http://agrimag.ca Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:33:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://agrimag.ca/issues/issue-05/the-cost-and-the-value-of-the-live-stock-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Beefeater Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:33:03 +0000 http://agrimag.ca/?p=474#comment-258 Interesting overview of the facts except for one point. Careful examination of the post BSE compensation programs show apart from the initial support, the majority of compensation went to the cow calf sector in the years following, with a few producers exposed across the spectrum disadvantaged. It is very difficult for such farmers to become traders and liquidate their losses and their life's work and buy back if they have a friendly banker. These few farmers have seen their equity evaporated by hanging on in the belief that the unintended consequences of Government action would be addressed. Higher demand will not change the issue except for calves traded west unless Governments legislate parity with the central clearing price instead of supporting value chain harvest dependent on local captive supply at Ontario minus to farmer and buying market share in an Ontario plus retail market. This difference in unnecessary journey's is about $300 per head and the real reason we do not have a vibrant industry with severe disadvantage to local production. Unfortunately the whole picture is little understood and certain vested interests want to keep it that way. For $300 head disadvantage see linkhttp://www.nsfa-fane.ca/files/images/file/Crisi&Opportunity_SCREEN.pdf Interesting overview of the facts except for one point. Careful examination of the post BSE compensation programs show apart from the initial support, the majority of compensation went to the cow calf sector in the years following, with a few producers exposed across the spectrum disadvantaged. It is very difficult for such farmers to become traders and liquidate their losses and their life’s work and buy back if they have a friendly banker. These few farmers have seen their equity evaporated by hanging on in the belief that the unintended consequences of Government action would be addressed.
Higher demand will not change the issue except for calves traded west unless Governments legislate parity with the central clearing price instead of supporting value chain harvest dependent on local captive supply at Ontario minus to farmer and buying market share in an Ontario plus retail market. This difference in unnecessary journey’s is about $300 per head and the real reason we do not have a vibrant industry with severe disadvantage to local production. Unfortunately the whole picture is little understood and certain vested interests want to keep it that way. For $300 head disadvantage see linkhttp://www.nsfa-fane.ca/files/images/file/Crisi&Opportunity_SCREEN.pdf

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