So help me understand

[bucket]

You guys know I am a simple ****.

But when swp was going down there wasn't a rope left to throw them or money for that matter.

Wouldn't it have been a better investment at 500 million to help out sask wheat pool?

Same pot of money. And a better return obviously.

Although maybe they had a look at the returns for 2013 when the system was plugged up. Easy money blaming it on the railways.

[bucket]

BTW ... I emailed the cppib this morning asking them to sell the Eyebrow elevator to another company or expand it to 100 car spot. To save the highway repair cost into the future.

I know it won't go anywhere but it made me feel better.

[riders2010]

Enough already bucket, don t you know this is an agricultural forum? You don t ask those kinds of important industry questions on a forum like this. You simply tell one political party that you will vote for them if their plan is to get welfare for oil workers and keep that welfare going until the price of oil hits 150 dollars a barrel. Once that happens all of your farming concerns are meaningless.
At least that's what we all learned this past election isn't it?
So just grab a beer put your feet up and watch our current government that we never questioned at all about agriculture, watch them wait for oil to rise and then get ready to reap the rewards of 10 buck a gallon diesel and every input, equipment and land go up.

[bucket]

Ok.

So you want me to quit thinking out loud?

Sorry this is my mindset. I think the pros and cons to death on most things.

These lessons and looking back show how little any government actually doe for farmers compared to what they are more than willing to do for anyone else.

It might be a good investment but so would have a bailout and housecleaning at swp. Or an IPO for the cwb. Or a farm program that got the average age of farmers into the mid 40s.

Or a little help for cattle guys during bse.


I could go on but as good as it is in ag ... maybe Bradley could take some credit for his unwritten policy from his backroom team that is consolidating primary producers faster than anytime in history.

[Robertbarlage]

Does it actually matter who owns the grain company's ? Unless u are willing to buy one yourself I would say make sure you shop around for the best price for your commodity and sell . Farms never owed grain company's and never will unless you personally put your own money into it .

[bucket]

I thought I invested in swp as a farmer. In cwb as a mandatory checkoff of sorts. And now as a cpp contributor as a shareholder in viterra .... again.

[Robertbarlage]

Does it actually matter who owns the grain company's ? Unless u are willing to buy one yourself .I would say make sure you shop around for the best price for your commodity and sell . Farms never owed grain company's and never will unless you personally put your own money into it . And if you had shares in it and didnot sell when they were high that's just to bad .

[wmoebis]

I would think that this has been in the works since way before the last election. A deal of this size takes more than one or two months.
Harper and Ritz would have or should have known that talks were going on with CPP funds and where they may or may not be invested.

[bucket]

Like someone once told me... when non farmers start buying ag industries ...start heading for the door... it typically means a fire has started but no one has pulled the alarm.

[WiltonRanch]

I share your sentiment. 10 years ago I wanted to buy some land and my bank wouldn't touch me. Fast forward and they want my loans from Fcc for a far cheaper rate. It's like cattle too. Several years back no one wanted cattle we bought lots cheap then quit buying when everyone and his dog started buying pushing up the price. Now I could probably borrow to buy cows cause it's the "in thing" but you know full well beef prices are going. Look at the cycle you will probably be able to buy cows in a couple years for 40% less or more. The bandwagon jumpers are always late to the party.