Blaine Higgs Gonzo! Lesson for Moe.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Any comparison between the information age we live in now in which any farmer can instantly access grain prices from anywhere on the globe, vs. the wild west pre CWB days is meaningless.

[WiltonRanch]

Of course. But just imagine what it would have looked like had it been shut down after the war as it should have been.

This was pre ww2 I was referencing. Can blame British for creating and perpetuating this donkey. Gosh if it was shut down like it was supposed to after, that would be a topic for those revisionist historians. Chuck is kind of a revisionist.

[TSIPP]

just one more and you will have a full page of nonsense

Maybe it really is agrisilly, chuckroach really needs to lay off the meth….

[chuckChuck]

Any comparison between the information age we live in now in which any farmer can instantly access grain prices from anywhere on the globe, vs. the wild west pre CWB days is meaningless.

How is your overseas sales program going A5?

You and your buddies got enough to fill a freighter yet?

It's great to have the international prices.

But what influence does that global price information have on your ability to negotiate with the local elevator?

"Hey Pete you know Russia just sold a cargo of wheat to Egypt for this amount and I think you are short $50 cents on your offer!" I am sure Pete caves every time and ups his bid to you!

Do you sell all your inventory at the peek of the market every year because you know what the Australians or Russians are selling for?

No doubt you think that you know more than all the professional traders on their desks around the world who have access to a significant research staff and resources on the ground in every major market and producing region around the world!

All from the basement on some Alberta farm in between all the other farm work you may or may not get done!

I am betting you spend way more time on Agrisilly than you do looking at international prices and markets!

And you are just a price taker with little influence like the rest of us!

[blackpowder]

Without agriville you'd be left with running around town talking to yourself and handing out leaflets.

[cropgrower]

sure cc the CWB was wonderful , carbon tax is great , vaccines are the greatest thing ever, Moe and Danny are terrible , PP will destroy canada and Trump will destroy the US , government always knows best and shud be obeyed without question ,science is settled , elections are 100% honest , MSM never twists the truth , a man can become a woman if he puts on a dress and a wig , and we are all far right right , antivaxers , believe the earth is flat , what have i missed chucky ?

[foragefarmer]

There you go again name calling. I don’t agree with supply management neither but who other than the ppc wants it gone? Good attempt on your part of creating a straw man argument though. So by what you are saying you are against supply management? Cool!

This is not a political issue to me, I see it as other hardworking farmers contributing immensely in so many positive ways to rural areas.

Read negative posts towards SM on Agriville constantly, maybe you can explain to me why you don't agree with SM.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Chuck, I think you have me confused with forage who claims to always sell his product at the peak of the market even though he doesn't even grow the product. I am much more humble than that, or perhaps honest is the appropriate word.

Do you know nothing about marketing in the pre-information age? When I say around the world, it is metaphorical not literal. In the good old days there was no easy, timely way to even know what the buyer 10 miles down the road was offering, let alone what the end user was paying,
From the perspective of those producers, I absolutely understand why many would have embraced the concept of the cwb. It seems many producers these days think they're being screwed by the buyers or input suppliers, even though they have all the information available to them to prove otherwise. But back in the good old days they often literally were being screwed coming and going.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

One could make the same argument for organized labor. I think it served a very important role in improving the rights of blue collar workers at one time. Now it is primarily White collar workers holding the taxpayers for ransom to obtain better working conditions than most of the hard-working citizens forced to pay for their generous benefits and compensation.

My great uncle was a committed communist, and justified supporter of organized labor. He would have entered the workforce as a logger in the 1920s and 30s.

If you think there are any similarities between the working conditions the average teacher or nurse endures today versus a miner or logger of a century ago, you really need to study some history.

[sumdumguy]

[QUOTE=chuckChuck;n805114]Higgs got the boot over this issue in New Brunswick and Moe will be next!:

Not only is Moe NOT next, but Danielle scored a standing ovation from more than 90% of her party. Looks like you’re hooped Chucker. Keep drinking the kool aid!