CWB performance

[TOM4CWB]

Wilagro,

The WHOLE world... knows the CWB has lost the right to take grain from western Canadian grain growers... without first paying them a competitive price.

The whole world knows they will be required to pay a competitive world price for our CWB Board grains... instead of the confiscated CWB price... which is obviously less than they pay the US for the same grain.

The CWB is close to $20/t less cost to Vancouver BC Ports... than Montana growers must pay to Portland or Seattle. Yet the CWB is often over $100/t lower farmgate value than Montana Wheat buyers. Durum no different.

We must change to survive. Why is the CWB exempt from the very structural change requirements that will save the corporation from certain destruction?

[newguy]

No need for fancy figures to prove CWB does not give farmers a premium. This crop year is now the third in a row I could have pocketed more by selling staight #2 durum to the local hog barn. Until the CWB can get more from their so called customers than the hog barns pay there is no premium.

[begood]

I strongly suspect that chuckchuck et al do not consistently use or derive the majority of their farm income from the CWB.

Tell me chuckchuck that you really have some skin in this debate and have declared any serious conflicts of interests that would otherwise mislead these readers. Then I would be willing to debate opinions and supposed facts.
Conflicts such as protecting and "saving" organic access to out of country markets are the epitome of lack of respect of the majority of farmers.
Tell me I'm not on the right track.

[Jfreedom]

I just watched the TD bank commercial with the
two old guys pissing and moaning about change.
I'm not sure but that could be Chuckchuck and
Berburt with off farm jobs as D rate actors.

[jdepape]

The simple business case - that farmers benefit
from the single desk - has never been proven.  In
fact, evidence from publicly available data shows
the opposite.

Comparing the CWB costs to those of grain
companies is meaningless.  The fact is, the CWB
charges are in addition to the elevator costs.  
And to suggest that private companies have
requirements to "pay off" banks (pay interest)
and the CWB doesn't is just plain stupid.  And
when he says that grain companies have risk
managers and the CWB doesn't shows how little
Larson knows about this business.
 
Larson is also wrong to say that "The CWB’s
sales premiums have been tested and proven in
14 international trade tribunals".  All the tribunals
showed was that the CWB did not "dump" at
below market prices.  I'd still like to see the data
that they saw.
 
Reported premiums of about $6.00 with reported
costs of about $10.00 for a net loss of $4.00 -
these are the facts that analysts like Larson
never look at.

Iron clad indeed.
 

[Braveheart]

It doesn't matter about the business case or CWB performance. The simple fact that forcing someone into the wwheat board system (against their will) is a complete lack of respect for their views and rights is enough.

[TOM4CWB]

Braveheart,

AMEN.

TO have folks in Winnipeg... try to pass of their failed 'social marketing experiment' called the CWB 'single desk' as providing 'premium returns' is proof enough that Chairman Oberg...

Is as right now as when he led Alberta Wheat Pool and Agricore into the Abyss.

What is the definition of Insanity?

Doing the same thing over and over... but expecting a different result!

Chairman OBERG/CWB single minded folks... no one ever promised this life would be fair and equitable.

GET over it. You are only hurting those you claim you want to help.

Take your religion some where else... that is less destructive.

[sumdumguy]

They are acting like spoiled brats who did not
get their way. Bawl, bawl, bawl. Think we feel
sorry for you, not when you mercilessly forced
farmers to comply, no matter what they thought
or whatever the facts bore out. Farmers lost
millions and billions of dollars without an
accounting of any kind. You take what you get,
dumb farmers. You are lucky there was not a
revolution!

You refused to open your books nd prove your
worth. You are probably shredding like wildmen.

[mcfarms]

Yes Friggin fantastic performance AUG 2nd and still sitting on 45 percent of last years wheat waiting for shipping.Good thing I took that 200 percent |EPO on most of it as I have a very bad feeling about the remainder that'll have to go in the dunk tank. Though US corn issues may serve to support US feed wheat values enough to sheild us from lower FSU origin values.