New PRO

[zeefarmer]

Do you think the Board is "manipulating" the spread between the old and new crop PRO to get farmers to sign a B series contract on durum to pry the #1 and #2 durum that is sitting in bins uncontracted?

Interesting comment straight from the CWB site.

Your customers are waiting for deliveries of Nos. 1 and 2 CWAD and high-protein No. 1 CWRS. Spring is always a difficult time to deliver because of road bans and the onset of seeding. However, if you are able to deliver, please do so and help meet sales commitments to major customers. Contact your elevator for delivery opportunities.

[bucket]

What it should have said is:

"Your customers are waiting for your 09 crop of durum and because we are so incompetent, farmers chose to sell to the off board money for cash flow and bin space. If you have any durum and you would like to give it away would you please, pretty please deliver it."

BTW if the cwb has such good support, why can't those board suppporters fill the orders? Where is burbert, agstar, mustard, jag when it comes time to help the board out?

Isn't that what being a board supporters all about or is it about making sure everyone is equal?

Where is vader and his analysis on demurrage the cwb is currently paying on durum boats?

They need durum and they lower the PRO? Indicates they gave the crop away and it was a crop the cwb didn't have.

If the cwb had the support they claim to, the 09 durum crop would easily come to market.

Why can ethanol plants pay more than the cwb for durum?

Any supporters care to take a crack at answering? Vader, agstar, mustard - are you out there?

[Hopperbin]

Apparently the stock prices pot, agu and mos have nothing at all connected with the CWB pricing forcast. They are up 2 to 4 percent today.

[$short]

Well said Bucket. Yep, we are financing the sale.

Under the GDC its just hand over the durum and we will pay you a bit in 4 months. Why should we pay for a screw up that happened a year ago.

This blunder by the CWB will stretch out over several years. A shorter pooling period would certainly help.