The silence is deafening!

[Kodiak]

It was predictable, yet almost amazing in scope. Its incredible how once the multi-million dollar spin department at the CWB has its wings clipped, how the single desk debate fizzles. Oberg and company don’t seem to be able to carry the tune without everyone else’s money amplifying their voice. Its music to my ears! I love the discussions on markets, prices, strategies, and opportunities. I don’t even mind the land price rants!

You have to scroll down the Agriville threads quite a long way to find a CWB discussion.

Oops--I just wrecked that! Sorry

[freewheat]

How true. Such a nice change.

[bucket]

Typical though.

When a socialist has to spend his own money somehow life changes.

Oberg's own railway has bids out for new crop. Little ironic isn't it.

He doesn't believe his own rhetoric..

If stewie actually believed in his own cause he would still be laying down on the railroad tracks except now he can't charge anyone for being that stupid.

[Fransisco]

Peace at last!

[food4u]

Number 1 rule of a socialist::::" What is
your is mine but What is mine is my own"
as told to me by grandfather.

[wilagro]

Kodieyak: Trying to stir up some more feces again are we? Just can't leave it alone. Must be lonely and miserable with no challenges to overcome and no one to gloat over.

[Burbert]

Due process still has to run its course,
ifn not mistaken! Silence is main due to
the fact that nobody, nose whats goin on
in the world of Comedian framing. Same
old sh t when its companies tryin ta sell
to framers, butt otherwise nothing.
Business as usual in the grainworld.
Cracker is in hidin, hasn't squeaked up
lately, cousin doesn't know what ta do,
since his ostrich fiasco failed........

[Happytrails]

Oh heck. You gave them another soap box.
Like some have said the silence has been
so nice. I say let them build their own
platform and have no doubt it won't be
high or sturdy.

[Fransisco]

I see 'ol willy the landlord is still sucking on them sour g****s! LOL

[Kodiak]

Just when you thought is was safe to turn on the news....

$17 Billion!!!! These guys have nothing, if not a vivid imagination!

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Several farmer organizations that support the Canadian Wheat Board's grain marketing monopoly are launching a court action aimed at restoring farmer control of the board and collecting C$17 billion ($17 billion) in damages for farmers.

The lawsuit, launched by the law firm Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP, will present constitutional arguments to try to remove the CWB from government control, and collect damages farmers may incur from the board's weakened market clout, the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board group said on Wednesday.

The move follows the launch of a similar, C$15 billion class action by Saskatchewan lawyer Tony Merchant last month. That suit does not attempt to change who controls the CWB.

The Conservative government passed legislation in December ending the CWB's marketing monopoly over Western Canada's wheat and barley for milling or export, as of August 2012. Once the law passed, the government took control of the board by removing eight farmer-elected directors.

The latest court action comes with the Canadian grain industry waiting eagerly for a Manitoba court to rule whether it should suspend the new law while deciding whether it is valid. Such a ruling could jeopardize forward-delivery contracts that some grain companies have signed with farmers for the next harvest.

In December, a Federal Court judge ruled Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz broke the existing law by not allowing a farmer vote before moving to end the CWB monopoly. However, the judge also said that the ruling did not affect the government's new legislation.

Ritz has said the earlier class action suit is "baseless" and would not affect the move to an open grain market.

Four grain farmers, one representing each western province, are the plaintiffs in the most recent lawsuit. It is supported by several farmer groups - Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board, the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance, Producer Car Shippers of Canada and the National Farmers Union.