Oh Canada! Our Canadian Dollar and Grain!

[farmaholic]

I don't like it when Producers are called stupid. That is an old demeaning cliche that needs to die. We are aware of the problems, now what can we do or lobby for to get some fairness back in the system.

[SASKFARMER3]

Its slang for what the CEOS of Canada's largest grain Companies think of us.
Were at the Bottom of the food chain yet were needed to make it all work. Funny system we have.

[bucket]

So in reality here are 3 things we know.

1. The cwb robbed from us.
2. The Russians had a great robbery in the 70s.
3. The grain companies are robbing us blind now.


But the results are the most efficient farmers in the world with the shortest season.

Just imagine if we were paid properly.

[SASKFARMER3]

It boils down to a few things us farmers do wrong.
1. Borrow money to put in a crop.
2. Believe in the theory that you have to produce more.
3. Trust you grain company. Its like were here from the govt to help you.
4. Believe that all the new advances are better than what we had before and we have to use them.
5. If you don't change you will be left behind.
On and on and on.
They have 80% of the farmers out their convinced and once the final are weeded out the new era of working for grain companies will be completed with rented land to foreign owners and were Serfs again.
Now Keyser that's reality not a Conspiracy Theory!

[ALLFARMER]

Sounds like you should open your own Foreign Exchange account.

[agstar77]

Variable rate, zero till micronutrients etc. All those wonderful things to make us more efficient.

[SASKFARMER3]

All I like you. you post that every thing is great and that's nice to here.
But answer why Grain on one side of the USA border is lets say 5 and at the Canadian elevator its lets say 5 yet when I cash the check on the USA side I get 6 Canadian.
Just explain please. Positive is great but just explain why the Canadian dollar is not reflected into our price. But my JD tractor it sure the F#$K is.
Or on my Visa for trip to Minot etc etc.

[agstar77]

Variable rate, zero till micronutrients etc. All those wonderful things to make us more efficient.

[SASKFARMER3]

All I like you. you post that every thing is great and that's nice to here.
But answer why Grain on one side of the USA border is lets say 5 and at the Canadian elevator its lets say 5 yet when I cash the check on the USA side I get 6 Canadian.
Just explain please. Positive is great but just explain why the Canadian dollar is not reflected into our price. But my JD tractor it sure the F#$K is.
Or on my Visa for trip to Minot etc etc.

[agstar77]

Variable rate, zero till micronutrients etc. All those wonderful things to make us more efficient.