Food for thought

[farmaholic]

I've heard some of the 20% of farmers that grow 80% of the grain say that they aren't signing an A series contract and will wait for 2012 crop year. So, we could have 1.5(pick a number) times more wheat and maybe even more durum available to market in the next crop year. With the laws of supply and demand in an open market is this such a good idea? Not that it may be any better under the CWB. Let's not shoot ourselves in the foot.
I am not saying the Board can do any better this year than you will next year in an open market. Just trying to make a point and think about the possibilities.

[bucket]

Couple that with a new crop price in north dakota of 10 dollars a bushel for september, I could see an over supply problem.

But durum is a specialty crop and quality can go for shit in a hurry at harvest time.

Also expecting the cwb to use gdc to fill their current sales program and right now the cwb is the only game in town for durum, which makes me wonder how the PROs went down???

[SASKFARMER3]

All those preferred customers we signed long term deals with. AH on Durum the lowest price is the law marketing CWB style.

[bucket]

You mean like algeria. The country that is keeping ghadaffi's family.

BTW, what ever happened to that guy Mohamed Kacim that talked about the preferential treatment they got from the cwb?

[malta]

My guess is that when the Bill passes and the gang of 8 is tossed, the CWB will come out with a B series contract with a fair fixed price alternative. The present directors are playing politics with the CWB and our money.

[bucket]

Right malta.

Which is why Ritz had to turf the directors. They could have had this battle behind closed doors while working on a new CWB, and who knows maybe Oberg would have kept his job by working with the minister.

Oh well, Oberg has proven he is a very negative guy in public, doubtful he would have been kept on.

[mcfarms]

No the first titanic Oberg has helped steer into an iceberg.

[wilagro]

When you're being FORCED out of a job, you either fight back or vamoose. Oberg opted to fight...its his choice.

Personally, I would have told Herr Ritz to stick his freakin job up his kimona and then sued for a whopping sum of "adjustment' money.

Who would want to work under Ritzes direction anyway?

[bucket]

Ritz offered a seat on the committee and Oberg declined, I wouldn't call that being forced out.

Besides if Oberg believed so dearly in his personal crusade he is on, maybe he and his followers could use their own money instead of mine.