Bob Copeland

Proud husband and Father of 3, Farmer, Sports fan, and lentils of course.

[bu/ac @buperac]

Canadian Prairie Crop Report
67.9 million acres seeded total but what is lost to flood and disease?
Sask didn’t even seed 3% of their land, but with crops ruined across the prairies what are we down, 10%?
There is no way grain commodity prices can continue to stay low, severe damage is done and there is ample time left for more.

Alberta:
Still broadly positive: 68% of all crops rated good/excellent, with Central and South Alberta strongest. Surface moisture is high: 79% good/excellent and 16% excessive province-wide; Northwest Alberta is the clear problem area with 55% excessive surface moisture.

Saskatchewan:
Heavy rain is now the story. Cropland topsoil moisture is 36% surplus, 63% adequate, and 1% short. Crop condition remains fairly strong, but development is lagging in oilseeds and spring cereals, and flooding caused the most widespread crop damage in the latest report.

Manitoba:
Very uneven. Weekly rainfall ranged from 2 to 123 mm, San Clara was highest at 123 mm, and southern Interlake near Stonewall is near 250% of normal precipitation. Crops are progressing on better-drained fields, but saturated areas have yellowing, nutrient stress, drowning out, and haying delays.

[Bob Copeland @BobCopeland64]

@elonmuskTRENDS 16

[John Kowalchuk🧢 @kowalchukfarms1]

Once again for those on here saying the cuts to Ag research are a good thing because it was “wasteful”

Even if our industry received the tiniest of benefit from the research these AAFC facilities did, it’s a lot better investment than the millions wasted elsewhere!

[John Kowalchuk🧢 @kowalchukfarms1]

Over 75% tariff slapped on canola seed today by China

Potential 2.3billion dollar hit to Canadian farmers bottom line!

Radio silence so far from the feds

Thanks for your concern and immediate response today @MarkJCarney …🙄

#CdnPoli

[Daryl Fransoo @DarylFransoo]

I am deeply frustrated with the Canadian government’s reckless trade policies, which are putting our farmers in jeopardy. The threat sparked by tensions over supply management and the digital services tax, is a direct blow to Western Canadian grain and oilseed producers. These policies, driven by Ottawa’s focus on protecting Eastern Canadian interests, risk destabilizing the $17 billion in annual grain exports to the U.S., our largest trading partner for these crops. These trade disruptions threaten to drive down farmgate prices and erode the thin margins our farmers already face. This is not just a policy misstep; it’s a betrayal of Western Canadian agriculture, pitting one region against another.

The federal government’s refusal to prioritize stable trade with the U.S. and its insistence on policies like the digital services tax and rigid supply management systems show a blatant disregard for the livelihoods of Western Canadian farmers. The government must act swiftly to de-escalate trade tensions. Western Canadian farmers, deserve better than being collateral damage in Ottawa’s political games.

[Brad Wall @BradWall306]

🇨🇦’s canola industry-worth over $40b to the economy-is being pounded by 100% tariffs from China who retaliated on our canola when 🇨🇦 tariffed Chinese EVs. 🇨🇦’s obsession w/ an EV industry that does not seem to be as interested in 🇨🇦 comes with a huge cost to western agricultural

[Daryl Fransoo @DarylFransoo]

You will always be there to defend farmers?!

Offering up more and more debt to farmers? You’ve had nearly 9 years to fix the systemic problems that plague our export-dependant industry/nation.

You never supported farmers with bill c-234 even though you know that a carbon tax on food perversely harms farmers.

You supported bill c-282 that’s pits sectors of the industry against eachother and harms the vast vast majority.

You stood silent during the capital gains tax hike that unjustly and disproportionately hurt farmers and their ability to retire and pass their operations onto future generations.

You disappeared over and over and over again when our rail systems and port systems were held hostage by unions. Costing farmers unknown billions and harming our reputation as a reliable trading partner.

You’ve overseen the bloat at AAFC. Instead of standing up for farmers you enabled the system to be totally captured by ideology and have let it stray far far away from priorities that actually help Canadian agriculture.

The amount of tariffs and non tariff trade barriers put on farmers over the last decade are an indictment. All we get is that you’re disappointed. Thanks for feeling disappointed, that doesn’t help farmers pay the bills.

[Shaun Newman Podcast @SNewmanPodcast]

The Liberal establishment just pulled off the greatest hijack in history:

ONE man will appoint 100 out of 105 senators.

NONE of them elected by the people.

Here's what Trudeau is hoping you don't notice:

[Bob Copeland @BobCopeland64]

@Kotyjo What's a membership cost?

[Brian Lilley @brianlilley]

Some thoughts on Chrystia Freeland’s campaign launch

[Bob Copeland @BobCopeland64]

@Kotyjo It was a good time and nice to see everyone. Hopefully see you before 5 or 10 years goes by!

[Bob Copeland @BobCopeland64]

@DarylFransoo It is good you have a chat with the minister, however this has been a problem forever being reliable. Need accountability from rail lines to more capacity at coast? Along with strikes,etc. Keep pushing

[Bob Copeland @BobCopeland64]

@DarylFransoo He was very good at what he did and he will be missed. Loved our chats. RIP Mr. Henry

[Dan McTeague @GasPriceWizard]

Freeland is in hot water

[John Kowalchuk🧢 @kowalchukfarms1]

All those trips going camping with our kids

Making memories and spending time with our families in the outdoors

Little did we know…

#WhoHurtYouMark

[John Kowalchuk🧢 @kowalchukfarms1]

When I started farming I remember the pressure

The financial pressure
The pressure to get the work done quickly
The pressure to keep up with the neighbours
The pressure not to screw up

I realize now I put that on myself

Just get out there and enjoy today!

#ThoughtsFromaFarmer

[Kotylak @Kotyjo]

Good morning. Both drills are seeding canola now because seeding real early pays. Hey Trudeau I paid my Fucking Carbon tax I thought you promised better weather. Only a stupid liberal voter believes paying a tax can change the weather. #NeverVoteLiberalNDP

[Corey Loessin 🧢 @405farmer]

Saskatchewan is a funny place. Just when you think it’s so dry and can’t ever rain again, surprise!! Have seen this same cycle many times. It’s not climate change; it’s normal in these parts #plant24onhold.

[Patrick Moore @EcoSenseNow]

I swear the vegetation gets lusher with every Spring as CO2 is replenished in our atmosphere, oceans, and lakes. Remember, every molecule of CO2 we emit came from the atmosphere and the oceans in the first place. This is all you need to know to be certain the "Climate Crisis" is the biggest hoax ever foisted upon humankind.

[Bob Copeland @BobCopeland64]

@Kotyjo Your right John, today is a great farming day after a great send off yesterday. Till we see him on a back trail up there 🙏