percent minimum.

Over capitalisation was extensive in livestock production... as artificially low feed grain prices caused extensive distortion (CWB single desk) of the western Canadian economy.

No question there will be pain for those who thought the CWB single desk monopoly (LIVESToCK SUBSIDY) wouldn't end! Risk Management now is required to turn a profit for livestock production INSTEAD of GRAIN FARMERS supplying it gratus). Many of the folks who voted to keep the CWB single desk... KNEW this would happen.

[grassfarmer]

You live in a anti-CWB fantasy world TOM - think you
won't see $3 western barley again in a year with
better supply of global grains?
If all this cheap grain was such a subsidy to livestock
producers how come the average net profitability of a
feedlot animal in western Canada over more than 30
years was negative $6 or so?