[AT] Farm show observations-now auction

[charliehill]

Ralph,  we have a local connection to Saskatchewan here in coastal NC. 
There is a big phosphate mine about 40 miles from where I live that used to 
be called TexasGulf Phosphate until maybe 8 or 10 years ago when it was 
bought out by PCS (Phosphate Corp of Saskatchewan).
That mine pumps a ton of money into our local economy.
I've worked in there over the years as a contractor.  It's a hugh place with 
a mine and all of the plants to produce raw phosphate, calcined phosphate, 
Sulphuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Tri-amonium phosphate, di-amonium phosphate 
and some other products they've started making since I've been there that 
I'm not familiar with.
The web site lists all the products.  It won't show Sulphuric acid because 
they make that and use it to make Phosphoric Acid.

http://www.potashcorp.com/about_potashcorp/operations_map/aurora/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
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Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Farm show observations-now auction


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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>> "You ain't seen nuthin yet"... The dominoes have barely started to
>> fall... I would venture to say that by this fall anyone with a little
>> money in hand will be able to buy a lot of very expensive stuff for
>> pennies on the dollar.
> .
>> He said that he made the most from selling used equipment and that the
>> service garage paid the all of regular bills.
>
> I'd agree, although here in Sask. we are , as usual, a little behind the
> times. The economy is actually in pretty good shape compared to the rest 
> of
> the country. There is still good demand for most of what we produce on the
> farms, as long as we are paid enough for those products to at least cover
> our cost of production. Fuel and fertiilizer costs have actually dropped 
> in
> price from a few months ago, hopefully enough to compensate for the drop 
> in
> grain prices. Oil and fertilizer are still selling pretty good and we
> produce a bit of that here too.
> If people are not buying new vehicles and machinery, they must be 
> repairing
> the old iron. So its good for the service industry as you say.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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