Slow down in AG and Oil! Ouch!

[SASKFARMER3]

Sh cotton all is fine!

[Braveheart]

SF3, i hope your sons don't read Agri-Ville. The "But unfortunately I have sons" comment might send them over the edge. Time to call Elaine Froese for some coaching.

It sounds like you could have quite a legacy to leave the sons. More than assets though, a positive attitude is priceless.

[blackpowder]

The young farmers here are all well capitalized. 3rd gen. Businessmen. Acreage or farm yard, not one new house under 3000 sq ft.
But it is funny. Farmers are the ACME Instant arsehole Pill. Just add cash!
Lost a piece of land to an owner who hasnt bought fert since 85. Going farming again at 76.
One elder owner has downtown high rise kids in laws wanting to 'farm'.
3 or 4 good years out of the last 35 and your suddenly making "too" much money. Cleaning out old truck today, found some canola quotes for $5.40 a bushel maybe 10 years old?
I knew the sky was limit was bull. Many countries people starve if no money for food. Nothing changed.
Ya the stories keep adding up from the patch. 81 all over again? For some. Much more diverse economy now. But the politics has sea changed. Oh well.

[wakopa]

I'm depressed , gonna drink at lest 6 pack , let me count ------ already passed that .

[MBgrower]

Agree with bravehart, easier farming than running a small business. I know of many who are sucessful farming, but wouldnt have a clue in running a small business. Plus how many small businesses do you see flipping hardly used machinery for 200k per item?

[furrowtickler]

Agreed the slow down is here, along with higher liberal taxes on everything that we westerners are contributing to 'climate change' 👎 and OH&S - time to get the *** out .... Marginal profit is going to get trashed witching 18 months

[jake550]

Land prices sure aren't dropping. I thought they would but I'm being proven wrong.
Not sure about rent but land sales are very strong in our area.

[Grahamp]

I hate to shine a positive light in what is a perfectly good depressing thread, but why the negativity? New crop prices, canola 10.5 ish Nexerra close to 12, Peas 8.5, winter wheat high 5's, Spring Wheat 6.5. Fertilizer is not too bad, maybe not boom times but I fail to say how you wouldn't be mildly optimistic in this environment.

[biglentil]

Boom n bust is the cycle, it booms and everyone thinks gravey train is going to keep on rolling. Then is busts and everyone thinks its never going to recover. The bottom to commodities is coming soon then sky is the limit, the dollars run has run its course.

[PrairieDude]

We'll sf3, you complain about machinery costs, but in a previous post I remember reading the custom harvester came to combine #1 lol (insert boast here) gross margins are poor, but all Friday crop reports I read my ------- is wow, just wow.. The boom may be over, but profits are still there. Take a farm vacation sir, focus on that new luxury vacation home