Comment: The return of the Wheat pool? Australia still has a strong coop.

[kANOLA]

if wheat board dictatorship ever came back i would give up grain farming , if just on wheat id never grow wheat again , RIP wheat board

One of my biggest highlights farming was able to farm my last year without the wheat board. I even held a permit book burning party in the farm yard.

[WiltonRanch]

Wished I was there at that all candidates forum in North battleford when that ndp candidate lost his shitz on Ritz and called him a bastard for dismantling his beloved wheat board, only to be booed and told to shut up.

[chuckChuck]

Are you guys confused again about what CBH in Australia does?

CBH is not a single desk seller. Its a farmer own grain handler that lowers the cost of grain handling by 15% for members as compared to the multinationals.

With a 62 per cent share of the grain handling business and A$4 billion in annual revenue, CBH had a record annual profit of A$497 million in 2022 and has reported record-breaking supply chain performance for its 2023 harvest.

Those results belong to CBH’s Australian farmer-members. CBH’s success can be attributed to its efforts to support its members by investment in the infrastructure — rail transport, port terminals, marketing, export and processing — needed to lower grain handling costs for producers.

As a result, CBH says average post-farmgate costs for its members are 15 per cent lower than for Australian farmers who rely on multinational corporations (including companies like Bunge and Viterra) for storage, movement, marketing and export.

[cropgrower]

you are right we dont know about what they do in Aus , because the thought of anything like wheat board gives us nightmares

[chuckChuck]

But you don't seem to mind if the grain industry has a near monopoly with little real competition?

[cropgrower]

They pay when they get the grain , not when they feel like it

[WiltonRanch]

But you don't seem to mind if the grain industry has a near monopoly with little real competition?

That’s a rhetorical argument on your part. The cwb days you had one buyer. Grain CO’s were paid for handling.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

But you don't seem to mind if the grain industry has a near monopoly with little real competition?

Didn't you just describe the CWB? Except it was an absolute monopoly. With absolutely no competition. Enforced by law.

[LEP]

But you don't seem to mind if the grain industry has a near monopoly with little real competition?

One of the best days of my 34 year farming career was the day Steven Harper announced the end of the CWB at Robin Walde's farm.

Tom was there also. Pretty sure a couple others from here were as well.

[shtferbrains]

Didn't you just describe the CWB? Except it was an absolute monopoly. With absolutely no competition. Enforced by law.

You weren't "permitted" to sell grain till you got your permit book to record every transaction to see that you weren't getting more than your share of the limited sales opportunities.

Every one that ever applied for a permit book was a liar to try get a every acre possible.
Some were a lot better at it than most.