Where are we going?

[pilllypilsner]

The world is a big place.
Money is complex.
How high did oil go pre83?
What could 40$ purchase in early 80?
What could 40$ purchase in early 90?
00?
10?
Is oil going up?
What the hell is m3?
1.9 trillion dollars traded daily.
1 million dollars stacked in 1000$ den.
is 4 inch high-1 trillion dollar-67 mile
What is market cap?
Place your bets.good luck.ANYTHING CAN
HAPPEN NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE


p.s-bought steel lately?

[TOM4CWB]

Ianben,

I did sell half of our remaining 05 crop last week at $7.60/bu.

I believe it was a fair price, and now have over 60% 05 canola priced at well over $8/bu.

Principal to making a profit today is to have a plan.

I think Quebec farmers are smart to work together... it is done on a consensus base... from what I can see.

No doubt some days Quebec farm leaders have a huge job to keep everything together... I know it is not an easy job. But they respect each other.

In western Canada, we do not respect each other.

We think it is cute and smart to steal from each other intercommodity wise.

Until we do start to respect and honour each other... we will never be able to work together like farmers in France, Quebec, or even the US.

We must make the first move, by admitting that hard work is the key, that we will not take short cuts by taking our farm neighbours property, and that we will go much further with cooperation than useing a gun on our neighbour.

The saying by Al Capone is dead wrong. A kind word and a loving heart will go much further than a gun and a smile!

[agstar77]

Maybe you should tell George Bush about your kind heart idea!!

[ianben]

The new marketing medium would be able to solve other problems which we all have.
A payment protection such as paypal on E-bay could protect us from bad debt.
Optional but better than the experiances with corparate hog barns in another thread.

Advantages for buyers too.
Search as in auto trader sites for canola within 100miles of crushing plant at 7.50.
The risk and speculation in trading would be reduced to the benifit of both parties.
Would Eatmorewheat see these advantages?

Tom you have had much training to achieve your skill in marketing.

But you still have to guess your 05 production you may have sold half your crop you may have sold a quarter I hope not but perhaps it will be your turn for deer crap.
This new way might even help sell the poorer grades.

Spring harvested canola very small amount contamination 5.00

Is a marketing system devised in the 1850s the best we can do today.

Could a system like this even cope with an event like BSE?

Packers would still pay realitic price but everyone would sell less. A real supply demand signal would be sent and farmers could take apropriate action

[TOM4CWB]

Ianben,

Spring Harvested Canola will not be allowed into our domestic crush plants.

I understand the oil quality is recked by the exposure to winter moisture/freeze thaw cycle. This is on top of the biohazard of wildlife exposure.

On Canola sales for 05, we have a plan to buy back through Canola options, to insure our delivery no matter what. We did this in 2002 with very good risk management results through the drought.

[dolin]

well sold my oat today,125.00tm. grade 1 moins 8.00 for take a the farm.i think, it is the best i can get this year

[Incognito]

1.93 per bushel FOB farm for the rest of u who dont want to do the math.

Where from?

[TOM4CWB]

Incognito,

Dolin is a Quebec farmer, sure is neat how much they can get for Oats!

[Incognito]

Oats are bid $1.90 FOB in the SE part of SK, Tom.

[TOM4CWB]

Incognito,

I read the above as $8/bu on 125 metric tonnes net back to the farm gate for number 1 oats.