It's well known fact there is alot of farmers wanting information on reducing input costs soil health and healthier plants. There a few who comment on here but i know there are many more who read and never write. I know there are guys who try new things but with only one year to try things it may take many years to get a result. As well you may think you will be looked down upon by other farmers in your area for trying these new things. we need more young farmers but how do we get these young people interested when they watch mom and dad fight over money being stressed out and seeing the impact of high priced inputs and low cost when they sell. they watch this and i believe it's burned into them at a very young age that there is better out there. If families would be happy and be positive then the young people would feel better about continuing the family farm. Think about what you have said infront of your kids about the way the year is going and the money issues i don't blame them about not wanting to get into this industry.
So here is what i'm thinking. We'll start with on confernece late fall or early next year. I'll get 2 or 3 speakers to talk about what ever they want for an hour. We'll start at 9 in the morning we end and noon. You guys leave for dinner and come back at 1:30. Either we will have all three up on stage to answer questions or divide them into three groups were you can each get a bit of time with each person. You can bring your soil samples ect and get them to look at them and get there comments. Then it will give you time to decide if you want to go this route before seeding next year. Then next fall we will meet again to talk about what we did over the groowing season. 10 guys trying a product is better then just one, more results faster. We'll try and plan the conference around a day were there is somthing going on for the family in the city oh ya saksatoon is a good location pretty much central to everyone. The family can go around town and we can be at the conference . These speakers will be paid and this conference will NEVER be sponsered by a chem company or fert comany. Its an ideendent conference. If we gave each speaker a $1000 dollars and they have to pay there own expenses and had a grand for a room rental then we could do this for 4000 and if we got 100 guys to attend thats only 40 a ticket. how cheaper do you want. I am willing to head this up for no cost I'll do it for the good of agriculture.
If there is anough interest think of the money this could save you. This could be a huge event and i even have ideas on were i would like to take this my idea.
Please give me your feedback on this and your ideas. This year is perfect to show you that maybe the way of conventional farming is a failing by the roadside and we need a new mindset to reduce costs, reduce inputs, educate farmers, get young people interested and to get more money in your pocket at the end of the day.
And if anybody would be interested in helping me so we could talk about ideas please let me know (a board of directors kind of thing).
So here is what i'm thinking. We'll start with on confernece late fall or early next year. I'll get 2 or 3 speakers to talk about what ever they want for an hour. We'll start at 9 in the morning we end and noon. You guys leave for dinner and come back at 1:30. Either we will have all three up on stage to answer questions or divide them into three groups were you can each get a bit of time with each person. You can bring your soil samples ect and get them to look at them and get there comments. Then it will give you time to decide if you want to go this route before seeding next year. Then next fall we will meet again to talk about what we did over the groowing season. 10 guys trying a product is better then just one, more results faster. We'll try and plan the conference around a day were there is somthing going on for the family in the city oh ya saksatoon is a good location pretty much central to everyone. The family can go around town and we can be at the conference . These speakers will be paid and this conference will NEVER be sponsered by a chem company or fert comany. Its an ideendent conference. If we gave each speaker a $1000 dollars and they have to pay there own expenses and had a grand for a room rental then we could do this for 4000 and if we got 100 guys to attend thats only 40 a ticket. how cheaper do you want. I am willing to head this up for no cost I'll do it for the good of agriculture.
If there is anough interest think of the money this could save you. This could be a huge event and i even have ideas on were i would like to take this my idea.
Please give me your feedback on this and your ideas. This year is perfect to show you that maybe the way of conventional farming is a failing by the roadside and we need a new mindset to reduce costs, reduce inputs, educate farmers, get young people interested and to get more money in your pocket at the end of the day.
And if anybody would be interested in helping me so we could talk about ideas please let me know (a board of directors kind of thing).
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