NFU Still Undermining Agriculture

[Oliver88]

Lol CBC loves giving Glenn Wright all the airtime he can get. He Has been interviewed by them in the past as well, like last year when he bought an electric car

Probably has nothing to do with him being an NDP candidate in the upcoming provincial election

Amazing how CBC forgot to include information that Glenn Wright is a NDP candidate.

[chuckChuck]

Yeah Gabe Brown, hes just one those guys who wants to experiment with new ways to farm, spend less and make more money. He's got it so wrong!

A good farmer is supposed to farm the same way his daddy did, avoid new ideas, information, science and spend more than you make! That's the way of the future! LOL

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Yeah Gabe Brown, hes just one those guys who wants to experiment with new ways to farm, spend less and make more money. He's got it so wrong!

A good farmer is supposed to farm the same way his daddy did, avoid new ideas, information, science and spend more than you make! That's the way of the future! LOL

Thanks Chuck, a post related to Agriculture, in a thread about Agricultural issues.
So how many of Gabe's methods have you been able to successfully implement? Or anyone else you know?
I really like his way of thinking, I've talked to him in the past. I really WANT what he says to be true, and applicable everywhere.

[chuckChuck]

Thanks Chuck, a post related to Agriculture, in a thread about Agricultural issues.
So how many of Gabe's methods have you been able to successfully implement? Or anyone else you know?
I really like his way of thinking, I've talked to him in the past. I really WANT what he says to be true, and applicable everywhere.

Great then we are in agreement!

I don't have livestock, but I know numerous farmers using intensive grazing systems and holistic resource management tools to try and reduce costs and improve net returns. And their grass is very productive and cattle look good.

Gabe's found a way to make what he does work in his location. Every farmer should think more like Gabe and adapt it to their farm. Use less off farm inputs, improve management, sign the back of more cheques rather than the front!

There is no single solution or right way to farm. Solutions are site and farm specific.

[Braveheart]

Yeah Gabe Brown, hes just one those guys who wants to experiment with new ways to farm, spend less and make more money. He's got it so wrong!

A good farmer is supposed to farm the same way his daddy did, avoid new ideas, information, science and spend more than you make! That's the way of the future! LOL

Gabe couldn't farm like his Dad because he didn't come from a farm. Instead he was on the brink of losing someone else's farm when he quit buying so many inputs. Likely down this path from lack of credit facilities.

Bismarck is a lot different climate, both in weather and nearby consumers for local sale than somewhere like Foam Lake SK.

[furrowtickler]

Great then we are in agreement!

I don't have livestock, but I know numerous farmers using intensive grazing systems and holistic resource management tools to try and reduce costs and improve net returns. And their grass is very productive and cattle look good.

Gabe's found a way to make what he does work in his location. Every farmer should think more like Gabe and adapt it to their farm. Use less off farm inputs, improve management, sign the back of more cheques rather than the front!

There is no single solution or right way to farm. Solutions are site and farm specific.

Agree but who says many of us are not already? And have been for years?
How many different crops do your implement in your crop rotation ?

[blackpowder]

Will an acre ever not be used for its highest productive purpose????
There may always be a fit for lifestyle farming. And possibly always a need for intensive commercial agriculture.
Neither will disappear i believe.

[malleefarmer]

Errr am i missing something here......gabe brown from alaskan bush people?

[tweety]

A bit of math. A "small" dryer is about 4 million btu. 0.3 watts in a btu gives about 1.2 MW of "electricity" required. That is a big solar installation completely unrealistic to dry grain.

So when you flame up that dryer, you literally are becoming a 1,2,3 or more MW gas plant and the energy released is tremendous over a very short period of time. To use electricity to dry grain is even worse as plants are only about 60% efficient.

Now Glenn, by the picture of the combine behind him, dries only a few tonnes so completely unrealistic for farming in Canada - especially if its a cloudy harvest that needs drying.

And of course the worst part, all farmers need to agree on policy positions. You will never get anywhere being scattered all over the map making my job impossible.

[Braveheart]

Errr am i missing something here......gabe brown from alaskan bush people?

Sorta, but with better teeth. North Dakotan Bush People.