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[stubblejumper]

v valk go back to school, learn to read and check out the alberta goverment site.

[vvalk]

so the AB govt site states that "without the CWB and its federal Govt imposed monopoly, there will be no more producers cars? Without the single desk, farmers will never be able to ship grain in a producer car again"
Is this what I am supposed to read because that is what you are saying.
BTW, I like the learn to read comment. Typical

[vvalk]

Lets also be clear that if it has the will, the CWB isn't going anywhere. It can continue to to do everything it did before. Its just the single desk that will disappear. Nothing else.

[hobbyfrmr]

vvalk, you are right on that one. Somehow, I am still having trouble with this paradigm. Its true, the real message is, that the single desk monopoly is going to be eliminated. The CWB can continue its business. There are many farmers who will continue to sell to the CWB and thats fine because, it is a free county. If the CWB is very successful there will be even more farmers doing business with them.

[wmoebis]

hobbyfrmr as you say: "Sampling important, SGS and CGC can do this. Know what you are selling is correct".

I do agree, however the way I look at it is: Do it yourself. Use SGS or CGC to confirm if you can't come to an agreement with buyer.

Your grain is your pay check. Do you keep track of Hrs worked or let the boss?
You walk into a bank with your pay check, you know the value of that check and you watch to make sure the teller gives you the exact amount(every penny). Or do we give them blind trust? SGS and CGC aren't going to be there to watch every load going into your bin or dumped in the pit.

Would a person working for a pay check half blindly run from bank to bank with his check asking who will give me the most for this then not watch and confirm that they were given the correct amount? No, they know the exact value and can walk into any bank and get that same value.

[hobbyfrmr]

As a farmer, at harvest time, I take samples off the combine, every truck into a pail. These uniform bin samples then goto SGS for grading. It costs money, but its worthwhile when time to sell the grain.