Sandsnake: "However, my statement remains; not all trades are reported as you stated and only the packer knows the whole picture on contract cattle."
More than enough trades are reported to know what the major packers are paying on any given day.
Check out the Nebraska Cattlemen's Association market reporting system if you are too stupid to realize the degree that markets are reported.
Your whole contention of price reporting is warped anyway because price, WITHOUT PROVIDING THE FACTORS THE PRICE WAS BASED ON, doesn't tell you a damn thing. Not all cattle are the same quality hence they do not deserve to receive the same price.
Sandsnake: "Are we to ignore the fact that the loudest critiques of the reporting system come from feeders?"
A FEEDER or "THE FEEDERS"???
I don't hear anyone complaining but conspiracy theorists like Callicrate and socialized marketing advocates like you.
Sandsnake: "The problem is, Agman, you're got a track record here of making some bone-head calls and even pure BSing."
More cheap talk! Allegations without supporting facts.
Agman's business relies on the accuracy of his information. In contrast, you just tell your customers what they want to believe because you don't have the intelligence to sort fact from fiction or the courage to take a stand on what's factually supported. In otherwords, you are just another "populist opinion" coward.
Sandsnake: "I get a daily chuckle out of your prediction that the Japanese would scramble to get our beef."
Another empty allegation.
Where did Agman claim that Japan would scramble to take our beef? More bullsh*t from you!
If the Japanese consumer is reluctant to consume our beef, it's because we had bse, not because we didn't sell them the "ILLUSION OF SAFETY" with bse tests that wouldn't reveal bse prions in cattle under 24 months of age.
Sandsnake: "You were full of crap trying to tell us that Cargill and Tyson were in Canada to serve the local markets and you were full of crap telling us Japan wasn't asking for tested beef. Your "no protocol" snowjob was a laugher as well. Your credibilty is inversely proportional to your ego."
More cheap talk! Empty allegations with nothing to support your position to the contrary.
As long as you never have to defend your cheap talk, you will always be a hero in your eyes.
Sandsnake: "Every dang producer vs big business issue that has come up finds you against the producer - and you claim you're on the producer's side."
Your backwards warped opinion is that anyone that doesn't support your conspiracy theories is against the producer. Those who are truly supportive of producers are wanting them to base their decisions on facts as opposed to blindly following the conspiracy theorists like you.
Sandsnake: "There's quite a few of us who have been around this site for quite a while and have seen 100s of your postings. Why not take a poll and see who believes you?"
As always, you find it easier to create an "ILLUSION OF AGMAN'S ACCURACY" by polling mental midgets like Conman as opposed to proving Agman wrong.
Some things never change!
~SH~