Dear Charlie,
It is more than obvious that the 5-7mmt of 'premium' wht market share the CWB has attracted over time... is the flagship of the 'monopoloy'.
If I grow high CWHWS (Hard White), CWRW, CPSRed, CWES, if they are of high milling quality... they directly steal volume from CWRS premium volume.
This wrecks the CWB pool system... which is supposed to fairly reflect actual earnings of each class.
SO... how does the CWB keep CWRS KIng?
Limit production of minor class wheats... or force these growers into the general purpose class so no share is owed.
Just like feed wheat... for decades now feed wheat was often very expensive to buy-back from the CWB to export... for this very reason... the CWB then didn't have to sell or compete with this wheat in the premium CWRS market.
Quality is in the eye of the beholder.
If you say Falcon... or Snowbird... have terrible quality; often enough... in enough forums... folks will remember... and repeat it... then believe it.
The actual quality of the sample in my bin... is then irrelevant... without competition to correct the myth.
THis is the CWB way... rule by myth and deception... sucking in anyone who will listen... using statistics that are irrelevant... and change history for the good of the 'run of the mill prairie ag producer'. After all we are too slow to know the difference... obviously!
Cheap abundant grain trapped for SM5 and livestock... the goal. Has worked well for so many years!
It is more than obvious that the 5-7mmt of 'premium' wht market share the CWB has attracted over time... is the flagship of the 'monopoloy'.
If I grow high CWHWS (Hard White), CWRW, CPSRed, CWES, if they are of high milling quality... they directly steal volume from CWRS premium volume.
This wrecks the CWB pool system... which is supposed to fairly reflect actual earnings of each class.
SO... how does the CWB keep CWRS KIng?
Limit production of minor class wheats... or force these growers into the general purpose class so no share is owed.
Just like feed wheat... for decades now feed wheat was often very expensive to buy-back from the CWB to export... for this very reason... the CWB then didn't have to sell or compete with this wheat in the premium CWRS market.
Quality is in the eye of the beholder.
If you say Falcon... or Snowbird... have terrible quality; often enough... in enough forums... folks will remember... and repeat it... then believe it.
The actual quality of the sample in my bin... is then irrelevant... without competition to correct the myth.
THis is the CWB way... rule by myth and deception... sucking in anyone who will listen... using statistics that are irrelevant... and change history for the good of the 'run of the mill prairie ag producer'. After all we are too slow to know the difference... obviously!
Cheap abundant grain trapped for SM5 and livestock... the goal. Has worked well for so many years!