Wheat Export Authority

[malleefarmer]

Yes the $22 per tonne is supposedly correct.
Trader have to go through a rigourous application process to export wheat in bulk and i believe thats the charge, to fund the workings of wea.

Traders actually thought it was a impediment to discourage traders from applying for export liscence, as wea was once seen as a dront for awb.

Will do some reasearch

[malleefarmer]

Done thrersearch its 22 cents per tonne.
can be found here http://www.wea.gov.au/WheatExports/WheatExportCharge.htm

[TOM4CWB]

Dear Mallee,

$.22/t makes much more sense than $22/t!!!

Thanks very much for the research!

If only the CWB cost us $.22/t!!!! that would be a huge step forward!!!

It would be very interesting to see the restrictions and administrative work required to get this export grower security for AU growers... as the Canadian government wants to drop producer security here in western Canada.

Exported grain is nearly impossible to secure for an inland grain grower... as it is very hard to track where your grain went after delivery without some protective security system that stops rip off artists.

[TOM4CWB]

Mallee,

The internet is truly ammazing!!!

Thanks for the great link, here is the information:

Wheat Export Authority

Wheat Export Charge
An export charge of AUD0.22 per tonne is payable for all Australian wheat exports (both bulk and non-bulk).
Exporters must pay the Wheat Export Charge (WEC) to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Levies Revenue Service.
This export charge must be paid within 28 days after the end of the month in which the wheat was exported. The wheat export charge is a compulsory levy which provides funding for the control and monitoring of wheat exports from Australia performed by WEA.
Penalties do apply for late payments.
For further information on the wheat export charge please contact 1800 020 619 or click here to visit the DAFF website. (DAFF is [AU]Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)

http://www.wea.gov.au/WheatExports/WheatExportCharge.htm
http://www.daff.gov.au/agriculture-food/levies/grains/wheat_export/information_sheet

[malleefarmer]

Someone asked about segragations and quality testing at our silos or elevators as you call them.
Vitterra sites use visual for sprouting backing it up with falling numbers every 30 semitrailer loads ie a sample out of each truck is taken and averaged out.
AWB sites use falling numbers exclusively.

My local elevator has 21 segregations 13 for barley and 1 for canola and 1 for triticale and 6 segs for wheat.
It holds i think 120,000 tonne but new bunkers were built during this harvest so may be $150k. Trains load 2 or 3 times a week depending on ships etc and head to the port terminal which is 110kms away,which makes more space.

Its a completley different system than you guys have isnt it? Some traders buy grain all over state but they have what is called stock swaps. Trader A may buy 60,000 of asw wheat all around the state. There may be 20k at my elevator another 40k at another trader a can talk to other traders b and c and do a stock swap ie get his asw out of 3 sites rather than 15 were he bought the grain hence saving him transport costs, but of course traders charge each other a fee for the priveledge.

clear as mud ??? anyone understand the system we have here?

Its also becoming the norm that domestic grain for dairys feedlots etc is basically stored on farm rather than centralized system or combination of both as it costs ne $15 to get it to my elevator plus $11 recieval fee. But having said that i can warehouse grain at the elevator or not sell it for about $1.50 per month after march free up until then. So its cheap storage as well but still has reiceval fee on unsold grain.

[TOM4CWB]

Mallee,

We have stock swaps here as well.

The CWB will buy domestic wheat and export it, switching back stocks at a later date. This happened extensively in the fall of 2010 as the fall harvest was late and domestic 'feed' wheat stocks were of high milling quality.

Not much different than you speak of... switching locations to make transport logistics less expensive.

[malleefarmer]

but the traders work together for each other so they can agree

[TOM4CWB]

Mallee,

It is simply amazing what can be done if you have every grain grower in western Canada open up their wallet to the grain companies! The beauties of pooling!!! Co-operation is the key to maximising profit!

[malleefarmer]

Thik people are getting peaved off with my posting with what goes on in australia, ive never said good or bad or other wise we just have choice.
This IS a canadian website so id better go into hibernation for a bit, dont want to hijack things here.
But every country has a different system it seems all have pros and cons

One of the issues a few years back was the whole australian wheat crop could NOT be bought for cash traders did not have big enough balance sheets, seems to be a misnomer. Even i had doubts but they seem to do it.

Latest stat harvest i read somewere over the weekend was wheat 52% sold for cash, 13% pooled and 35% warehoused or unsold at this point of time plus still about 10% of harvest to go.

OK im off hibernating will pop back up in a few weeks

[charliep]

Thanks for your participation malleefarmer.

Canadian farmers should be aware of the process of change in Australia.

The Aussie R and D model (GRDC) is one of the case studies that Canada is looking
at whether farmers here know it or not. Likewise, processes around and ways of
financing plant breeding.

The move away from single desk in Australia should also be reviewed as a case
study. It occurred via evolution not revolution althought the food for oil issue was a
final nail in the coffin. Canadian farmers need to understand lots of other things
occurred prior to this. Development of an equity fund to back stop the AWB.
Outside agency monitoring of AWB performance. An open domestic market. Ability
to shipping containers outside the AWB. Etc.

Change will occur in Canada. The only question is whether western Canadian
farmers are apart of the process to determine what the changes are or a bystander
willing to live with the consequences.