Chaos won’t make America great again

[chuckChuck]

We certainly don't want to go back several decades to your bigoted and far right views of some one who thinks Trump is great!

Got your Trump flag flying in public Crop?

[newguy]

one simple question cc , why is the canada of today better than canada was 20 years ago ? you must have a long list of improvements

Either you have not been farming long or your not a farmer if think we are worse off today than 20 years ago.

[cropgrower]

Either you have not been farming long or your not a farmer if think we are worse off today than 20 years ago.

dude a new 3/4 ton truck now is triple the price from back in 2005 , our grain certainly is not triple the price , truck is just a simple example that you may understand , but i doubt it
, lots of stuff same , wont waste my time telling you how i got started farming , but i know their would not be a hope now doing what i done back then , having a lot of Canadian monopoly money don't make you better off

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Either you have not been farming long or your not a farmer if think we are worse off today than 20 years ago.

Correct, 20 years ago we were still burdened by the CWB.

[cropgrower]

yes the end of CWB is one of the few things that got better in the past 20 years

[furrowtickler]

An interesting take on the "chaos" in the US
//youtu.be/gfpFbEZ2FfQ

[blackpowder]

dude a new 3/4 ton truck now is triple the price from back in 2005 , our grain certainly is not triple the price , truck is just a simple example that you may understand , but i doubt it
, lots of stuff same , wont waste my time telling you how i got started farming , but i know their would not be a hope now doing what i done back then , having a lot of Canadian monopoly money don't make you better off

Haven't seen a modest house built in the country for 25 years.
A new combine is still a quarter of land.
Economy of scale allows all the wives to drive Denalis now.
If you've survived this far, farming is nobility class now. Far more people wanting a piece of the action now than 30 years ago.
My mother washed eggs to buy my glasses. Guaranteed that's not happening now.
If your sole income is farming today, you're in the top 10%.

[furrowtickler]

Don’t see that much around here , but we have never been in big crop country.
just get enough to get by most times.
we in 10% big crop (above provincial average) area .
I would say 75% of farms here fall below that 10% group .
Not impoverished but certainly not like other areas .

[blackpowder]

Understood. Just a theory, correct me if I'm wrong. Uncertain crop country leads eventually to lower fixed costs to survive. Larger holdings with lower per acre values.

A modest family income is $100000 before tax, all expenses counted.
Look around and count.

I see no full time farm family with less standard of living than someone in town on $100k. Many on less.
Top ten percent threshold is $106700.

Apologies if not communicating effectively.

Just a comment on whether or not we're better off than a generation ago.

[cropgrower]

so who thinks its easier now to start into grain farming with a pretty modest cash reserve and build up than it was 20 years ago ?
established multi generation farms are in a different category altogether , always have been