Associates and Assocation

[parsley]

Businesses often ally with one another to share information, lessen costs. Keeping or gaining control of their business is key to prevent handing control over to govt, to becoming cut out of the loop, to settling for subsistence earnings. Or becoming a victim. Or bankruptcy. Or exiting.

Shipping info, sharing transportation costs, contacts, are all key to keeping money in one's own pocket. Taxation. Wealth transfer.

Agriculture is big. Oil is big. Potash is big.

They are the three amigos of wealth creation in the West. They should be talking amongst themselves. Pegging commonalities. Planning how to help each other save money by sharing info, and associating when it's mutually beneficial.

If agricultural groups reach out, as all successful businesses do, a new conversation begins. Pars

[Misterjade9]

Where do you think their common interests lie?

[Misterjade9]

Rereading your post, I see that transportation is a common theme and that is where I think they could work together.

[bucket]

Just imagine twinned rail lines that would keep trains moving....with today's technology of knowing exact position ....our country would be kicking ass. .....we are more content to build overpasses instead of railway twinning or a new one...

Highways are not environmentally friendly .....railways are....

[farmaholic]

Businesses often ally with one another to share information, lessen costs. Keeping or gaining control of their business is key to prevent handing control over to govt, to becoming cut out of the loop, to settling for subsistence earnings. Or becoming a victim. Or bankruptcy. Or exiting.

Shipping info, sharing transportation costs, contacts, are all key to keeping money in one's own pocket. Taxation. Wealth transfer.

Agriculture is big. Oil is big. Potash is big.

They are the three amigos of wealth creation in the West. They should be talking amongst themselves. Pegging commonalities. Planning how to help each other save money by sharing info, and associating when it's mutually beneficial.

If agricultural groups reach out, as all successful businesses do, a new conversation begins. Pars

Like dealing with limited rail capacity.

[parsley]

Where do you think their common interests lie?

There are so many, Misterjade!

1. Lobbying. During the taxation-fiasco, the Minister of Finance created a backlash by suddenly announcing slapping a new tax on wealth creators; doctors, farmers, small businesses et al. I was amazed how quickly the taxpayer-groups Morneau targeted, instantly began defending each other on Twitter. Doctors retweeted farmers. Commonality. Lobbying could work the same way for the three amigos; oil potash and ag.

[parsley]

Where do you think their common interests lie?

2. Shipping.
Right now, I can ship a parcel, and follow its progress. by typing in my shipping number in their webpage.

Why not grain, oil and potash share a common dispatcher! Grain could leave a farm or a grain structure, sealed, with a custom ID on the exterior that can be scanned along the way. Quickly. Each ID would encase the properties of the load, its origin and owners, data, etc. scanned at each entry. At ports.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

Shippers and manufacturers would be identifiable every step of the way, scanners could be customized for each of the three amigos, with shared costs. Saves a pile of money. pars

[parsley]

Where do you think their common interests lie?

3. Transportation shipments could be better Co-ordinated by working together. Shipments by trucks, ships & rail to buyer easier to fill. Three voice can persuade railways better then one. Include the ocean shipments already being kept track of. Pars.

[Oliver88]

3. Transportation shipments could be better Co-ordinated by working together. Shipments by trucks, ships & rail to buyer easier to fill. Three voice can persuade railways better then one. Include the ocean shipments already being kept track of. Pars.

I agree with everything you've mentioned but would add that oil, potash and grain have a common interest for oil/Natural Gas pipelines to be completed and approved.

[parsley]

I agree with everything you've mentioned but would add that oil, potash and grain have a common interest for oil/Natural Gas pipelines to be completed and approved.

Absolutely, Oliver. Wouldn't it be fabulous if ag negotiated with oil/gas companies, the option to waiver drilling, etc, fees, in exchange for individual farm power stations? Self -sufficiency/emergency power.

Small power stations on farms fueled by gas surely holds potential. The realm of possibility lies with the willingness of big ag to reach out to big oil, expressing a desire to have a farm power unit, and to forfeit some of the leasing dollars to make it possible.

Less lease dollars means building pipelines would be more affordable.

A 'Partnership' relationship between oil and ag is a win win. Pars