Adler vs Supply Management

[TOM4CWB]

Grassy,

"The strength of it was the milk
marketing boards which acted in exactly the same
manner as the CWB marketing farmers grains collectively."

Did you ACTUALLY market grain through the CWB Grassy?

Ontarioio was given $1.50/bu leg up on grain prices ... and the CWB discount marketed high quality wheat into the US at $75/t below world market prices!

How this could be compaired to Cdn SM marketing... with cost of production components... I can't make the connection.

[grassfarmer]

Try reading it again TOM S-L-O-W-L-Y!!
I wasn't comparing Cdn "SM marketing" to the CWB I
was comparing the milk marketing boards they had
for dairy in the UK with the CWB.

[TOM4CWB]

Incase you missed the "QUOTES" ... they are your own words.

[burnt]

Tom, in the same post, grassfarmer also said that the UK system only exercised production quotas and not price setting.

Thus, a huge difference from the CWB mandate.

It would also be interesting to see how many dairy/feather farmers want to see the end of supply management.

Again, I suspect that there would be a vast difference here as well as in the grain industry affected by the CWB.

[highwayman]

Quite amusing to listen to Alfalfa talk about the wonderful benefits of the CWB and their marketing prowess when this individual has never had a skin in this game. The CWBs support will be overwhelmingly evident when new crop marketing numbers are released and Im predicting that they will be hardpressed to attract 15% of Canada's grain production. It doesn't matter how you dress it up or how much perfume you splash on it, a pig is stil a pig!

[wilagro]

highwayman: No wonder...the CWB is behind in everything since the GOVERNMENT took over FULL CONTROL. I'm sure that it is DELIBERATE to be sucking the hind tit so that the NEW OPEN MARKET gets to play first.

Most if not all of the regulatory functions have been stripped from the CWB and many employees have received their pink slips. Next will come even more pink slips and before long it will be SOLD for a song and the job of destroying the CWB will have been completed.

[Fransisco]

If the CWB dies it will be from too many self inflicted wounds. Treating farmers like crap for 50 years has consequences.

[Fransisco]

They've got all the resources that they need. Between keeping the bloated contingency fund, getting a $350 million bailout, all their handling agreements,and government guarantees if the new cwb can't make a go of it it will have no one but itself to blame.

[highwayman]

Willy are you suggesting that the CWB was in the lead under the command of the Fuhrer Oberg and his SS organic army. WHEEEEZ, COUGH, GAG, PUKE!! HYSTERICAl!! Currently selling feed wheat on the open market for $7 FOB all while my 2cw12% contracted through the board will be lucky to bring me $6 delivered. One Helluva premium the board got me hey willy? There are none so blind as those who choose not to see. 2 Weeks and this 65 year nightmare is over. Good luck and the best to ALL as we witness the rebirth of WESTERN CANADIAN GRAIN MARKETING. Hallelujah and Amen.

[wilagro]

highwayman: I wasn't suggesting any such thing about the past CWB...I was posting about management of the present one.

Also your ranking is off a bit. Oberg most likely would have had a rank of "General-Feldmarschall" rather than that of Fuhrer. Google could be your best friend or possibly your worst enemy depending on how you use it.