We Won!!!!!!

[parsley]

Farmers can learn from this exercise in futility; an
exercise that is expensive, that divides us, that
detracts us from production; that weakens our
entire industry; that hobbles the enthusiasm of our
successors.

Change 'is'.

Alumni who lament for the good old days of forced
participation will indeed miss their booze n bullshit
week at CWB paid reunions. The rest of us are
relieved to be relieved of their expenses.

The single desk mentality has not been castrated.
make no mistake; indeed it will always exist, but
at least wheat and barley growers are no longer
regulation-tied, and thus forced to feed the single
deskers who view us as their free dinner, our
property theirs', our wheat as belonging to the
common good, that, on the farmgate bottom line,
was no damn good. So, the lesson is : be ever
vigilant.

We have watched a segment of the farm
community slowly develop into the extreme and
ridiculous, much like the Occupy freeloaders
developed, certain they have rights; feeling they
are owed; concluding they are entitled; expecting
someone else to clean up their financial bowel
movements. A sorry lot. So, the lesson is: be ever
vigilant so you dont get stuck with their bills.

Lastly, make it a point to communicate with like-
minds. Who could believe anything the Wheat
Board used to spin? Any farmer or institution, or
government who supports jailing a farmer for
selling any crop he grows, will lie to you, will cheat
you, will decieve you, and we need to tell and
remind each other who they are. It will remind us
who we want to be .The lesson learned is: be ever
vigilant. Pars

[oneoff]

Despite the efforts of misguided souls; this has been a very good day. There were few times in this struggle that anyone ever was sure that the inevitable would ever happen.
Future problems will revolve around managing growth; rather than the sorry prospect of deciding who would be the one to turn the last light off.

[Burbert]

Lets see, the score is one win fer wheatie
bored folks, and one win fer chislers and
marketeers. More Court actions are
forthcoming, relative to law suits, not
just this injunk.......

[cottonpicken]

Guess i have to eat crow on things changing.

One gain that maybe missed by some is our lean
mean killin machine of production and costs,due to
the decades of pain we have had.

I see little competition in front of us.

[Braveheart]

Parsley, your last post was brilliant. Amen.

[parsley]

Braveheart, Sorry the first one wasn't as good for
you as it was for me.

[parsley]

Has your COP taken interest rate hikes into
consideration. Ask yourself, "Can I survive 10%
interest rates? " Pars

[rockpile]

Parsley, I don't appreciate your diatribe as a
vindication that Board supporters sought only to
relegate everyone to the lowest common
denominator. As one who consistently (due mostly
to soil and climate) grew only high grade, high
protein wheat and durum, I now confess, in all
honesty, that I saw you as the 'free rider'. That is
why I worked to lobby the CWB to bring in protein
segregation and value compensation in the early
eighties and it was sweet to see the WCWGA catch
on some time later and lend their support.
Finally, Cott nails it - what competition? The market
is the market is the market. Choice of grain
companies doesn't enhance that anymore than
locking in electricity contracts in Alberta. At the end
of the day, 80% of product will move at the bottom
50% of price. That's just how it works, honest, no
pooling (oops, I meant no fooling).

[Hopperbin]

Rockpile so do you think the CWB did a poor job on farmer relations? Why couldn't voluntary work for them? Are we just a bunch of sheep?

[parsley]

Whether you like it or not, the organic market is a
market unto itself. It targets a specfic buyer. It
invented its' own identification and audit system.

In comparison to other markets, the organic
market commands a premium. Pooling the
proceeds from a premium product was a
disadvantage to me, not you.

You would probably like to ignore the fact that the
harsh buyback penalties imposed upon organic
growers were pooled in conventional growers'
pools for decades. The single deskers were
always struck blind when their pool accounts
bulged a little more. Perhaps its a genetic trait.