Politicians and their pt

[ajl]

I know Alison Redford needed her severance payment so she could pay lawyers to keep her out of jail. That must be stressful.

[Braveheart]

She wouldn't have looked good in orange anyway.

[TOM4CWB]

Forage,

Larry would provide a helpful farmer perspective to our federal government.

He has worked hard all his life... a person very deserving of his proper pay... which is exactly what anyone would be paid in the same circumstances.

But;
Since you work on your farm... you said... " I have had to do the off farm job"...

If you paid into a pension plan from off farm job...
Now you are in the clover with livestock and feeling your oats...
Perhaps your pension should be denied since you are happy with your new found wealth... would this be appropriate???

[bucket]

I hear that maguire is a good man. A real farmers advocate.

If that is the case apparently they muzzled him.

I always hear of these good men that are supposedly taking care of our interests.

Ritz Anderson and others meanwhile the same shit happens over and over.

The current open market is a shit show with graincos taking good margins, worse than when the cwb was in place and not a peep.

Graincos pricing with no fx. Zero basis indicating they want wheat but won't make the leap to convert mpls Dec future to Canadian dollars.

Had a guy in Ottawa ask if it was legal. Apparently it is.

Ritz is quiet about wheat prices considering a lower loonie.

[TOM4CWB]

Bucket,

It is rather entertaining your blaming Minister Ritz, MP Anderson... and Larry for not increasing wheat prices. Competition is the only solution to this dilemma, and I see good competition for wheat in our end of the prairies. $5.75/bu for 2CWRS 13.5 yesterday.

Who exactly would you have control prices... in your perfect world? You?

[bucket]

5.75 you say.

Mpls dec converted to cdn is 6.34. With a zero basis. You are probably getting positive basis where you are now.

And let's just forget the fact that charliep the marketing guru admitting Vancouver prices are around 10 bucks a bushel.

Good for you tom. Your graincos appreciate your business or your donation you figure out which it is.

Funny how you fought against a cwb that couldn't explain price discrepancy but all is fine now. Just a bit hypocritical no?

[bucket]

Besides tom let's also forget the fact that low prices in the e states the farmer there is covered by a healthy farm program.

Not so in Canada. Glad your farm can compete against the US treasury.

And what's your freight rate again. ?

[bucket]

TOM

I am not blaming anyone for prices. But I will blame those incompetent fools for botching the railway file, and not having a transparent reporting system.

There is not a good system of support for farmers here compared to the US.

And all of that affects our prices.

[Braveheart]

Bucket, I have told Larry about the need for more transparency and reporting in the industry. I think he'd like to make it a personal goal.

I know he's not your MP, but as you articulate the issue well try writing him on it.

Let me know the response.

[bucket]

Braveheart

I will try. To date letter writing provides me with a generic response that makes me realize I wasted my time and effort.

Been trying to talk to some policy people for weeks. No return calls or other excuses.

They make hundreds of thousands in salary and they are obvious to what's going on.