CWB benefits example Again

[blackpowder]

Attended a presentation last year Farmtech. Monsanto vp North american wheat research.
They spent a lot in '10 on buying out most of the North American companys that do this.
Looking forward to increase in wheat R&D.

[blackpowder]

I don't believe I_Fs GM bogeyman exists.

[Integrity_Farmer]

They spent a lot of money they extracted from farmers, you mean.

[FarmRanger]

<i>'They spent a lot of money they extracted from farmers"</i>

No kidding eh, $1.4 million this past week alone, promoting the single desk in an area of the country where farmers have market freedom. Money that is being extracted from the pool accounts to promote the continued tyranny of prairie farmers.

[blackpowder]

Gotta, cry ENUF of the BS! I_F.
That statement only feeds the ignorant and mentally lazy.
It trys to say that in your world the producer gets full retail. That any profit by anyone else but you is theft.
You have to alter or delete these supporting statements for your argument, or you will lose all credibility!

[LEP]

Quote: Another advantage with the CWB is keeping
Monsanto out of the GM wheat business. That alone
probably saves me $80,000 per year.

Really? how did you arrive at that figure or is it
pulled out of the air like all of the rest?

Personally I think that if the CWB hasn't opened the
books to show solid proof of the benefit of single
desk marketing then it doesn't exist.

I went to the U of S with Ward, Gord and other
senior executives at the CWB, they were smart but
also very red.

We were drilled with the economic theory that a
monopoly seller extracts a higher profit from the
market.

However, in the real world the theoretical benefits
don't happen. I would argue that is because the
organization is run by a bunch of bureaucrats with
no skin in the game. They are inefficient, with huge
overhead. I would bet the smallest cargo that they
could sell would be so large as to leave them out of
many niche markets where the real money could be
made in cereal grains

I think a lot of the farmers that support the CWB
are simply getting to the end of their farming career
and are scared of change.

If the CWB has such a large support among
farmers(62%) and they do such a good job of
marketing then they should have no problem
operating in a voluntary environment.