Burbert Emerges From His Cave

[Fransisco]

I think some heads should roll. It is completely unacceptable that the Board is handing out farmers private information to people whom it's none of their business in the first place.

[Fransisco]

The board is far from meaningful but it is certainly mean to farmers.

[Hopperbin]

Every grain company sends info to the CRA why should the CWB be any different?

[Fransisco]

And as far as cartels go even OPEC can't control the price of oil. Anybody that thinks the Board can do it with 4% of world wheat production and 8% of barley has been into the glue again. Then there's durum, oh yes durum what's the PRO on durum again?

[Hopperbin]

Wow Burbert careful what ya say. Dems cud be fighting words. Why are you talking strange anyway?

[Fransisco]

The grain companies only send what they have to, if they send stuff they're not supposed to there'd be hell to pay.

[Hopperbin]

They send payment to who info. I could be wrong but what is wrong with that anyway?

[Hopperbin]

OK I bet someone sued them. What a crock.

[bucket]

If I can't know what they sell my grain for then maybe my personal info could remain a state secret as well.

[Hopperbin]

So is this why Agstar does not make any money? He somehow does not claim CWB payments? While I pay average 60,000 in corporate income taxes why should some board supporter not claim his income?

[chaffmeister]

OPEC is voluntary (For example, Indonesia dropped out earlier this year).

De Beers controlled the diamond industry at one time but no longer. Their monopolistic strategies and relationships (cartel) was not sustainable.

SunKist is a very successful voluntary producer-owned coop.

<i>"Currently representing about 6000 members, Sunkist is a not-for-profit corporation, with all profits returned to the growers. Sunkist is the largest marketing cooperative in the world's fruit and vegetable industry, and is one of the 10 largest marketing cooperatives in America."</i>

Ocean Spray is a very successful voluntary producer-owned coop.

<i>"We're an agricultural cooperative, meaning we're owned by a large group of cranberry growers throughout North America. As of right now there are about 600 of us.

We're the leading producer of canned and bottled juice drinks in North America. And have been since 1981.

Ocean Spray posted fiscal 2008 gross sales of roughly $1.9 billion.

We have more than 2,000 employees worldwide."</i>

[chaffmeister]

The CWB single desk (monopoly) is the invention of government policy and remains only because of government policy. You may think farmers control the CWB, but no major changes can be made unless the government of the day accepts it and changes the act.

Remove the government completely from the equation and you must remove the single desk as well.

How can you have a mandatory “private” marketing coop?