Malt

[Caveo]

Start delivering malt crop tomorrow. Do you think the Board has read this?
http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2011/01/01/124874/Spring-malting-barley-prospects-recover-for-2011.htm

[jamesb]

I know what yoiu mean. Have you done good rechecks lately? there has been a big problem with malt getting rejected after delivery because of falling germ. On top of that with the pro's going down for malt, its sure not what I thought we would see under the markets today. I ended up dumping some of my uncontracted malt quality barley for $4.00 feed just to get it gone. Its a shame.

[bucket]

It is a shame because you know its wrong and by the time the cwb knows its wrong the barley's gone. Just like the durum market.

Its fine for the board supporters to force everyone into the cwb, but paying for marketing means they are supposed to make us money and see the trends before everyone else based on their knowledge of weather, contracted grains, currencies, world events etc.

Everyone that supports the board should ask themselves " Are we getting value for our marketing dollar?".

Judging by the returns on the last couple of years and whats happened with malt and durum, most would fire their marketing team.