From our good friend Larry Weber;
The next 9 days will be key for pricing across Canada as farmers face pressure from tax implications and pressure from sellers. [...] If you are looking for price discovery and price transparency in the fertilizer market, farmers can help themselves by posting their area prices.There has been many $140.00 a tonne variances on 46-0-0 along a 300 mile stretch of road and $400 between Manitoba and Ontario. I’m working on a map that will show high/lows in the north and south of each province and will post it when complete.Posted by Kate at December 22, 2008 1:04 PM
Gee whiz it looks like maz2's B.S. might be worth some money.
Posted by: not stirred enough said at December 22, 2008 1:59 PMI wonder how often Farmer Iggy is going to be posting at the site?
Posted by: andycanuck at December 22, 2008 2:03 PMGot enough BS here for my garden this summer.She's called an NDP.
Seriously,who the heck is running these prices.They want to turn us into Africa? Regardless of what the lefties think,we gotta eat!
I'll be long planted at six feet by the time I reach SDA's 11,152,978 visitors.
Thanks for the inspiration and the link.
Posted by: Larry Weber at December 22, 2008 2:07 PMIf you find that you're getting stressed out over Christmas here's a daily exercise to keep you sane and calm:
1. Open a new file in your computer
2. Name it "Jack Layton".
3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.
4. Empty the Recycle Bin.
5. Your PC will ask you: 'Do you really want to get rid of "Jack Layton?"
6. Firmly Click 'Yes.'
7. Feel better?
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
Posted by: Laurie at December 22, 2008 3:29 PM
Laurie.....can we do Ducepue(sp?) tomorrow??
Posted by: Justthinkin at December 22, 2008 3:33 PMhow the hell can any farmer make an accurate forecast/guess about their crops. shit without them we would starve.
Posted by: old white guy at December 22, 2008 4:07 PMFertilizer Buddy
Layton???
Ducepue???
Dion....triple layering fertilizer
Give it away Rae????
Iggy ignorance????
so many fertilizer buddys to choose from
what to doo!!!
Iggy?
what is the price of puffin poo?
Fun is fun, but I think Kate meant this post to be a somewhat serious attempt to bring the power of the Internet to the Primary Producer.
The power of information. As in any market place, the few always have the advantage over the many.
Posted by: ron in kelowna at December 22, 2008 7:57 PMHere in Eastern Ontario you can't even get a quote for prices. People that in the past have bought and paid for their inputs for the upcoming crop year before Dec. 31st are being asked to just send in a cheque to their fertilizer dealer and the price will be worked out later. Ya right...who needs to run a "ponzi" scheme when you can do this......
Larry Weber, one of the good guys.
Thanks for this.
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