Sask Gov's request to up CCGA advance

[sk_wheatking]

Myself and many others on this forum have been saying it for years. Why in the hell is the government not building biodiesel and ethanol plants. I mean christ it's all about let's get rid of fossil fuel, its zero emissions we need alternative energy, but they wont do anything about it. They could save an entire industry with one announcement tomorrow. Mandate those fuels to a high percentage and announced plants to construct. But you would have to be thinking to the future for that. These politicians are all your friends until they get into power then their give a **** level goes to 0. Now, if its social issues for drugs, alcohol, treaties or refugees well look out, they have all the funds available.

[wd9]

I would say that at today's expense to operate any reasonable grain operation with canola in your rotation, 10.19 is definitely a catastrophe. Just the risk alone, is worth more than that!

Then you need to adjust today's expenses. Does putting on twice as much fertilizer on as required and then 2 passes of fungicide from the excessive growth make any sense other then your input supplier's bottom line? It's a quadratic or Mitschlerich curve, not a straight line. Time to get back to fundamentals.

I wish farm research organizations would get back on the net to farmer bus, not producing more bus which really benefits everyone but the farmer.

[Klause]

Guys WD is right, although a little coarse in his opinion. I bet dollars to donuts china isn't coming back to thus market like they have been. The numbers don't support it from their hog problems to slowing economy to potentially new exclusive deal with trump. Add in the threat mentioned from much lower 3rd world production costs and our system will need a radical overhaul. Our COP has to come down. There is no way to out yield or out grocery this problem or spread costs over a larger land base.

Yup. Agreed.



Also go check out the price for canola on the Matiff exchange.

XRX19 is Nov futures. Priced in Euro so multiply by 1.5

Currently $543/Mt or $12.31 a bushel CAD

[jazz]

Again sometimes farmers are our own worst enemies. I know guys that rented the entire world but would not buy anything no matter what. Instead of focusing on a few thousand owned acres that they could build up equity on, they ran all over the country trying to squeak $50 an acre over a huge rented land base. I know a few guys who run like that an their entire operation is all hired workers, no family.

They guys who bought and built up some owned acres are in a position to cut costs if they want to. The new pardign will wont be running over thousands of acres as fast as you can, it will be more intensive management on few acres. And when I say more intensive management, that's not more groceries or passes with the sprayer. it will be more things like integrated tillage, cover crops, intercropping maybe some organic in there. Stuff that takes more time per acre but has potentially higher returns per acre.

[jazz]

Real out of the box thinking is what is needed.

In the FCC express magazine a few yrs ago, there was a guy who grew a forage on some land, cut it, chopped it up and then used some sort of a spreader to spread it over another field where he grew crops. I was thinking that was an interesting idea and then that forage field could be broken up in a couple yrs and certified organic for a couple yrs.

[bgmb]

What dumb ask, does a business on main street get extra government loans when they have a slow month? Suck it uo buttercup canola is still a pretty good price. If you cant hack 10.00 canola for awhile you should find a new career

[bucket]

What dumb ask, does a business on main street get extra government loans when they have a slow month? Suck it uo buttercup canola is still a pretty good price. If you cant hack 10.00 canola for awhile you should find a new career

No but the local store can increase his prices to offset a slow period ...add an extra 25 cents to a chocolate bar or can of coke....

Bourgault jacks up prices with subsidized steel from Russian evraz....

And Morris industries did get a 3 million gift....

Brandt got a gift of property...

You see where I am going with this.....widen the views folks

[bgmb]

No but the local store can increase his prices to offset a slow period ...add an extra 25 cents to a chocolate bar or can of coke....

Bourgault jacks up prices with subsidized steel from Russian evraz....

And Morris industries did get a 3 million gift....

Brandt got a gift of property...

You see where I am going with this.....widen the views folks

The local store cant raise prices they will sell even less as the big box stores in the city take over. Only big babies whine about a month of 10 dollar canola

[sk_wheatking]

The local store cant raise prices they will sell even less as the big box stores in the city take over. Only big babies whine about a month of 10 dollar canola

With all due respect, you have no clue what you are talking about.

[bgmb]

I say quit blubbering about China, **** them we will hold over an extra million tonnes if we have to but I doubt we will. Canola is a good value it will start moving.