April 1st "National Cancel your 2019 Canola Seed Day".

[farmaholic]

You know What. Maybe the Canola "Industry" needs to show a little solidarity here and encourage the Government tothe arrive at a solution with China. Scrapping amoungst ourselves while China sits on the sidelines watching and laughing won't solve our market access problem.

I don't disagree that a little empathy from SeedCos that have been "on the take" for two decades would be nice to see. What form does that empathy come in? ....empty meaningless platitudes?

[bucket]

You know What. Maybe the Canola "Industry" needs to show a little solidarity here and encourage the Government tothe arrive at a solution with China. Scrapping amoungst ourselves while China sits on the sidelines watching and laughing won't solve our market access problem.

I don't disagree that a little empathy from SeedCos that have been "on the take" for two decades would be nice to see. What form does that empathy come in? ....empty meaningless platitudes?

You are a socialist, communist, NDP and NFU supporter by saying such things.....how do you call yourself a farmer?????

disclaimer: humour and sarcasm.

[farmaholic]

You are a socialist, communist, NDP and NFU supporter by saying such things.....how do you call yourself a farmer?????

disclaimer: humour and sarcasm.

My farm size indictates I'm not a farmer. And how can any self respecting hobby farmer(not you hobbyfrmr) only seed 13% of his farm to canola?

I lost "farmer" status a long time ago...#gettingleftbehind.

[bucket]

My farm size indictates I'm not a farmer. And how can any self respecting hobby farmer(not you hobbyfrmr) only seed 13% of his farm to canola?

I lost "farmer" status a long time ago...#gettingleftbehind.

I don't even sed canola and when I did it was maybe 5 percent of the acres ...

Are you saying I am not a farmer either????????sheesh....I have been fooling myself for quite a while..

[Sheepwheat]

I haven’t ordered canola seed for four years. What took you so long to come to the “we are being screwed” conclusion? And I had been breaking the 50 bushel an acre barrier long before it was sexy, but with 14 dollar an acre seed costs and 25 cent nitrogen. There are other things to grow to net more than canola, or at the very least that have far less risk than the crop that needs everything then at it to yield. Up to you to figure out for your area which crops those are.

This reliance on one crop has behooved me no end. When you hit a home run, it does fine, sure. But wait until you put 60 bushel inputs and get 6 bushel yields. That hurts. And opens ones eyeballs and arches ones eyebrows a bit.

[farmaholic]

Yes Sheepwheat, canola seed prices tend to open my eyes, arch my eyebrows and tighten my anal sphincter all at the same time!

[bucket]

Yes Sheepwheat, canola seed prices tend to open my eyes, arch my eyebrows and tighten my anal sphincter all at the same time!

Thats because you don't see a jar of vaseline anywhere nearby....

[the big wheel]

Prices for everything else are shitty also. So why would acres drop. There is no choice you have to seed something.

[checking]

You are onto something with Seed Companies, SF3.

I've been waiting for the federal press release that compensates the family R company for the hit it may have took from having its China licence lifted. I thought that may have been the first announcement of the newly installed agriculture minister. Remember, Trouble is all about jobs, jobs, jobs from large business, not small business.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Well you picked the right day for it.

I don't see the significance of announcing this on March 19, can someone enlighten me on what makes this the right day for it?