Collusion in the open market is a government subsidy .

[bucket]

Maybe some won't agree with me but the fact that many oil governments have agreed to cut production is a form of subsidy to the energy sector in Canada as they were part of it.

Maybe the produce more make less is starting to hurt even the big producers.


Now maybe its time the governments starts talking about that for the grain markets ...

[fjlip]

Not till too many are hungry...not in our lifetime...

[Sodbuster]

Are you talking about a land set aside program or do we boycott all the fertilizer and chemical companies and go organic, that would throw a twist into these multinational corporations. If it the latter I couldn’t drive past my fields without wanting to spray the weeds.

[farmaholic]

Maybe some won't agree with me but the fact that many oil governments have agreed to cut production is a form of subsidy to the energy sector in Canada as they were part of it.

So much for peak oil.

[Hamloc]

Maybe some won't agree with me but the fact that many oil governments have agreed to cut production is a form of subsidy to the energy sector in Canada as they were part of it.

Maybe the produce more make less is starting to hurt even the big producers.


Now maybe its time the governments starts talking about that for the grain markets ...

Let's be realistic a free and open market hasn't existed since OPEC was first created. The covid-19 pandemic has brought me to the cruel realization that there is really no free market in any commodity. Governments create all sorts of hidden subsidies and large corporations collude to artificially control pricing. Not really sure what to think. All I know is there will be more government, more taxes and less freedom in my future. The only positive I can see coming out of this crisis is that I hope government and business learn that supply chains need to be more localized.

[Hopalong]

Guess it is same thing that Scottish philosopher Adam Smith warned us about 250 years ago.
Said it was human nature for select groups to band together to protect own interests.
Maybe like freedom and democracy, ideals to strive for.