[AT] Canola

[charlie hill]

Ralph,  I know that to some extent the Candian gov't is involved in your 
farm marketing.  That's why I wasn't sure if you guys were free to contract 
in the futures market.  Good to know that you can.

Charlie
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From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Canola


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>>> That's exactly what I wanted to know.  As always, the bigger producers 
>>> who
>>> can contract their crops (might not apply to you in Canada) and have on 
>>> farm
>>> storage come out well ahead of the little guys.
>> Everybody comes out ahead of the little guys Charlie but we have more 
>> fun...   ;-)   At
>> least we get to use antique tractors and putter at it.   :-)
>>
>> -- 
>> "farmer", Esquire
>> At Hewick Midwest
>>      Wealth beyond belief, just no money...
>
> True, but the little guys here are fast disappearing and I think in not 
> too many years the single owner /operators like myself will just be gone. 
> It takes big acres and equipment with a lot of hired help and a long line 
> of credit to farm profitably nowadays here.
> Thats the popular wisdom anyway.
> Charlie, on farm storage is a fact of life  here and its true that keeping 
> grain in the bins for a year can pay off big dividends if the price does 
> raise later on. We have many options for pricing our grain. We can lock in 
> a price before the crop is even in the ground if we wish. Or gamble and 
> just store the grain in the bin un-priced and watch the daily prices. 
> Theres several other options too if you are into futures, basis , etc. 
> and such like.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
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