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Old 08-18-2007, 08:49 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by Slava View Post
You have more experience than me and might be right. The sad truth is that the family farm as its been known since the dawn of our country is all but gone. That is due in large part to the evaporation of institutions and programs such as the wheat board that level the playing field.

I agree that you might get more money moving your grain across the line, but there is a break even there? Surely its not as cost effective the farther north you go (increased costs due to having to truck the grain an extra few hundred miles, etc.)
What about Canola? Farmers don't have a problem growing and marketing it. Why the problem with Wheat and Barley? Farmers that live in BC or East of Manitoba don't seem to have a problem marketing their crops.
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