So...there you have it...Ag ministers promise no immediate help

[Oliver88]

......help based on production problems, market shortfalls AND/OR management problems?

which measuring stick will be used?

The only payment that would seem logical would be a Canadian version of MFP 1.0 & 2.0.
Canola, lentils, chickpeas, durum, pork are big enough in Quebec so don’t expect anything.

[bucket]

Its pretty simple ....either you support ag as a whole or you don't....don't pit one sector against the other...

Giving canola a half million interest free while other commodities have suffered worse ...not that the loan was a good idea....was picking winners and losers ...

And yet here we sit arguing about whether or not some should get it or not....

While the graincos got 150 million in insurance guarantees...

And Morris industries got 4.1 million.

And AGT got 150 million.

And and and....

The steel industry got a 2 billion dollar promise

And daimler chrysler is still taking write downs....

You guys are really not thinking...

[Misterjade9]

So a per acre payment then? 40 bucks? For everyone, or based on need? I have asked a million times, HOW DOES THE GOVERNMENT SEND OUT THE CHEQUES?

Pretty simple, everyone has a Agrinvest account, your deposit and the government's matching contribution is determined by your eligible sales. If you grow a commodity or animal that the price has been affected by these trade disruptions you will have historical data of your sales and get paid accordingly. So if you grow more canola than your neighbor the Chinese ban on imports affects you more than him, but your data shows that so you would be compensated more than him, not equal but fair.

Example: If you historically average $1,000,000.00 worth of canola sales a year and the price of canola has
fallen 20% you should get a $200,000.00 payment deposited into your agrinvest account.

This can be done with any commodity or animal that has been affected. Like I said, not equal but fair, the program is in place already, it could be done tomorrow. A per acre payment is just a recipe for disaster.

[LEP]

Sorry, not a fan of ad hoc government payments.

A change to Conservative government in October would be payment enough thanks.

[FarmJunkie]

I just expect to get whatever the center of the universe(Quebec) gets.

[Misterjade9]

I am not a fan of Ad hoc payments either, but i am also not a fan of competing against the American treasury, or being treated like a second class industry when other industries have been given ad hoc payments to help the with the trade disruptions and tariffs. Ag has always been treated like the ugly redheaded step child of the wealth creating industries in this country, and it is because we as a voter base don't matter. Andrew Scheer was on the radio with Gormely the other day, and said that the energy sector was the biggest concern he had in western canada. When pressed a bit , he did say that ag was important too. So don't hold your breath if you think a conservative government cares any more about our industry than the current government.

[bucket]

Good idea and now that lentils have dropped off 9 bucks a bushel and the issue completely ignored by the government , sask pulse, and pulse canada.....we can expect a larger share of a payment as well?????

[bucket]

Sorry, not a fan of ad hoc government payments.

A change to Conservative government in October would be payment enough thanks.

And what's their plan?

Can they fix the India file....

Or the China file....

Or the 27 billion Trump handed out that impacts our market prices....

[the big wheel]

Sorry, not a fan of ad hoc government payments.

A change to Conservative government in October would be payment enough thanks.

And get what In return? More control by the line companies? Less price collusion? Less cgc and more non payment for selling grain.
What a great choice we have.

[the big wheel]

They can back pay me $4 a bushel on my canola sales. But they will probably just tax me more.

Yes but how it should work is those that need it have an expense to pay off inputs repairs etc. So other then the tax on those items they get something meaningful. Those that get it that don’t need it yes much will go back as tax but they will still likely spend within their community and the ag circle. This is what some that try justify no payments to farmers forget conveniently to leave out.

I don’t like payments either from gov but when other sectors are getting it or other parts of our sector then fk it too. It’s either you cut out help to everyone else and go further stop other countries from doing it or you end up with foreigners, scammers, government friends, input cap etc controlling and scheming making money off of the rough times of those that put their lives in this racket subsidizing the country with cheap food paying crazy prices to do it. Meanwhile building or have built our rural towns.