Author Archives: Ryan

“up to $20B in combined subsidies going to US farmers, 30-40% of their takehome pay could now come from government programs. Subsidized agriculture created flat prices for 25 years in the 1980’s and 1990’s, flooding the world with cheap grain, and the US is going down the same path again. Meanwhile Canadian farmers are expected to compete with next to no subsidies in this system with 30-40% less return than US counterparts. Governments, please stop!! Cut our taxes, stop distributing our tax dollars, and let a free market solve this problem.”

By Ryan | Published July 28, 2020

https://www.drovers.com/article/usda-not-track-hit-16-billion-cfap-payments

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Here is the Liberal government’s view on livestock production, sorry cattle producers.

By Ryan | Published June 23, 2020

Winnipeg plant gets $100M in federal financing to pull protein from peas, canola

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Wow, thanks Karla and Ducks Unlimited! Ranchers are feeling pretty danged unappreciated right now!

By Ryan | Published May 22, 2020

Conservation organization calls for support for beef producers during pandemic

 

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Time to top up your WLPIP, we need exports to get these backlogs dealt with in Canada, let’s hope cooler heads prevail.

By Ryan | Published May 20, 2020

Trump floats halt to U.S. cattle imports as pandemic hurts ranchers

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Alberta Meat Plant Workers Speak

By Ryan | Published May 7, 2020

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/05/02/Alberta-Meat-Plant-Workers-Speak/

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COVID-19 Puts an Exclamation Point on Risk Management

By Ryan | Published April 15, 2020

COVID-19 puts an exclamation point on risk management

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Feeling a little beat up these days? Back in the doldrums of a flat commodity cycle…

By Ryan | Published November 7, 2019

End of commodity boom real reason for national anger

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By Ryan | Published August 26, 2019

We need to let people know that raising cattle is a good thing

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JBS Sell Five Rivers Cattle Feeding

By Ryan | Published January 19, 2018

https://www.drovers.com/article/jbs-sell-five-rivers-cattle-feeding-200-million

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Careful folks, things are looking heated in land prices. We don’t have a catalyst for prices to drop just yet but be on guard.

By Ryan | Published February 13, 2017

90 years of Saskatchewan farmland prices

 

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