Survey of Alberta Farmers on the Market Choice

[henbent]

03 Nov 12 22:18 Is your name R A L P H?
Thank you, for your vote, but I'm not running, I'm farming. Use a handle you chickensh-t!

[dnach]

henbent, name calling, come now.
Why is it not possible to have an open domestic market (Can, U.S.), And the overseas market handeled by the CWB like the feed barley, feed wheat markets? This would give more incentive for secondary processing to be done right here would it not? Maybe Charlie or Lee could answer this more logicaly than some of the blind reaction from hardcore CWB supporters.

[AdamSmith]

henbent,

Very often people, myself included, like to talk about the things they don't like. For instance I like open markets while you like the single desk.

Here's a challenge. Present to me a convincing argument as to why my farm business will be better served and more prosperous under the single desk system than the open market system?

Remember, I've cashed alot of wheat and barley cheques,Board and Non Board (winter wheat,cps wheat,feed barley), and no one yet has presented to me that eureka argument as to how my farm will be more prosperous by cashing lesser value cheques each time I sell wheat and or barley.

But I invite you or any other single desk supported to try.

[dnach]

good call adam

[TOM4CWB]

Henbent;

I sold 200t of #1CWfeed barley to the CWB in August, farm gate price at that time would have netted between $2.75 and $3.00/bu if the CWB had allowed us to cash out at that time...

NOW, the CWB is taking another contract, reducing my pool, was at $2.45, I can see we are again headed lower...

Please tell me how this has helped my farm?

Why won't the CWB allow those sparkling high single desk prices to ever get printed on a cash check with my name on the front of it?

If the single desk can pass back 100% of the margin, why shouldn't we be allowed a cash price, during the year, if we sign up for it and don't want or need the pool?

Why should I pay a contingency fund/pool account at least $10 to 20/t just to cash price my board grains

This shoots the ... out of the CWB principal that they return 100% back to me. THEY HAVEN'T YET in all the years I have done PPO'S!

[TOM4CWB]

Henbent you are running out of places to stand on your opinion. You and the CWB are running out of time, farmers are starting to catch on to the propaganda. Even more directors are starting to see the benefits of the open market for farmers including some of the government appointed ones. They are realizing that pooling and single desk is not in the best interest of farmers profitablity or the agriculture value added industry.

Don't be affraid of someone stealing your hard earned money the CWB is already doing that unintentionally by their single desk marketing.

Friday Nov. 14/03 Montana cash price for #1 CWRS 13.5% protein was $5.20/bus. Canadian. Far cry from CWB Pro at $4.08/bus.

That cash price is tranferable to Canada if we had an open market price discovery here.

[AdamSmith]

Hey henbent, cat got your tongue?

or has Ken Ritter not gotten back to ya with one of the many pearls of wisdom manufactured in at the CWB communications department?

Your silence is deafening!

[AdamSmith]

No name got dumped.

[axiom]

henbent,

I would like to hear your reply.

[AdamSmith]

It has now been 2 weeks since henbent was invited to present a thoughtful and compelling argument in favour of a single desk buying system.

If I were a teacher I would have to give henbent a ZERO mark.

But I'm not a teacher so I am again inviting henbent or any other single desk supporter who is not employed at 423 Main st. Wpg. to present a thoughtful and compelling argument which will cause this open market supporter to reconsider his views on the single desk system.

If you believe in the single desk so much this should not be a difficult task.