Stocker Steve
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Jogeephus said:My goals are to make money so I can pay taxes so I can buy phones for people. /quote]
But how many phones? This could swing control in congress.
Jogeephus said:My goals are to make money so I can pay taxes so I can buy phones for people. /quote]
But how many phones? This could swing control in congress.
highgrit":2ywrg5nj said:Wal - Mart had 22 bullets today. You mean the government is not going to help me? :shock:
rockridgecattle":xpmz6cjx said:The prices are scary high here too. No one has seen the likes. We just sold an older bull and got over 2100 for him. Can't even hazard a guess what breeding bulls will cost. The guy who manages our action mart says their is a huge demand for ground beef...it's what the average person can afford.
I think once these higher prices hit the consumer, they will stop buying or regulate what they buy even with chicken and pork's high prices.
Honey has gone through the roof too. When we got in the price (2005)was 86 cents a pound with a double brood hive averaging $100 Now honey is at $1.76 a pound for 2013 stock and 2014 prices still expected to climb and hives, double brood over $250 a hive.
Everything is climbing...when the consumer can't pay, then it will drop.
Bez, north interlake land prices are some of the cheapest in Canada. Last I heard quarter section of land (160 acres) of cleared seeded pasture went for $40,000...that was high.
Our poorer quarters are assessed under $20,000. Bush, swamp, pasture land.
A guy came out to asses some land in the area. The fellow assessed the land between 85- 100 000 a quarter, seeded land. The owner took the assessed value to the bank and wanted a loan. The banker said go fish. The assessed value is no where near actual. The fellow who did the assessing did not base the values on what farmers are paying, but rather what business are paying to either log, mine for limestone or gravel. No farmer out here could afford or would pay those prices.
Limomike":2z15w93x said:Here is a good article that just came out on yahoo finance :
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/meat-eate ... 00856.html
backhoeboogie":3733ooj5 said:Limomike":3733ooj5 said:Here is a good article that just came out on yahoo finance :
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/meat-eate ... 00856.html
20% increase is Bear's cost for pork in one month to supply his restaurant is not deflation by any means. Increases in his beef cost. He has to raise prices.
How many times have we discussed fuel cutting in to the bottom dollar?
We are selling calves for big dollars right now. Imagine if you didn't own any cows. Imagine depending on a SS check each month that is fixed. That is the reality for a lot of people.
Caustic Burno":2rqeop2g said:Boogie I don't have a clue how some of the elderly are keeping the lights on much less eating well.
Little blue haired lady down the road draw's 800 a month thats it.
Aaron":23gfy72b said:'Cheap land, but lots of rocks, lowland/water and mosquitoes', he would say when I thought that would be a good area to start up.
Stocker Steve":ohxdyx6u said:Aaron":ohxdyx6u said:'Cheap land, but lots of rocks, lowland/water and mosquitoes', he would say when I thought that would be a good area to start up.
Just like NE Minnesota, except for the cheap part.
Aaron":2iqxubk4 said:Stocker Steve":2iqxubk4 said:Aaron":2iqxubk4 said:'Cheap land, but lots of rocks, lowland/water and mosquitoes', he would say when I thought that would be a good area to start up.
Just like NE Minnesota, except for the cheap part.
More like NW Minnesota. Never choked on so many of Minnesota's state bird as in the Lancaster area. And the border crossing straight north of there is in a pure swamp surrounded by bush, so no air flow. Would hate to work there.
backhoeboogie":10g8sgrk said:Limomike":10g8sgrk said:Here is a good article that just came out on yahoo finance :
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/meat-eate ... 00856.html
20% increase is Bear's cost for pork in one month to supply his restaurant is not deflation by any means. Increases in his beef cost. He has to raise prices.
How many times have we discussed fuel cutting in to the bottom dollar?
We are selling calves for big dollars right now. Imagine if you didn't own any cows. Imagine depending on a SS check each month that is fixed. That is the reality for a lot of people.
Commercialfarmer":1w88mxgq said:backhoeboogie":1w88mxgq said:Limomike":1w88mxgq said:Here is a good article that just came out on yahoo finance :
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/meat-eate ... 00856.html
20% increase is Bear's cost for pork in one month to supply his restaurant is not deflation by any means. Increases in his beef cost. He has to raise prices.
How many times have we discussed fuel cutting in to the bottom dollar?
We are selling calves for big dollars right now. Imagine if you didn't own any cows. Imagine depending on a SS check each month that is fixed. That is the reality for a lot of people.
Agree, look at equipment costs, land costs and diesel. If beef has increased in line with costs, then it is even. Above, then it is too high. Below, then it isn't high enough. I don't think it is high enough.
A regional feedlot that has been in business before I was born is shutting down this summer. They can't turn a profit. I don't know what that means.
One thing to keep in mind, the magical number isn't total number of head. It is total number of lbs of beef produced. They aren't one and the same.