Thoughts on Canadian ev tariff

[SmallTimeOperator]

On the farming side, it doesn’t look good. Costs of everything are out of control and yields and crop prices are down. Canola has been a big loser here for many. Glad I didn’t grow any. Why grow it exactly. Other crops are at or below break even also. Lock the bins if you can.

[blackpowder]

Agree on separation.
But one thing it wouldn't solve would be the fact that any government eventually atrophies it's brain.
A plan to diversify our economy before oil runs out wouldn't be thought out.
But yes, I've had enough of being the patsy for the rest Canada ever since we joined.

[fjlip]

I complement all of you, stated the issues and solution perfectly...thanks!

If Trump kills/destroys Ontario auto I will CHEER! Phuck the bastards!

Then SFA to GDP...bunch of Fed gov hacks losers leeches anyway!

Agree we are nothing..

[shtferbrains]

I think as Goalieguy points out, Carney kind of got caught is a shit tsunami in the past week or 10 days.
Things coming at him from all directions.
I'm sure he had a plan, but as farmers know plans can disappear in the rear view mirror.
Seems unlikely Canadians are going to be up for the Climate Competitive, we're the virtuous leaders line at this point in the game.
Give up on all the distractions and DEI.
Time to get back down to business?

[sumdumguy]

If Eastern Canada continues to punish The West for productivity, we must separate before they fill us up with non-productive lefties, which I am sure is their plan. Problem is the lefties want to stick together in large centres.

[15444]

Got a farming buddy down by Fargo. It's fun talking about tariffs with him because he's a Yank with more than 1/2 a brain.

He's always telling me to pay no heed to the US farmers bitching about beans because the dumbf*cks are too stupid to figure out how to grow anything else. Even if they don't make a nickel this year, they will be balls to the wall on soybeans next year.

I say we got the same kind up here, except they grow canola and think the world will come to a grinding halt if they can't make a decent $ on it.

The only thing we are not sure of, is who is more desperate to lick the ass of the Chinese President to get a pittance for his meager existence: the US soybean farmer or the Canadian canola farmer.

For two groups of people who complained for decades about the rise and takeover of the yellow race communists....they sure are desperate to do business with them.

[goalieguy847]

Boom. 15444....well said .

Tis true. We all seeded this canola knowinfmg that chinas decision was coming due... but very few locked in prices and still went balls to the wall on canola seeded acres.

Anyone tried lupins?
Fabas?
Intercrop?

Might be time for some people to get out of their comfort zone and diddle with some other crops.

I applaud those lentil/ chickpea/ durum guys. I wish we had that ability. . But i definitely know a little secret about a crop that has been crushing the net revenues the last few years...

( its hay. The secret is hay. )

[Old Cowzilla]

Just got a 'TEXT' big rebate program $40 a bag off canola seed if you book now. Not just farmers worried how this is going to end. Hell that's almost the same price it was 2 years ago -----winning!

[shtferbrains]

On the Faba question GG, there has been some local investment in processing here in the last 10 yr since some newer edible varieties came along.
Some guys were going to maybe to 20% faba in the rotation and real happy to have a good yielding pulse crop that was easy to harvest and gave the pulse yield bump.
Then we hit these yrs with less dependable rain especially Mid to late summer and the beans were 1/2 the yield of wheat and canola.
Seems to be why Soy don't fit here?
Seems most totally lost interest and don't see many field here.
You may have different weather.
We are 500 mi straight west.

FWIW

[ajl]

Also seeing some canola seed varieties coming down in price finally. Around here canola did better than other crops as rain did not show here until August and by then early seeded cereals were done. Canola, seeded later, yielded close to average. Hay prices at local auction were higher than this time last year. My hay yield was significantly less than last year because again, the needed moisture showed up after it was cut.