Hey Wheat Board Guys

[stubblejumper]

Larry he farms 400 acres more than you

[LWeber]

wanna bet?

[FarmRanger]

My question would be if Burbert can type rationally elsewhere, why does he inflict us with the dipstick routine?

It's not funny and adds nothing to the conversation.

[vvalk]

Stubble. It does put things into perspective. 400 acres of land means that farming is not your main means of income. There has been comments that Burbert has farmed more acres they you can imagine.
It also leads to the discussion that when input companies focus on 5000 to at most 7000 farms and 19% of farms in Sask produce 91% of production, how many farm are left out there? Take the CWB election, how many people are voting in the 5 districts? 40000 to 45000 eligible voters, when there really should be maybe 5000 realistically voting who make a living of agriculture ( half of the 5-7000). I am not confident in the election results coming up this weekend.

[charliep]

Perhaps one of the most interesting things to come out of Monday's director results will be
the number of eligible voters who took the time to exercise their rights. Early indications
were that would be under 50 % although a last minute flurry of voting may push it over.
Unlikely to reach 60 %.

[vvalk]

There is no question that a larger % of single desk supporters will vote compared to those who would prefer choice. Very frustrating considering how much money is at stake. How hard is it to write the number 1 and send in a postage paid envelope?

[dak7]

I wonder if the CWB board of directors can even make much of a difference....they are responsible for the direction of the organization and it is not in the CWB's best interest to give up its power. Where is the CWB more vulnerable? That is where we need to apply the pressure.

[grassfarmer]

vvalk,That was a very interesting comment.
"There is no question that a larger % of single desk supporters will vote compared to those who would prefer choice. Very frustrating considering how much money is at stake. How hard is it to write the number 1 and send in a postage paid envelope?"

What does it mean though? Is it a simple acknowledgment that single desk supporters vastly outnumber those seeking choice or does it imply that those supporting the single desk are just more diligent in achieving their objective?
This seems to rather contradict the usual portrayal of the farmers on either side in this debate where the board supporter is typically made out to be an uninformed, uninvolved, older, small- scale amateur grower versus the anti-board supporter who is typically the tech literate, large scale, modern grain farmer who is more than capable of marketing his own grain and running a multi-million dollar operation.
If the above portrayals are anything like accurate, like you, I don't understand how those who wish change are incapable of marking a ballot paper and sending it in.
Maybe the portrayals are wrong? after all the Hutterites certainly fit the latter profile but are generally board supporters.

[Ron]

As a cynic I may guess that a colony
with 200 potential permit books (and
votes) would get a special deal from the
CWB, the same as seed growers, organic
producers, and who else? Would we know
about the special buybacks for seed
growers and organics if not for Tom and
Parsley?
(oh yes, does anybody else remember a
board supporter ranting about the
impending legal action against seed
growers for taking advantage of them for
exporting seed grain into the US market
that wound up being in the commercial
system?)

[parsley]

Communists always negotiate if it means
squelching information that may escape into the
public and harm the system in place, Ron.
Pars