Western Producer - front page and page 6

[bucket]

Did anyone notice the front page story about the rational behind the 2 crushing plants in Yorkton? They may not build one because there is not enough local canola grown. THEN on page 6 there is a story about how the large could cause a burden.

In my view local canola is western canada similar to feed barley that ends up in lethbridge from all over western canada. So if the plants are built, seems we have to grow the burdensome crop they descibe on page 6 every year.

I think someone wants to back out of building a plant.

[TOM4CWB]

Bucket,

They need to be built closer to a fertilizer plant/s... backhauls are less expensive that way.

[chaffmeister]

bucket:
just read it. don't see what you mean that someone wants to back out.

they both say (firmly) they're going ahead.

I agree with you - they can draw from a very wide area.

[Choice2U]

Seems to me to be the usual poor journalism. No time taken to research the whole topic so let's just print what's in our face at the moment even though 5 pages later another article seems to contradict the first.

I agree that those plants will draw from almost all of western Canada. Seems the real issue for the plants to consider would be the tarriff/market realities of selling oil overseas and what to do with the meal. We keep growing more canola and common sense would say two more plants should be able to compete against the other alternative which is to put seed in an elevator, move it to a train, transload it to a boat, ship it over the ocean and then turn it into oil.

[Hopperbin]

If my memory is correct the first one was origionally supposed to built by now. Now the date is July 09. My gut feeling there will be not much work done by July 09. Of course they will print what we want to hear.

[wilagro]

If you guys don't like where or if the plants are going to be built...put up your money form a new-style Co-op and build them yourselves.

If you are dependent on private enterprise to build them you have NO say in where or if they build them or not.

The WP has become quite sloppy in their reporting IMHO.

[bluefargo]

I like the Western Producer. Just because one story doesn't agree with another one shouldn't bother anyone.
I don't think it's to the paper to make sure all thier articles fit some kind of theme. Talk to 10 experts and how many different opinions do you get? Well 10 ofcourse. I think its the papers job to relate the news and various opinions accurately. It's up to the reader to draw his/her own conclusions. I don't like reporters injecting thier opinions into an article other than editorials and columns where that is expected.

The WP is the best we have. With the dwindling farm population we might be lucky to keep it.