Strangely Quiet at the CWB

[blackpowder]

My landlords claim to to 'farm' as well and they would have kept status quo as well. I respect their right to an opinion just not the opinion itself.
Good for you wilagro.
Question for both: The same management team is in place. The same programs are available to us. They no longer have free access to all western inventory, thats all.
Are you suggesting that under the table the govt is hamstringing them?
You don't trust the govt so you wont support the cwb at all??
OR. Once the wall came down the emporerer had no clothes??
IF you refuse to support it now;
not only was your attitude a large part of it's downfall yesterday, but your sealing it's fate tommorrow.
Safe Harvest.

[charliep]

Some stuff I have seen (a little dated) suggested that the new CWB has been one of the most active organizations contacting farmers and talking about their programs. Their website (for those who look) has good solid information. Like everyone else, the CWB will key in on stakeholders (farmer and grain handlers) that bring the grain up the driveway to their organization.

Little flurries of activity/debate on Agriville but mostly quiet from my point of view in other places. Crabbiness with canola has replaced the CWB as the topic of debate here. If anything, I am sensing a flow back to cereal acres next year as farmers try to bring their rotations back into reality. An opportunity for everyone in the supply chain to gear for a new reality.

[blackpowder]

Charlie, I was heavy canola '10, heavy cereal '11.
Balanced maybe for '12 if leaning canola again.
Rents up again.

[Hopperbin]

Would be logical that the cwb would be contacting these would be supporters for where the frick is the grain lol.

[grrrr]

Reading, spelling, grammar......

[wilagro]

Hopperbin: Don't confuse the old Canadian Wheat Board with the new CWB...different animal with some of the same spots. The new one is a totally government controlled hybrid and very likely a not very hardy one. Genetically programmed to disintegrate within five years or less.

[charliep]

Just curious what elements of current programs are government controlled. To the extent that initial payments are guaranteed, maybe yes but other things are pretty much the same as before.

The CWB remains as an alternative for farmers that choose to use its services. I don't have any problem in helping farmers become knowledgeable about their programs and encouraging them in their business/marketing plan.

[Burbert]

WHO WANTS TO DEAL WITH A GOBERMONT
ORGANIZATION that keeps changing the rules
on a whim? Seizing control of OUR
organization was not a wise move. The NEW
ALMIGHTY GOBERMONT RUN WHEATIE PIE simply
cannot be trusted. The gobermont
nationalized our marketing bored, as a way
to allow it ta die. Don't ya think??????

[FarmRanger]

Wilagro, the only difference is the new CWB now
has to actually prove the "premium" prices it
always said it had.  It was a government entity
before, with the the power to discount the price to
whoever they wanted, and the legislated power to
still be able to still extract cheap grain from
unwilling farmers, or farmers ignorant of what was
being done to them.  

Personally I like the new price transparancy that
competition for our grain brings.  There's no more
lies about how we could never get the "premium
U. S. price" because American farmers would
stop our trucks at the border.  When the price
discounting monopsony on our grain ended, that
"premium" came here.

You're right about one thing: the new CWB won't
survive competing on price if they keep operating
the way they did. We are no longer forced to
accept any more discount prices.  The old CWB's
former buyers will be the only ones upset about
their loss of the single desk discounts on our
wheat.

[Burbert]

Got phoney calls from President and CEO
Ian WHITE this am, twice. Hung up both
times. Ian sounds like some kinda Aussie,
my god hes running the Comedian Wheatie
Bored. In Aussie they got ridda there
bored a long, long time ago. Way ta go
Ian!!!! Now ya kin doer in
Comedia........