Myth of a dual-market finally put to rest.

[cchurch]

Also,

Air Canada at one point went bankrupt after all of this open market competition.

and didn't all of this competition lower ticket prices....

uh oh.....

[Fransisco]

1.) If you're talking about the overall grain handling system overcapacity is an established fact. In 1995-96, we had 19 primary elevator firms; today we have something like 35. Because of this they wouldn't have the luxury of being able to ignore CWB business. Out of simple necessity they would have to compete for wheat board business. You need to start thinking about the board as a value-chain deal-maker, which is really what it is not as a grain company which it is not.

2.) If the wheat board was stupid enough to put grain on a ship that had no destination it deserves to go bankrupt.

3.) Who the heck is the air(grain) traffic controller supposed to be?

[Fransisco]

Can you please point to the court case where Agrium was convicted of robbing farmers?

[Fransisco]

Your right Air Canada did go bankrupt at one point, restructured and now successfully 'competes'. It is the largest Canadian airline with an annual revenue of just under $10 billion.

Oh yeah, its a real disaster! LOL!

[Fransisco]

Face the facts cchurch your argument holds about as much water as a hula hoop.

[cityguy]

Is Ontario considered a dual market? OWPMB which is now part of GFO handles (according to the annual report) about 175,000 tonnes of wheat in '08 and '09, both less than 10% of the crop.

At the end of the day, dual or not, it's just a question of whether or not a CWB will succeed in an open market environment. Maybe it will quite well thank you very much, maybe it won't do that well like the OWB, or maybe it will just fade away like the AWB. Does it really matter? If it succeeds - good for them. If not, nice knowing ya.

[Fransisco]

What gets me about this argument is that I thought it was supposed to be about whats best for farmers. Which is in no way, shape or form the same thing as whats best for the CWB.

[agriman]

The way the Wheat Board is going they could not
sell condoms in a *****house.

[bucket]

cchurch

SO, you openly support corrupt grain marketing agencies?

The awb is out of business because of its corrupt dealings with Iraq.

Maybe you would like to be in that company.

On second thought maybe the cwb ought to try what the awb did. Then they would be out of business as well.

Haven't heard to many aussies complaining, have you?

[bucket]

Godd analogy agriman.

But,don't they give condoms away at *****houses as well?

[JohnGalt]

But the CWB would market the free condoms to the Japanese for a premium.

[TOM4CWB]

Cityguy,

"Is Ontario considered a dual market? OWPMB which is now part of GFO handles (according to the annual report) about 175,000 tonnes of wheat in '08 and '09, both less than 10% of the crop."

All that is needed... is a transparent 'arbitrage' opportunity... the right for Ontario wheat producers to market their own wheat...

IF

the wheat buyers decide to take advantage of wheat growers.

It does not take 600 people and $100 million to make a transparent market.

All it takes is a free export license form... filled out/reported to Customs Canada on the way out of the country... just like Ontario does!!!

Even Ontario and Quebec growers could figure that out!!!

The rest of the world... is a dual market... cause the CWB is still here!!! We still have a 'dual' market... outside the CWB 'designated area'... and the CWB has NO 'single desk' to supply wheat!!!

Your myth is busted cchurch!!!