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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 1105"><p>Each operation is different. This year the biggest challenge I face is drought. Land is over priced, but I could have 3 times the land and still have no feed.<p>International subsidy wars distort market signals and thus farmers have no real idea what to grow. This is happening now with high calf prices, many people are jumping into beef production. When all the new calves hit the system it drives prices down. If you have too much debt when the downswing comes, your history.<p>Another factor is lack of accuracy in government reports. USDA keeps saying the cowherd is smaller, but the number of calves on feed keeps climbing. Wheat stocks were supposed to be lower, then all of a sudden millions of bushels appeared. Crop yields were supposed to be lower than average, then they are suddenly above average.<p>All these factors are responsible for trouble in agriculture. Its not simple, but we have to deal with it.<p>Jason Trowbridge<br>Southern Angus Farms<br>Alberta Canada</p><p><br></p><p><br><hr size=4 width=75%><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:trow@bigfoot.com">trow@bigfoot.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 1105"] Each operation is different. This year the biggest challenge I face is drought. Land is over priced, but I could have 3 times the land and still have no feed.<p>International subsidy wars distort market signals and thus farmers have no real idea what to grow. This is happening now with high calf prices, many people are jumping into beef production. When all the new calves hit the system it drives prices down. If you have too much debt when the downswing comes, your history.<p>Another factor is lack of accuracy in government reports. USDA keeps saying the cowherd is smaller, but the number of calves on feed keeps climbing. Wheat stocks were supposed to be lower, then all of a sudden millions of bushels appeared. Crop yields were supposed to be lower than average, then they are suddenly above average.<p>All these factors are responsible for trouble in agriculture. Its not simple, but we have to deal with it.<p>Jason Trowbridge<br>Southern Angus Farms<br>Alberta Canada <br> <br><hr size=4 width=75%><p> [email=trow@bigfoot.com]trow@bigfoot.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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