Marketing with out the CWB.

[SASKFARMER3]

Lets discuss since from my earlier post most have got a great understanding of marketing. Canola my god we get it, wow so why will it be any different with HRS or Durum or Barley. The answer is simple it wont. We farmers know how to market and buy the comments from Mallee about the grain companies having a lot of grades to enable farmers to sell their product it only proves they make money on moving product if like in Canada the CWB puts you in 3 good grades and one poor and doesn't pay you guess what no price no change in grades no incentive to do any thing. just hand over your product and trust us.
In ND and Australia farmers can lock in 2011 production Hm what can we do. Oh trust us we will do fine buy you attitude that has lost farmers of western Canada Billions.

[SASKFARMER3]

$7.41 plus protein for HRS in ND for fall CWB best guess probably a initial of oh lets say 1.98 and then maybe buy 2012 a payment of oh lets guess 4.00.
$8.21 Australia Hm
Isn't it fun CWB supporters show me what you have to offer or are you to busy selling Canola Flax Peas Lentils Oats Peas. Hm

[Choice2U]

Oh, you are so naive. The big boys will eat you up, you can't haul it all into the US and why foresake the "premium"....whoops, I must have got up on the left side of the bed. Now that I think about it, I thought I felt more stupid and less independant this morning and I was looking for my "daddy".

[Fransisco]

I read a good comment the other day, " its not so much that the wheat board is a marketing agency, as it is a negative cash flow manager."

[cityguy]

when it comes to marketing new crop wheat do most farmers honestly figure an initial at $1.98 and maybe another $4.00 on top of that when all is said and done? Wouldn't most of them look at selling new crop futures to the CWB at $315.50 (yesterday's value) and assume that when the basis comes out at the end of February it will be $10 over that. Take off $55 back to the country and you have an in the pit price of $7.35.

Yes - admitedly the basis is unknown and it could be $10 better to $20 worse. And yes - you'll probably only be able to deliver about 25% of your production off combine.

But really, do most just go with $1.98 $4.00 later on. Are farmers, as a group, really that dumb? Or said a nicer way, too busy doing too many other more important things to care?

[timm]

No margin calls ,broker fees ,headaches!!!

[stubblejumper]

half the guys on here are wantabee brokers. how will they get paid?

[gregpet]

They will earn their pay by being profitable and accountable to their clients unlike the CWB.

[TOM4CWB]

Stubble,

If I choose to work hard and find a better offer than the CWB... for my families produce... that makes me a want to be broker?

What does this mean you are... a 'cherry picker' that wants others to do the work and give you the reward?