Auctions....

[farmaholic]

Redlands equipment gets sold today....I'm sure he won't be buying anything back to take the rest of the crop off if he's not done....who would have thought harvest wouldn't have been over by November first!

Ritchies Rouleau November 3. The Ritchie sales at their own auction sites seem small.

[SASKFARMER3]

Timing is every thing. Sold at the peak when every one was running to buy some go the other way and sell.

Farming in Canada the toughest place in the world to grow a crop.

Enjoy the sale all who are going to attend. IT should be a good one.

[ajl]

That will go down in history as the biggest opportunity lost in Canadian agriculture: not selling at a time when people were out there paying 3x what western Canadian ag assets were worth. This fall is a reminder that we are home to some of the worst weather on the planet. Q: Why do farmers farm? A: Nothing else to do.

[grassfarmer]

Farming in Canada the toughest place in the world to grow a crop.

You really need to broaden your horizons beyond your own postal code if you think it's the toughest place in the world to grow a crop - poor you in your "saturated" fields.

[SASKFARMER3]

Grass again your just a idiot.

Western Canada is one of the toughest places in the world to grow a crop. Short season no room for one error. Yea its a cake walk.

All I'm saying is what some are experiencing today with this awful fall we have been dealing with for 15 to 16 years. Get that fact.

[seabass]

Why u always blow things out of proportion. U be more credible if u stuck to the same amount of years of TERRRIBLE luck. Lol Just f'n with ya

[newguy]

Sask farmer.How did those young guns in your area make out with that early canola?did the spring frost hurt it bad enough it was not worth seeding so early?

[SASKFARMER]

10 to 16 less

[newguy]

Less, but is it all in the bin dry?

[SASKFARMER]

No some of them still have crop out!
Oh yes we do also

[grassfarmer]

Grass again your just a idiot.

Maybe you're just an idiot?

Western Canada is one of the toughest places in the world to grow a crop. Short season no room for one error. Yea its a cake walk.

#Firstworldproblems

You really don't realise that we are in the exclusive 1% in terms of world agricultural do you? You'll never go hungry a day in your life, live with city amenities and commute to your farm in a modern vehicle with air conditioning in summer and heater in winter. Asset multi-millionaire. Flying off to exotic holiday destinations several times a year. Use machinery and technology that could only be dreamt of by previous generations of farmers here let alone anyone in the 3rd world.
Have you any idea what its like to sc**** a living like most of the worlds agrarians do? using hand tools often in areas ravaged by droughts and floods more severe than anything ever experienced on the prairies, in areas of political unrest where your family and farm could be wiped out or displaced overnight.

Only 30% of the world's food is produced by industrial agriculture - the rest by peasant agriculture. Give your head a shake if you really think Canada is a tough place to be a farmer.

[Partners]

Local CaseIH dealer got call from RB auction..to see if they wanted to sell anything at their next sale..

Got a good deal on some swathers, so they let a few go.

[oneoff]

Come to think of it; Ritchie Bros does offer "guarantees" to sellers. So the seller isn't really at mercy of auction fans waiting to get a super bargain on big ticket items.

Seemed to me that the Redlands equipment all went for serious money. But then 500,000 to 700,000 per piece when new makes most wonder why anyone but the "major players" are considering continuing in the business. Didn't see much equipment sold over the internet to US destinations.

They may have been in the crowd though.

[Hamloc]

Just took a quick look at the results from the sale today, looks like there is lots of money in farmers pockets.

[farmaholic]

....less for some after today!