Trudeau continues his disastrous trade record abroad

[furrowtickler]

One Ag export after another, train wreck of leadership

[blackpowder]

Quebec......

[fjlip]

Them bastards!

[SASKFARMER]

Yep Ralph was on the Radio at noon as a expert. Its as if the Liberals are perfect and UK is oh so Bad. Yea right probably Trudeau has Tampons for the Cows or someother BS.

[RD414]

Have to protect the well off dairy guys, to bad its on the backs of people who are having a hard time buy groceries

[goalieguy847]

I have a dairyfarm neighbour who we seed for...and they spread extra manure on our land. I will never ever say a bad word about them. They work their tails off and never... ever.. take holidays. Uber rare.
DONT pile on dairy farms. They are basically in control of absolutely nothing on their farm. Nothing.
Blame the dairy cartel who make money hand over fist on the 7$/ gallon milk we pay for. They are the crooks and we all know it. Saputo has more lobbyists than the cigarette companies...
the system is broken broken and it cant be open up. They would have to subsidize the existing dairy farms in lost income and a huge devaluation in their overall farm assets.

[furrowtickler]

Agree , I have a lot of respect for the dairy farmers themselves. It’s a 24/7 very committed job .
the cartel is the problem, but point was simply how Trudeau continues to aggravate all our trade that effects ag . Farmers across Canada in all sectors are getting fleeced because of his incompetence

[Old Cowzilla]

DONT pile on dairy farms. They are basically in control of absolutely nothing on their farm. But they do have control over the price of farm land in most of the country

[Old Cowzilla]

I have a dairyfarm neighbour who we seed for...and they spread extra manure on our land. I will never ever say a bad word about them. They work their tails off and never... ever.. take holidays. Uber rare.
DONT pile on dairy farms. They are basically in control of absolutely nothing on their farm. Nothing.
Blame the dairy cartel who make money hand over fist on the 7$/ gallon milk we pay for. They are the crooks and we all know it. Saputo has more lobbyists than the cigarette companies...
the system is broken broken and it cant be open up. They would have to subsidize the existing dairy farms in lost income and a huge devaluation in their overall farm assets.

Yes they work hard that's their choice 7 days a week just like guys with feedlots. One thing they do control is the price of farm land in a lot of the country.

[westernvicki]

How many lobbyists do grain or beef have in Ottawa? Millions in check off almost zero lobbyists. Go Figure.

[DaneG]

There used to be lobbyists for beef, but that may have changed.

[blackpowder]

British Columbia	437	75,100	7,221,505	172	16,525
Alberta	547	77,900	7,015,384	142	12,825
Saskatchewan	163	27,100	2,426,736	166	14,888
Manitoba	299	44,700	3,450,720	150	11,540
Ontario	3,834	318,700	26,921,164	83	7,022
Quebec	5,766	354,100	30,016,781	61	5,206
New Brunswick	354	18,500	1,394,496	90	6,769
Nova Scotia	225	23,200	1,804,153	103	8,019
Prince Edward Island	174	14,300	1,032,523	82	5,934
Newfoundland & Labrador	32	6,000	483,413	188	15,107
CANADA	11,683	959,600	81,766,876

I grew up milking cows and would never make this personal. Like any farmer, dairy guys can get tunnel vision too.
First column number of farms.
Fourth column number of cows per farm.
Whether it's the farmers or the processors, their power keeps Quebec in the 1960s and single mother's everywhere paying $3.00 more per gallon than the alternative.
A chuck chuck system at work.

[blackpowder]

How many lobbyists do grain or beef have in Ottawa? Millions in check off almost zero lobbyists. Go Figure.

Wondered about this for years.
Maybe it boils down to number and concentration of MPs?
Has anything west of Ontario ever really mattered?
How does our lobby system really function in this country anyway??
It appears like this. How many seats in your province and how much did you donate to the party.

Notice that Greenpeace is not a registered charity so that it can lobby. See their budget. And we keep our noses buried in agronomy.
Maybe it's merely coincidence that Gilbeau worked for GP?
How many old farmers would vote for millions per year on lobbying and donations??
That's really where the RR clawback $ should go.
Fixating on who develops new varieties and what we pay for them while staying out in the cold in Ottawa.

[RD414]

All I know is what I see and that is cheese is three to four times as expensive at home as it is in other countries. Even the island of Aruba is a third of the price and everything there is brought in Europe. Would sure like to see a list like Blackpowder listed for dairy for chickens, turkeys and eggs.

[shtferbrains]

British Columbia	437	75,100	7,221,505	172	16,525
Alberta	547	77,900	7,015,384	142	12,825
Saskatchewan	163	27,100	2,426,736	166	14,888
Manitoba	299	44,700	3,450,720	150	11,540
Ontario	3,834	318,700	26,921,164	83	7,022
Quebec	5,766	354,100	30,016,781	61	5,206
New Brunswick	354	18,500	1,394,496	90	6,769
Nova Scotia	225	23,200	1,804,153	103	8,019
Prince Edward Island	174	14,300	1,032,523	82	5,934
Newfoundland & Labrador	32	6,000	483,413	188	15,107
CANADA	11,683	959,600	81,766,876

Fourth column number of cows per farm.

There hasn't been any 61 cow dairy operators here since maybe the late 70's?

Even the 166 surprises me.

If the 61 cow guy is a big factor in setting the COP it's not hard to see how dairy operators here can run the land prices.