Carbon tax , UPOV 91

[furrowtickler]

This is from Sask crop planing guide .......


Point being , every crop listed there is a money loser at fairly realistic numbers ..
so add the cost a carbon tax and higher seed costs for UPOV91 to those loses.
So I ask again , where does this money come from ??
Not included in the above numbers is the massive drilling costs and extra handling cost from the past fall .... add that on as well .
The fact is no one cares , they all want to just collect more money while ignoring the fact that a lot of farms will be in the red this year. Every one in the industry and government feels it’s their right to extract more and more from the primary producers... well , the above chart proves what some of us are saying for a while ..... we are tapped out ... enough is enough.
Land values are not a reflection of net income any more ... but unfortunately these big land values are sending bad signals to every level including government. It’s a very false indicator of the current situations

[bucket]

57 bpa is 1.55 an acre in end point royalty....

[furrowtickler]

“Drying costs .... not drilling cost .”.
anyway , just pointing out there is no room for extra hands in the wallets of primary producers.

[hobbyfrmr]

Somebody will figure out how to make it up on the volume.🙂

[Wink73]

This is from Sask crop planing guide .......


Point being , every crop listed there is a money loser at fairly realistic numbers ..
so add the cost a carbon tax and higher seed costs for UPOV91 to those loses.
So I ask again , where does this money come from ??
Not included in the above numbers is the massive drilling costs and extra handling cost from the past fall .... add that on as well .
The fact is no one cares , they all want to just collect more money while ignoring the fact that a lot of farms will be in the red this year. Every one in the industry and government feels it’s their right to extract more and more from the primary producers... well , the above chart proves what some of us are saying for a while ..... we are tapped out ... enough is enough.
Land values are not a reflection of net income any more ... but unfortunately these big land values are sending bad signals to every level including government. It’s a very false indicator of the current situations

Great post Furrow. Margins are razor thin as is, add in some weather drama and it’s even worse. Farms don’t need any more add-on costs.

[helmsdale]

And yet, we have those among us, that just can't help but take on more land, or re-tool the machine shed, or better yet, build a new 100x600 machine shed that requires filling...

If you just spread those fixed costs over more acres it'll take care of itself! Or so I've heard...

[ajl]

What fungicide are they spraying for $40 per acre? Then you don't rent land capable of those yields for $55 an acre around here but otherwise fairly realistic. Can realize a higher price here than that but need to include drying costs. If you figure capital costs properly, most farms including mine lost money in 2018.

[farmaholic]

What fungicide are they spraying for $40 per acre? Then you don't rent land capable of those yields for $55 an acre around here but otherwise fairly realistic. Can realize a higher price here than that but need to include drying costs. If you figure capital costs properly, most farms including mine lost money in 2018.

....two apps?

[jazz]

Who makes this stuff up. Sure margins are tight but $100 an acre in chem applications. WTF Who does that.

Interesting to note machine depreciation outpaces machine investment. Guess wheat has to be grown with 30 yr old equipment.

[fjlip]

Machine investment is the interest cost on market value of machinery. At 2-3% could be a shed full of flipped? Auction values lowering that daily.

[shtferbrains]

Who makes this stuff up. Sure margins are tight but $100 an acre in chem applications. WTF Who does that.

Interesting to note machine depreciation outpaces machine investment. Guess wheat has to be grown with 30 yr old equipment.

Got to agree on this one.

If your spending $16k/quarter on herbicides for wheat and barley someone else is going to be eating your lunch.

Were are producing commodities.

Lowest cost per unit prospers.

This example dies.

[bucket]

Who makes this stuff up. Sure margins are tight but $100 an acre in chem applications. WTF Who does that.

Interesting to note machine depreciation outpaces machine investment. Guess wheat has to be grown with 30 yr old equipment.

Guys that pay for a Cargill halfton or similar to tell them how to farm..

[Oliver88]

“Drying costs .... not drilling cost .”.
anyway , just pointing out there is no room for extra hands in the wallets of primary producers.

Drying costs will be significant this year.

After January 1st natural gas and propane have the privilege of a Trudeau/NFU carbon tax being applied. 🙈