fed budget

[chuckChuck]

Why would this be interesting or relevant to agriculture?

[Southpaw]

If you don't wish to read about Ms. Jordan's trip then, simply don't read it. We don't need all your negative crap on here.

[hobbyfrmr]

ms. jordan is the spokesperson for Monsanto.
She is the farmers BFF.
Industry wants to make her more personable so
Monsanto can sell more product. Its all about
perceptions and marketing.
I think its very clever and she has every right to
blog. Freedom of speech.

[Kodiak]

chuck.
Ms. Jordan is a well known individual in the agriculture industry and is personally known by probably quite a few who read this site, including myself. She is a passionate advocate for our industry, so a friend to all of us because of that. I am interested in her posts from Sochi. I can't be there, so to get a "glimpse" through a colleagues eyes is interesting.
So, like Southpaw says, stuff it. Go read [URL="http://www.cpcml.ca/"]this website[/URL]. I'm sure it'll be more to your taste.

[wd9]

Oh, or how about sponsoring Cmdr Chris
Hadfield to speak at FarmTech. What a
travesty and manipulation eh chuckchuck.

Or how about $150,000 in grant money
distributed to 60 rural communities
applied for by farmers across Canada?
Pure evil at its worst.

There are some positives, but sometimes
you just have to look a slightly
different direction.

[dmlfarmer]

fed budget

Nothing in the budget for agriculture expect more food inspectors to make sure the food Canadians eat is safe. (Does that mean Canadians should now be worried that it may not be and unsafe food is getting out there)

Glad to see the governments concern about getting our products to market and the lines in the budget about investing in new Detroit Windsor link and further study of east oil pipeline BUT not one mention of improving rail or grain movement. Maybe government hopes farmers can use the 10 mil they are putting into snowmobile trails for movement of grain off the prairies.

[mbdog]

was good budget.

[chuckChuck]

Go ahead enjoy Jordan's trip to the Olympics you're paying for her marketing efforts. Too funny!!

[cottonpicken]

You guys read all 311 pages already,pretty impressive
,guess i know what i'm doing tonight.

[ado089]

The highlights seem like a lot
of fluff to shake their
reputation of pandering to big
business. Ironic that they
want to get in the face of
phone companies and banks but
have no interest in making a
difference on things that
matter such as rail.

[rockpile]

Good call cottnpicken. It'll take days to sift through
this. The one thing that jumped out at me was the
half billion for Chrysler, eh, pardon me? Actually,
not sure if this is even a budget. If our economy is
flatlined and there is no stimulus, either through
spending or strategic tax re-alloctation then there
is a potential downside and I think Harper may be
gambling on a magic bullet for 2015. And of
course, nothing for Ag - "Marketing Freedom"
solved all that. BTW, Mbdog is a Con party plant -
something they're doing all over the place to
influence and guide discussion on social media.

[dmlfarmer]

There is a thing called an index and you can quickly find the agricultural section, pages 148-151. Nearly everything there has already been introduced previously and is simply regurgitation, such as growing forward 2, and modernization of seed regs (upov).
Yes, there is a new livestock insurance program but it is simply an income deferral program that is simpler to what has been introduced as needed in the past and there are no details if farmers are going to have to pay a premium now. The other news which will apply to very few farmers is new regs for craft beer brewing.

If anyone finds other ag info elsewhere in the budget I would welcome their input.

[cottonpicken]

Capital gains exsemption raised to 800k,indexed to
inflation.

Scary stuff on oil around page 24,looks like they are
preparing us for a disconnect between international
and domesic price.

[mbdog]

roskpile...what can I say to that other than you're just plain stupid.

The budget was good because there was nothing special, no goodies, just the perception that things are steady and moving in the right direction. I don't sit there waiting for handouts like some people. The headlines are enough and have the broadest effect. Stale, boring, hand on the rudder goes along way to building investment confidence.

If you want to read the 300 pages ....go right ahead, The same pages are read and analyzed but a host of people reporting from all political stripes....and they all conclude within 1/2 hour, there is nothing major here. Steady as she goes is good enough for me.

[mustardman]

According to Canadian Taxpayers Assoc They
have Taken $ 58 Billion (that's Billion ) from Ei
that was paid in by workers to help balance the
budget