Proud to have chosen Ag as a place to spend my career. CEO of 4th generation Ag business - Blair's Family of Companies including Ag Retail and Logistics
A note to urban folks. If you continue to try to penalize Agriculture, you will find the cost of food will increase over 10-15 years by 75-100%. These costs will never return to the levels of today or yesterday. Only you can elect public officials that have a rational agenda.
Hey
@AWCanada
I am super curious where you are finding these grass fed cattle in Canada that eat grass 365 days a year and “that’s it”. I am super excited to make my winter holiday plans to visit this wonderland.
#honestymatters
#covidtravelplans
A&W stooped to a new low. They have now made a beyond meat ad with people wearing Sask Roughriders jerseys. Obviously they are paid actors with no morals just like the management at A&W.
If anyone knows of a truck/trailer in the convoy that has the ability to haul hay back west from Ontario let me know as I had a friend contact me that is west of Ottawa that has lots of hay for sale and I can pass his info along.
Effective immediately, anyone who comes to our Lanigan office wearing a poppy or buys one once they are here will receive a free package of Blair’s Premium Angus jalapeño & cheese smokies.
It’s time
@JustinTrudeau
@CBCNews
@CTVNews
The Netherlands has placed farmers on the list of critically important professions during the Covid-19 crisis. We will see how many other countries follow suit.
#fromthehip
Best event of the day. I was shopping with my wife, I hear her say OH NO! and then she puts a pack of strawberries back on the shelf and I hear her say to herself “those are organic”.
#winning
#justsaying
I do want to be clear that I am supportive for anyone who make food choices that don’t include meat. I don’t understand it, but I support it. What I don’t support is misleading advertising intended to harm one segment of Agriculture.
#fromthehip
How about
@JustinTrudeau
you test the carbon in the air on a regional basis and tax the areas that are responsible for creating it and pay the areas that sequester it. That way those of us who sequester the carbon can actually get money back for our good environmental stewardship
This world is full of a bunch of sissy’s and sucks. I am so tired of “we can’t say this or we have to change the words for that”. If you are overly sensitive about every thing from the past please stay out of my way because “I frankly don’t give a damn”.
I completely disagree with this dude. Take a moment to read. Don’t get tricked into owning highly “depreciable assets” and renting “appreciable assets”.
#fromthehip
Only in Canada would we allow someone to implement carbon taxes that caused increases in food prices and then implement a food rebate because of all the collateral damage the carbon tax caused.
I think stress from Covid is now far more dangerous than Covid itself. It’s time to deal with reality. 1 step forward, 2 steps backward. C’mon folks. There I said it.
#fromthehip
𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐘 follows small-town farmer Percy Schmeiser, who challenges a major conglomerate when the company’s genetically modified canola is discovered in the farmer’s crops.
Starring Christopher Walken, Christina Ricci, and Zach Braff — PERCY opens in theatres OCTOBER 9.
I think it’s time someone starts a campaign to get rid of DEF(Diesel Exhaust Fluid) in large commercial and Agriculture equipment. It flat out isn’t helping the environment.
#downwithdef
#hurtingnothelping
#baddecision
A big hug today to all the fathers of boys that were lost in the Humboldt Bronco’s bus crash. You are in our hearts and minds today.
#HumboldtStrong
#blairs
US inflation now at the highest 12 month level since 1982. For those of you who weren’t born then and are currently borrowing at a high level because you feel interest rates are so low you can’t afford not to…. Be very very careful
#fromthehip
We have spend a lifetime obsessing over the noble concept of “feeding the world” but we now realize the world doesn’t feel the same way about us. The Ag community will start to rethink our purpose and focus. For sure the Ag community will stop contributing to a cheap food policy.
I sure am enjoying my first week with
@accuweather
on my phone. Lots of good creative features that I didn’t have with my old app. Oh ya and it’s been crazy accurate. Also they stick to what they know.
To all our Ag friends going flat out trying to beat the incoming weather later this week. Please make sure you find a way to work your ass off but keep it safe at the same time.
#blairs
@TheEllenShow
Ellen, it is important to note the the US is a land of laws and you can’t assume a law was broken and you also can’t assume that everyone who claims to be “a victim” is actually “a victim”. I feel for all “true victims” but this very much feels like a little white lie.
It’s time for the
@RCMPSK
@reginapolice
to do their job. We put up with your nuisance tickets for seatbelts and parking violations so you are available for real crime like what’s going on at the refinery. Get your act together.
#fromthehip
I am sure I will get some crap for this but I don’t believe you should be able to own or be in possession of a cell phone until you are 16 years old. There is honestly no legit reason or excuse
In this current harvest delay due to wet weather let’s keep our chin up and our spirits high and remember it’s still Sept. A good killing frost will help straighten out the harvest weather and then we can get after it.
#fromthehip
As I sit drinking coffee on this raining Sunday I am reminded fondly of a time when
@JustinTrudeau
didn’t exist in canadian politics. It’s really hard to stay positive in a tweet when you think about his lack of business intelligence.
#letsbehonest
#justsaying
It appears the canola market realized today that the canola yields in a very large area of Western Canada are poor to piss poor.
#cargill
#adm
#viterra
#etc
Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland says the government will be appealing the federal court’s ruling that the government’s use of the Emergencies Act was unconstitutional and unreasonable.
My favourite customer quote today.. “We might be able to survive
@JustinTrudeau
but I don’t think we can survive a country of idiots that would vote for him.
#letsbehonest
What else could we have done with $610 million…. Oh I know maybe fix some Indigenous water issues that everyone campaigned on but now we don’t have the money to do it because we blew it on a wasted election.
#justsaying
We are celebrating our 70th year in the Ag retail business. When you are making your supplier choice make sure commitment and integrity are key drivers. We would love to hear from anyone looking for a supplier with experience and integrity.
#integrityyoucancounton
#letsbehonest
Just heard that the NDP party is $4.5 million in debt. Is it just me that thinks it’s funny that the socialist party in Canada doesn’t know how the real world works.
#justsaying
Pet Peeve of the day is the tip function on the machine at the oil change place. I strongly believe in tipping the food services industry for good service but under no circumstances am I tipping for a $200 oil change.
#justsaying
Well fun fact for the day... We frequently use the term DTF in Ag to mean “Direct to Farm” BUT today I learnt that for the Gen Y and Gen Z folks it means something totally different. I am so jacked up to have this new found piece of info.
#justsaying
Question.. think about a “post covid” global economy. What do we do to protect against extreme taxes and even more extreme inflation? How do you protect your family wealth and does the money get driven underground?
#fromthehip
If you are talking to a farmer in Canada this afternoon, please DO NOT say “have a good long weekend” because we might rip your throat out.
#justsaying
Dear global canola market. We are sorry to announce that we will not be able to deliver the supply that you once thought was possible. Please adjust your thoughts.
A message to the malt industry. You can’t buy the barley in fall if it doesn’t get planted. Don’t piss around. Get appropriate contracts drafted that incentivize growers to put it in the ground.
“Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, please stop spending our money like a drunken farm wife in NYC after harvest!!!” This humour brought to you by great speaking guy in a black “I ❤️ Canadian Pipelines” T-shirt that was able to ask an unscripted question at the Trudeau Townhall.
Covid will change where people want to live. Get ready for more urban folks looking to move into rural areas to create more space and safety for their family.
#fromthehip
For those that have lived through the cold snap that hit a good chunk of North America and still exists in a large area... if you are against the oil and gas industry maybe rethink your position or please turn your furnace off. Maybe better yet, get rid of your furnace.
@CNN
For any of my friends who have been following this tragedy that has rocked the hockey world and the world of so many in North America, please take a moment to read this well written article.
Pretty clear that if your kid identifies as a cat you will need to home school because other kids will have cat allergies and that clearly can’t be allowed.
#justsaying