Posted by TomR Ont on June 05, 2011 at 15:26:58 from (209.226.138.134):
In Reply to: Re: Alberta Farmers posted by bison on June 05, 2011 at 07:43:29:
bison,
Sorry you didn't Read my post.
("It will start with blaming the greedy farmer to obese kids and grow from there.")
I wasn't blaming the guy on the bottom rung.
Back in the '60s I saw a special on farming in Canada, McCain's paid the farmer a huge $5.00 a barrel for potatoes. McCain also planted 10,000 acres so the farmers couldn't hold out on them, then it was cheaper to plow them under for next year rather than harvest their own potatoes.
(now I suppose you stop speed reading about here)
Back then a barrel had 166lbs of #1 spuds, not too much Green Skin was tolerated.
Today the loaf of so called fresh baked in the super market has gone like the chocolate bar shrink, shrink, shrink up the price enlarge start again. I remember when a loaf of bread was by law 2 lbs. right now for $2.50 the loaf isn't much larger than the kaisers we use to get.
Unless you are a huge commercial farm you're only allowed to make a living in the best o times.
So your so called fortune is if, and only if you can last at farming long enough to see your property value go way up. (Taxes Too) and you have to sell when the subdivisions get too close.
And everyone says see another rich farmer/little do they know you could have lost it just about any year you farmed.
NOW where did you see Greedy Farmer. I said they would get the blame.
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