Selling Wheat in Western Canada

[malleefarmer]

Have i got this right, you guys cannot sell wheat to a cattle feedlot or a hog farmer direct? Or your nieghbour to feed his hens?

The old single desk system in australia allowed free and open domestic sales from about 1987/88 i think.

I just presumed you were the same.

And if you do sell outside the system and get caught what are the consequences?

[TOM4CWB]

Mallee,

In about 1974 the 'interprovincial trade' portion of the CWB Act was struck down (Regina vs. Summerville) on feed wheat/bly/durum. Since then growers can move wheat/bly between provinces. Feed wheat cannot be moved export to US or off-shore. This often stops arbitage of feed grain markets up to world feed values many times during surplus prod.years.

[TOM4CWB]

Alberta CWB Director Jim Chatenay GAVE a sack of bly to a 4-H club in Montana and did just over 20 days jail time for being involved in this horrible international offense.

[malleefarmer]

thanks tom glad you liked my sheep!!

[TOM4CWB]

Mallee,

Better hang on to the SHEEP... I am sure the end of the CDN CWB monoply will colapse all feed grain prices August 2012!

[malleefarmer]

really interesting looking from outside on this current debate wether your going to have a open market,tightly regulated open market ie liscensing system with accredited exporters,some sort of non compulsary sign up but binding with cwb if you wish and those who dont open market or no change at all thats still a scenario as well.