Who ploughs an Agricultural vision for our young?

[parsley]

How did the CWB manage the risk when fusarium hit?

duh.

[parsley]

Burn the crop was the CWB's solution.

duh.

At least the farmers who decided to manage their risk trucked their bloody grain across the border to buyers paying good cash for fusarium wheat.

Until the CWB had them put in jail.

duh

Reasoning with a stone is so bloody futile.

Parsley

[parsley]

For gawd's sake, agstar, read Weber one more time.

Try reading slowly, following with your finger, until you can understand the concept.

Farmers need to manage their risk.

[agstar77]

Yes LW got into farming 20 years ago , much the same way most of us have. That was then now is now. Hedge funds didn't rule the commodity markets then ,Farmers received a bigger share of a box of corn flakes etc. etc. Well welcome to the real world LW , governments are not going to decrease their role in agriculture as long it affects the food supply to their voters. China is about to hit the wall when its' citzens demands for a higher standard of living, including more meat, are not met. Notice how quickly embargoes are placed on exports when domestic supplies are threatened. Less government intervention is a nice dream but it isn't going to happen. You might want to look at the organic industry. What we have to do is make Agriculture a more respectable option, in other words sell it as a profession , a career and a valuable business opportunity. Increase rewards and decrease risks.

[northfarmer]

agstar, obviously you do not read you rant.......I was the one that started farming 20 years ago...larry is not a farmer, he has worked in the grain industry for 26 years....

Govt have always and will continue to have a role in agriculture, there will always be trade, infrastrucure, food health and safely, safety net/risk management issues, security of food supply (some countries), etc.etc....

I am not going to get into the whole SM5 debate here, but quite frankly on my mixed farming operation there are a lot of things that the govt feels they are in a lot better position to do for me because they some how think it is in my best interests...specifically from my perspective are the means by which I may market and use risk management related to pricing for my wheat and barley production.

the fact that the wheat market is on fire, finally....and we cannot sell our wheat for what it is worth may preclude a lot of smart and capable young people from wanting to enter an industry that restricts their freedoms....

"increase rewards and decrease risks".....agstar these two statements directly contradict each other....

I was attracted to farming because of the risk, managing risk is the ultimate challenge of the crops business....every year, season and crop is different....show young people that rewards of managing the diverse risks of grain farming can be lucrative and this will attract their investment of time and money!

what percentage of young people today go on to be owners and managers of small cap companies and small business?

[agstar77]

My apologies to LW . Too many posts to read . It's all a blur after a while ,but the thoughts are valid. Just sub NF for LW.

[parsley]

agstar,

You need someone to manage your thought-risk!

Parsley