Burbert comes clean

[oneoff]

I can't think of any conflict of interest that I have with the CWB. In fact I feel the CWB costs me dearly; and not to the tune of a few hundred dollars a year. Could people like Burbert please confirm that they aren't using the CWB at the expense of some other producers?

[oneoff]

It might be helpful to know what proportion of some CWB supporters incomes comes from dealing with the CWB.

[silverback]

If I remember correctly, one of the borg supporters once told us that they only grow less than 20% board grains every year and like the board because they were "too busy" marketing their other specialty and oilseed crops to be bothered worrying about marketing wheat or durum.

[oneoff]

I have always suspected that the board support issue never gets around to discussing the real reaasons why there is any support for the CWB at all. I have a lot at stake; and am probably looked at by the board (and it supporters) as selfish; greedy; definately in the minority etc. etc.

Now lets have the supporters describe how they think they are perceived.

[Fransisco]

A follow up comment on the other thread.

Burbert said, "I think, what it really boils down to, is <b>trust</b>. Do we trust the CWB. Answer is yeesssss, I guess. Well, at least I trust them, more than the open, unregulated. lean, mean, world of the clipboard grain merchant! Sell grain, get a cheque, go to the bank and squirrel it away, till Angribusiness calls with some new scheme or technology to steal it all away again. Then spend the rest of the season farming and enjoying the challenges of solving problems with little or no money, while whinning and snivelling about the government not respectin us.... "

[Fransisco]

Interesting how money, price or returns has yet to be mentioned.

[parsley]

Trust in the climate warming scientists who lie ONLY for the greater good purpose, and damn the free market information that exposed the liars. Pars

[bucket]

Is trust what you define as having your personal info shared with every grain company in the world and the cra?

Is trust not being able to discuss the selling prices of our grain with the people that we pay for doing just that? If I had an employee that would not answer my question in regards to my farm operation I may just fire him. The cwb has to start to realize that they are farmer's employees not the other way around.

Is trust when the president of the nfu has the ear of the chairman of the board at family get togethers?

I must be living in a different world.