Wheat School: What is CIGI? - Discussion with Earl Geddes

[rbrunel]

actually pars...i know some wheat growers from ontario and quebec and they grow the same hrs wht varieties as we do...they aren't substitutes...they are the same..

[furrowtickler]

Shaney, do you farm? I am going to defend pars here for the moment. Other than the "udder" comment, do you make a living off of the farm (more than 80%)?
Simple yes or no. I may not be able to spell worth sfa but bare with me, b/c you need to be schooled on reality on the farm and I am in a mood with the rain and all.
Your take on canola stands last spring was a joke btw, up for a challange on that?
You pissed on pars and I do not see eye to eye with some of her commnets but I am sure she will tear you a new a-hole when you are said and done on this.
If you want to here conspriarcies just listen to the b.s. you are told by the so called experts in your grade ten interviews.
"CWB is CIGI's largest customer" - self explanitory with the whole agument.
At the end of the day we are recieving some of the lowest prices in the world for high quality wheat, these two are working hand in hand to supply the industrial world's premiuim buyers with cheap high quality protien wheat, IMO.
Gotta go, hope I did not offend ya too much - beer clouds!

[TOM4CWB]

Parsley,

It is hard to be an eagle... when stuck with turkeys!

The analogy is just too tempting!

Soooo::

About now must be a the time to play a 'Cheating' western song.... 'lyin eyes'... it is just stuck in my small little brain...

This song now gets added to my CWB play list.... along with my all time CWB favorite by Captain Tractor!

"City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man
And she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style

Late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess ev'ry form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is
Only given to a man with hands as cold as ice

So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes

On the other side of town a boy is waiting
with fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal
She drives on through the nice anticipating
'Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel

She rushes to his arms,
They fall together
She whispers that it's only for awhile
She swears that soon she'll be comin' back forever
She pulls away and leaves him with a smile

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide you lyin' eyes

She gets up and pours herself a strong one
And stares out at the stars up in the sky
Another night, it's gonna be a long one
She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry

She wonders how it ever got this crazy
She thinks about a boy she knew in school
Did she get tired or did she just get lazy?
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool

My, oh my, you sure know how to arrange things
You set it up so well, so carefully
Ain't it funny how your new life didn't change things
You're still the same old girl you used to be

You can't hide your lyin eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
Honey, you can't hide your lyin' eyes"


Oh what an ode; to perfectly discribe the CWB!

Well, just about... this song still works far too well!!!!



Well I used to be a farmer, and I made a living fine.
I had a little stretch of land along the sea behind.
But times went by although I tried, the money wasn't there,
and the bankers came and took my land and told me fair is fair.
I looked for every kind of job the answer always no,
Hire you now they always laughed we just let 20 go
The government they promised me a measly a little sum
But I've got to much pride to end up just another bum,
Then I thought who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone,
I'm gonna be a pirate, on the river Saskatchewan

CHORUS
And it's a heave ho hi ho coming down the plains
Stealing wheat's and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho hey hi hey farmers by your doors
When you see the Jolly Rodger on Regina's mighty shores

Well you think the local farmers would know that I am large
But just the other day I found an unprotected barge
I snuck up right behind them and they were none the wiser
I ram the ship and sank it and stole the fertilizer.
Bridge outside of Moose Jaw spans the mighty river
Farmers cross with so much fear there stomach are a quiver,
Cause they know that Captain Tractor's hiding in the bay
I'll jump the bridge and knock them cold and sail'em with there Hayyyyy

Repeat CHORUS

Well mounty Bob he chased me, he was always at my throat.
He followed on the shore lines cause he didn't own a boat.
But the cutbacks were coming and the mounty lost his job,
So now he's sailing with me and we call him Salty Bob.
A swinging sword and skull and bones and pleasant company,
I never pay my income tax and screw the GST, Screw it
Sailing down to Saskatoon the terror of the sea,
If you want to reach the Co-op boy you gotta get by me
HAHAR

Repeat Chorus

Well the pirate life's appealing but you don't just find it here,
I hear in North Alberta there's a band of buccaneers,
They roam the Athabasca from Smith to Fort McKay,
And your gonna lose your sets and if you have to pass away,
Well winter is a coming and a chill in the breeze,
But pirate days are over once the river starts to freeze,
But I'll be back in spring time and now I have to go
I hear there's lots of plundering down in New Mexico,

Repeat Chorus

Repeat Chorus

Repeat Chorus

When you see the Jolly Rodger on Regina's mighty shores
When you see the Jolly Rodger on Regina's mighty shores


Send "Pirates Of Saskatchewan" Ringtone to your Cell"

[parsley]

rbrunel
You bet some are growing the same varieties. And good for Ontario. Expanding and coaxing market share is fair game. But who should fund?

tom4cwb, I'd like to hear you sing both on Utube, Get an accompaniest and do it up right. I'd love it as would all AV'ers. Pars

[parsley]

Good Morning furrow, you're going to wonder about me this morning, but I'm going to defend Shaun. LOL

He's just a young guy flogging his family seed business( http://www.haneyfarms.com/seed.php) as well as dabbling in audio-visual, which I'd hazard a guess that he loves.

He's got a techie bent, imho.

The interview Shaun did with Geddes is one he has done for a series:
http://www.wheatschool.com

A seed company called C&M Seeds and owned by the McLaughlin family has approximately 250 dealers all across Ontario (take a look at their map: http://www.redwheat.com/locatedealer.html)

They want to sell seed, and C&M Seeds is really pushing red wheat genetics in Eastern Canada,as well as soybeans, barley, oats, and mixed grains

They advertise heavy duty,which is the reason C&M Seeds sponsored the Wheat School

They want to sell!

I took this from their website

"Talking to many seed retailers in Western Canada, the sales of durum seed have been very slow and the interest in the crop has wavered."

Shaun is simply doing his best to encourage sales.

My annoyance is not with Shaun. He is doing his job. I can't blame him for being slightly evasive on some things. Some CIGI and CWB actions are indefensible.

My criticism is with the CWB for doing a poor job of marketing. Producers have reduced production because of them, markets are being lost because of them, and the pooling money is being re-directed because of them, to projects that advance the Designated Area's degradation and make DA farmers' prospects all the more dismal.

Whether or not Shaun farms,interviews or yodels in a rock band or wears a purple toque is sorta immaterial.

But taking a round out of Geddes, I think, is fair game. His association with a the funder-CWB is not arm's length. Okay, beat me up. LOL Pars