Cattle guys

[Old Cowzilla]

Standing in a pen counting is an art mastered by very few.
I can hardly count running them up the alley or through the gate.

First 10 are easy but by the time I take my rubber boots and socks off there's sometimes dozens of them ran past me!

[newguy]

Got my rainfall insurance report.got 107% of normal rain.no payout for me.Totaly fine cause crops and hay is probably 107% of normal here.Great easy insurance to protect a person's livestock herd.i would think a lot of areas will get huge rainfall pay outs.

[furrowtickler]

As far as counting ...good make work job...but just to get guy out to count is 400 bucks for the day plus mileage and expense...

Administration/ audits may well eat up some of the announced money.

Probably like most “programs” it will eat up close to half when all said and done

Government only give free money to Loblaws, SNC Lavalin and other Quebec companies.... oh and covid money to people who absolutely did not need it ... for votes .

But farmers will be scrutinized and audited like never before , the headlines in media will only spout half the truth on the premises they helping farmers LOL
What a joke this country has become

[Blaithin]

Many use drones now don’t they. Take some photos, count at leisure.

Used to do audits at a feedlot. Have the inventory of the pen, run them all right past the counters, we’d all have the same correct number, audit folk got lost at 20.

[shtferbrains]

Standing in a pen counting is an art mastered by very few.
I can hardly count running them up the alley or through the gate.

[Sheepwheat]

Worst of it for us, is no one has a clue how many sheep we have. Every time someone starts counting, we fall asleep. It’ll be no different for the crop ins. person!

[shtferbrains]

I had an audit once maybe during BSE when they were giving loans to string you along.
Was still pen calving so you could see the pens were full standing in the driveway.
He was a cattle guy just trying to add some income.
We never counted as they were just trying to cut down on the fraud as he said some guys were dead broke and sold all the cattle but never paid the loans out.
Some bad deals at that time with feeders with no cattle and guys running out of feed and walking away and letting the cattle die.
Cull cows had no value.

[bucket]

As far as counting ...good make work job...but just to get guy out to count is 400 bucks for the day plus mileage and expense...

Administration/ audits may well eat up some of the announced money.

[GDR]

What if I bought six hundred ewes in may?

AFSC says # of breeding females as of August 6, 2021. My guess is mostly will be the honour system with a few audits.

Stats canada has the ag surveys and census, they could and should use that data as already done.....And farmers wouldn't mislead would they?

[bucket]

What if I bought six hundred ewes in may?

Jokingly.....then you are a bit touched!!!!! lol.