Already a 50% call on 10/11 Durum

[furrowtickler]

good point choice.

[gustgd]

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Tom talk to your grain buyer they will put you on their text list.

Don't you feel the love

[bucket]

The 1 800 number at the cwb told me they would pass my concerns on as to why they are calling so much durum and fining people for over delivery last year.

If they want durum raise the price.

Only 3% of the durum is havested in sask. And the rest will grade 3 or worse.

Essentially they are stealing #1 durum.And using the fines from last years over delivery to pay for it. Producers buying their own grain.

[boarderbloke]

you nailed it bucket.

[SASKFARMER3]

Tom sorry bui their is only one of me no, two three or four handles. Why not comment on the post Durum. Have great day in Alberta.

[gustgd]

Boarderbloke and bucket you are two smart fellows
Also we have to ask is there a sale for this Durum and at what price? Or is this just durum that the elevators will collect storage payments on.and take up space
Right now Vittera in Davidson is filling up with Durum when they are not taking barley and lentils earlier committed to.

Funny how the pool acct can pay for elevator storage but not farmer storage. (Funny peculiar, not funny Ha Ha)

[bucket]

Board director says the american farmer is not selling his durum. Duh, the wheat price is close to 7 bucks american.

So the cwb in their infinite wisdom figure they should fill those orders.

Short canada out of durum and guess what happens to the american durum price.

And this guy runs a billion dollar operation on behalf of western canadian farmers. Their skulls are very thick and sloped.

[bucket]

And apparently the durum around swift current isn't a #3 yet.

I am a youngster yet but if the durum was surviving the rains grade wise, it certainly won't withstand a frost, will it?

[wmoebis]

It maybe ones best interest to hold last years durum to see what this crop comes off like, quality wise. I don't know if they CWB is sourcing durum for previous sales or is landing new ones. Nor do we know the quality these sales are looking for other than the calls are for #1,2,and 3.

If you have #1 or 2 in store from last year and this crop comes off at a lower level you may have better blending or marketing chance if you hang on till you see quality of new crop. Other wise the grain company will be making all the profits on blending for grade improvement. If you have lower grades, depending on factor it maybe a better grade this year. Remember it will be the subjective grading factors that maybe lower this year but the objective factors have already been set and available in the grain grading guide. Knowing how to identify these factors and understanding standards are a big asset when offering your grain to buyers.

The degree of frost in this years standards, will not have been determind yet. There are a pile of variables like how much frost/ green/frost and mildew (heat stress should not be a problem this year HAHA) will be in the standards to represent grade. The grain standards commitee will not be able to set this till after harvest survey is done.

Knowing the grading system and fully understanding how it works will be very benificial to us as producers. So WE can benifit from blending and marketing oppertunities. Maybe one of your best marketing tools you have in your tool box.

[Hopperbin]

Wmoebis your right. I am sure if you look in the dictionary under stupid they may have an example like deliver last years durum now before you harvest any of this years crop. If a farmer did that he may effectively be bargaining his only chance of gaining the grades later. While the grain companies are on easy street. Must have been some deal between grain companies and the CWB for this to happen. If the CWB worked for us they would tell us to be blending last years crop, not working with grain companies for blending. We need to know what the CWB is up to. Why don't we have this information? Is keeping us in the dark protecting us from our evil selves.
Over a buck a bushel increase in durum pro value almost 4 weeks ago and no insight since then. Does the board need last years grain to blend with half of this years grain, to leave us with a near feed durum to carry over and dump into the feed market?