Cale Place

Small time rancher, former oilfield service bum, all around hillbilly

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@buperac Remove the bad actors, which has happened, strengthen the Stable Keepers Act, ensure all FA cattle are branded. Those are the actions taking place.

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@buperac There was a playbook that took advantages of loopholes, that much is true. Most co-op boards hold themselves responsible to membership as the risk of a co-op is spread across the whole group holding security with the FA. That’s the incentive to behave.

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@buperac What is stopping every LFA from behaving like PBFC is the fact that a board in most cases governs to look after all membership. That one didn’t and they’ve been caught. Stop saying everyone in the program is a bad actor, it does no good other than to sell your t shirts I guess.

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@buperac I don’t know where you came up with this but you’re wrong. The program finances the purchase of 400,000 cattle per year. Simple math at $2500/head average would prove that the money is needed.

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@buperac Further, $2500 will not buy anything this fall. That’s why the additional guarantee was necessary. I’m the chairman of a mid sized FA (just outside the top 5 in the province) and we lend far more than $10 million per year so you are misinformed there too.

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@buperac Feeder Association loans are cattle secured. You still need to learn about this program.

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@buperac You should learn a bit more about the program. Phillip was a director on both boards. There’s nothing untoward or improper about that. The other four directors on the provincial board are directors on their local feeder associations as well. Keep digging but do some homework too

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@Morganificent Aren’t they and their husbands the people you’d like to be hauling commodities for? I wouldn’t think you’d shit so close to where you eat but maybe you’re under the mistaken belief that @Morganificent exists in a vacuum separate from your real life

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@CorbLund Why don’t we hear about selenium in the North Saskatchewan watershed? They’ve been mining the headwaters there for 100 years

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@RobSomerville1 When people tell me that ‘everything is so green’ I think that even a pool table is green, that doesn’t mean there’s much for a cow to eat on it.

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@bigflea73 If I had BMW money I’d also have stock trailer money. That’s my goal thanks to you

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@TheDailyCowman I started off with a nice grey baldy heifer this year.

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

If you or anyone you know in Southern or Central Alberta wants a good Blue Heeler pup from working lines let me know. I’ve got one of each that will be ready to go this weekend. #cowdog #blueheeler #AustralianCattleDog

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@bigflea73 I don’t want them soggy going to grass

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

This is what $21,000 bought today in Stavely AB. 10 green 5 weight heifers knocked down at $419/cwt. Wild times in the cattle business. Let’s all hope it rains.

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@RobSomerville1 Land cannot produce the same crop year over without diminishing returns. Wind is a crop. I guess the good thing about wind and solar is that you’re told when the diseconomies of diminishing returns happen. 15-20 years. As long as the equipment lasts.

[Cale Place @oarlockR]

@RobSomerville1 Are you willing to will your grandchildren the remediation and reclamation bill?