The CWB in an Open Market

[charliep]

Do you favor the CWB owning assets?

[agstar77]

If they are profitable and necessary to grain sales .

[Wheatking]

Why should they have to own any assets. Would
it not work if the govt legislates that the line
companies have to handle the grain at a certain
handling charge. Should be no different than
the railways. Listening to kornerchuck on the
radio today saying this was the end of the world
just about made me puke.

On a side note, I am not completely certain that
mayo with the other line companies are terribly
happy about this as a large proportion of their
income comes from the handling of cwb grains
with highly inflated handling charges, at least as
compared to other grains. I guess they may lose
some on the handling end but gain on the back
end, or processing end.

[charliep]

Not every grain company does value added processing. They do make money handling CWB grains at the primary elevator and terminals. If any farmer doesn't believe this, take a moment to review of your cash tickets on a CWB delivery.

[TOM4CWB]

FYI.

I understand 'townhall mtgs' are comming.

Cloudy here in Ottawa...CPC Convention time. Will try to get some answers.

tj

[agstar77]

Oh , goody, goody a dog and pony show. Just like the Crow.

[TOM4CWB]

You mean the "Western Grain marketing panel Report"?

I don't ever recall anything public held on the crow.

[BTOfarmallll]

Tom!!!!!!! Shouldn't yous be out spraying yer Million dollar crop instead of galavanting around with yer Buddies on The Hill in Ottawa???? Take a Group Pic fer us & post it here would ya????

[TOM4CWB]

BTO,

I do not want to create a 'solar flare' and hurt our planet... by expending all that extra energy... it might put all those 'Cosmic Rays' out of sync... and take us out of phase with the Liberal Socialist Universe!

Cheers Agstar77 and Burbert... now go and watch Adler and Levant on the Sun News and have a great day! I bet they will talk about our Convention!!!

[TOM4CWB]

By the way BTO,

We have been planning this Convention for years... so my brother is doing some spraying today... just for you so you won't feel like I am not doing my duty removing the weeds out of this universal system!

We wouldn't want another wobble to develop... by NOT killing the proper amount of weeds in our fields!!!

Cheers from Ottawa!!!

God Bless Canada!!!

[agstar77]

I take it the hospitality room is in good spirits!

[charliep]

Just rounding off a discussion thread that is likely dead. Would encourage everyone here to raise issues/things that give them angst about moving forward into an open market with a CWB.

Some stuff may not have answers at the moment. Example - how will grain companies handle CWB and open market inventory in their system - co-mingle with inventory identified by warehouse reciepts or some other tool or segregation.

some stuff may demonstrate a benefit or service the CWB could offer an open market - inventory financing and price risk management for grain companies.

Other stuff may not be relavent - Grain grading not likely to change given the CWB does not have a role. Grading is an issue between the CGC, grain companies and individual farmers. CWB has an interest for price pooling payments establishment and matching with customer purchases but not a major role.

[agstar77]

Barcode every kernel?

[charliep]

There may be negative stuff as well - Ability of the CWB to obtain delivery commitments from farmers across a 365 day pooling year to meet the needs timing needs of export/domestic customers. Are there creative ways the CWB could contract with farmers or some other mechanism to give them security of supply?

[TOM4CWB]

Agstar77,

The CWB and grain handlers have been switching stocks and working together for ever on wheat. Your fearmongering is not logical nor helpful to the objective of marketing choices and premium services for western Canadian grain growers.

The Ausies have established that if your marketing advisor is charging more than $2.50/t... INCLUDING payment security... the charge is too much.

Right now the CWB is stripping off between $60-100/t on milling wheat.

Change must and will occur... it is far past the argument that the CWB provides value... when growers are stuck with losses of huge value over the past years... caused by the pooling charges against our farm on cash priced human consumption and feed grain.

We will not soon forget.