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[cropduster]

Thats....Veryl Richeloff....Gen.Del. Major Sask Sorry don`t know the postal code.He`s just a regular joe tryin` to make a buck too!Just like the rest of us he has STRESS too.......just too bad his employer is so shallow as to not think farther than himself!

[sask]

wilagro - do you grow anything other than wheat that
is sold outside of Canada? Do you make money from
those crops? WHy is wheat or exported barley any
different from the other crops you are selling outside
of Canada? Having a computer or not having one has
nothing to do with it - many people who don't have a
computer sell mustard, pulses, canary seed, canola
etc. for export outside of Canada and they make
money from these crops - because they don't stay in
business from growing wheat!

[northfarmer]

Cargill buying farmland? I think not......packers buying up herds....they may be loading up on culls in advance of some future opening of the border....great, some new demand

more liberal conspiracy theory hooey, blame the multinationals and the Americans...give me a break

[northfarmer]

Sask, I totally agree with you, I asked the CWB supporters those same questions. Why does it work with Pulses, and Oilseeds?? Never get a straight answer.

As for you Wilagro, I appreciate your honesty. The truth comes out exactly what I've been preaching. The CWB supporters are to lazy to market their own grain.

[chaffmeister]

When is this drivel going to stop?

wilagro – you say “you guys don’t believe or accept answers to your questions anyway”.

JUST ONCE I’d like to see an answer to my questions. I’ve asked open questions to CWB supporters and I’ve asked direct questions to Agstar77, Vader or you, wilagro. The closest thing to an answer I’ve gotten is Vader saying he would make some enquiries and get back to me. Well Vader it’s been months – literally months – and you have failed to get back to me. There’s a very good reason I call you Evader – you’ve earned the label. And wilagro – the only thing I’ve seen from you is “Why do we have to answer your questions at all?” and “I’m not going to bother answering your questions. Time for my nap.” So don’t even begin to bore me with this crap about not believing or accepting your answers.

“NO LONGER BLOW.” !?! Are you kidding me?! That’s all you do on Agriville, wilagro. That’s all you do.

More drivel: I really get incensed when I see the same fear-mongering crap over and over again. Wilagro says “Thank goodness that we have the CWB to work on our behalf in meeting the world-wide competition. I don't have the expertise and I am sure that most of my neighbours do not have this ability either.” And “Most farmers that I know around here don't want to be marketers to the world and wouldn't know where to start.” And “If YOU have time to market your grain to the world then who in h*** is farming your land?...robots?”

What a bunch of BS. No one expects farmers to be out making international contacts and selling direct. You don’t do it in other commodities; why would you expect to in wheat or barley. So let’s put an end to the myths:
- A “choice” market does NOT mean farmers are expected to sell their wheat and barley directly to end-users.
- A “choice” market does NOT mean the farmers along the US border are going to reap benefits at the expense of those further away. (In the continental barley market in 1993, most of the barley that was sold into the US was shipped from northern Alberta into California.)
- Selling or marketing by farmers in a choice market for wheat or barley would be no different than selling or marketing in the open markets for canola, flax, peas, lentils, cattle, etc.
- If you really don’t think you have the expertise, then in a “choice” market, you can get the CWB to do the marketing for you.

What a shame that you don’t think that you could do any better. The CWB has failed you and is currently failing you in the barley market and it has nothing to do with their “expertise” – it has everything to do with the CWB system.

Since you’re not going to answer any questions, which are an integral part of an engaged discussion – I suspect the only reason you come to Agriville is to toss jibes at those that don’t agree with you and hopefully sway some of the weaker souls your way. You certainly are not interested in the advancement of anyone’s knowledge and understanding of the issues around the CWB, least of all your own.

Many of us on Agriville are here to expand our knowledge of the issues around commodity marketing which the CWB is major component right now. If you’re not going to contribute, stop wasting everyone’s time. Come with reason, logic and an open and inquiring mind - and a true an honest effort to contribute.

[Burbert]

Wilagro, I agree with your position on the CWB. These guys here at Angriville are actually the framers for justice hiding and pretending to be legit, representing us little farmers. They are brokers and clip board buyers that want our grain cheap, basically chislers. If the board is broken, it all goes down the tube. Look at the benefit that killing the Crow brought us. **Word of caution, be careful what you say or they will ban you from the site. I was blocked for 3 years since I didn't share their views.** I think that the Alberta Barley Commission is hiding in here t00!! Long live the CWB and Canada's farmers, to heck with the big boys. Take those stats and facts and smoke them BOYS & GIRLS.

[wedino]

Burbert, To the best of my knowledge, no one has stated that they wish to get rid of the cwb. It's about choice. In a free open choice environment, why wouldn't you support the cwb? Because the likes of Flaman & Ritter say it won't work doesn't make it so.

[wedino]

new here folks, agree with the last statement, and Chaffmiesters as well, if the CWB had the drive and desire to change and adapt like all of us producers have then why can't they play a role in marketing our grains in the future? continued obstinance does no one any good. They have the staff, the knowledge and expertise. Do they need facilities? maybe, maybe not, I do lots of business with companies that do not have an elevator. Is there a future for the CWB? well it's up to them, I've moved past that point in my business.

[sask]

Agree erik - i am also new here so don't apreciate
the insulting accusations of bubert.

That aside, the future is a bright one for barley,
with us farmers having the choice to market
through the CWb or on our own.

I look forward to splitting my production and, every
year, signing up some of my production with the
CWb and selling some, on my own, for better cash
flow. I have complete faith in the intellegence of the
CWB staff to market and am excited to be able to
have better options and choices to improve my
cash flow (a problem for all of us).

You doom and gloom guys who think the sky will
fall in are hurting the entire agrilcuture industry. We
all adapt and change or wee don't stay on the farm.
Why wouldn't the CWB - who work for us,
remember- adapt as well?

I happen to know that CWB staff and dirctors come
on here and read the postings so let me tell them
that I beleive they will do a good job for us if they
quit fighting and we all start pulling in the same
direction.

[mbgrainfarmer]

It's been a good week for Ken and his magority of stooges they managed to get the Bond rater's to lower the CWB's borrowing rate from AAA to AA ,you think the Christmas bonuses cost alot of money. I guess taking the Gov't to court on who's paying the CEO was the last straw, what a bunch of idiots!