U better read yr 2019 trapping regs for snares. Boco is correct about having to be half submerged.

Saga has agreed to lend mink ranchers money and than let them sell under them. How is that not a bail out?
If not what are they lending them money for? Ranch mink and the ranchers sunk nafa. Seems like herman picked a good time to retire, also seems odd....

Kingrat is that your interview with CBC Saskatoon on NAFA ?

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjl787c1MzlAhWvUt8KHQ9iBnAQFjAAegQIAhAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2Fsaskatoon%2Fnorth-american-fur-auctions-can-t-guarantee-wild-fur-sale-1.5344486&usg=AOvVaw0g9OikWT8f2Yh18CQW4fcM

You can slice it anyway you want but the Canadian mink breeders and the U. S. mink breeders select people to sit on the Board somehow, someway and they should have veto power over the CEO. Unless the board just let the CEO make these big decisions, which again is/was a mistake.

Naw, I'm quite familiar with my laws.... those stipulations are in regards to traps set within 100' of the road, on private land. IF your traps are set on private land, within 100 feet of the road, THEN the snares and bodygrippers must be halfway submerged. Basically, they don't want coyotes dancing around on the shoulder of the road for every soccer mom to freak out over.

Nope

Boco, you can be a wealth of knowledge, then a "what-the-****?".
A 30 year old publication is certainly not relevant, today.
And wissmiss points out a very prudent point: are you talking value, (as in hammer prices, sans govt. subsidies that the states don't enjoy, total pelts produced for market at auction, total furbearer harvest, or what?

Another thing that’s interesting is how can a consignment company sell someone else’s property to cover their debt? What’s the banks obligation, have they no fault? I would think they knew the situation.

The bank is a secured creditor. Their obligation is to ensure that NAFA has the collateral to foreclose on in case things don't work out. I think they are doing this.

I'm glad that I'm just a sorry trapper. NAFA only got me for one leftover skunk that they sold in Sept. 2019 for 3,50 less commission of .39 cents. So if anyone starts a class action law suit please include me. I need that money its going to be a long cold winter Thanks Larry

Never met a banker that knew diddley about fur.

Its all there AV,and that encyclopedia of the fur trade is the best info available today.It covers the entire trade form the 1600's up to and including the 20th century
And yes the numbers are fur pelts.30 years is a short time in the big picture and would not change the numbers in any way.
If you don't want to look it up,give me a species and I will look it up.It gives the numbers of fur pelts in percentage between Canada and the USA.Some species obviously are produced more in the usa but taken overall Canadas trappers produced as much or more with 1\10th of the trappers.
Here are a few.This is for the 20th century when fur was booming compared to now.
Racoons are harvested in numbers 26 times greater than the Canadian raccoon harvest.
The Canadian fisher harvest fluctuated from 68 to 100 percent of the entire NA harvest.
The Canadian marten harvest is 68 percent of the entire NA harvest in any decade.
The American harvest of muskrats is 62% of the totals.
The Canadian beaver harvest fluctuated from 55% to 72 % of the totals
The Canadian harvest of otters was Dominated by Canada before 1970 with 51 to 66%,after 1970 USA has produced 54%.
The Canadian harvest of cats is between 86 and 90% of the total NA harvest.

That is just a few.

when you say cats your only talking about lynx then? what about coyote harvest?

Coyote was dominated by Canada earlier in the 20th century at 66% later declining to less than 20%

Bobcats nearly the same percentage but for the US.

weasels-70% Canadian

Skunks 89% American

red squirrels near 100% Canadian.

Hurt - Trappers are going to be reluctant to ship fur any place where they loose control over it.

Country buyers and trappers sales are going to see more business because Trappers want to have cash in hand before they let go of their pelts.

No they won't wissmiss, several of us on here been telling horror storys of NAFA and how crooked they are/were for 20 years, trapper's just kept
shipping to them year after year. They might sell local this year but by next all will be forgotten and they'll be back shipping here and there.

I see enough awards handed out at trapping events every year that lets me know trapper's have very very short memory's.

Been saying the same thing, and agree with everything you said except people forgetting in a year. In a years time there will only be Fha and they will only handle so much fur, not likely to give advances so less incentive for trappers to ship. I think there will be a monopoly on a few items, coon and western cats specifically

I have a credit for October auction proceeds. Anyone know what that’s from?

...and who gathered all this data?

Wow how far off the track do we get in a couple days? If fur related firms have the same attention span of those they serve it is no wonder things go south.

For every mile of road there are 2 miles of ditches and unfortunately we seem to spend a lot of time off the road.

Bryce

So do I. Looks like some private treaty sales have occurred. Interesting that they are still updating financial statements in Novermber.