Share it Maybe...?

[parsley]

The CWB took money out of the conventional
wheat and barley pools to sell organic barley and
wheat and pay the specialized organic staff so
that organic flour could replace conventional
flour.

I thought it unfair to both conventional and
organic farmers.

The only ones who benefitted from pooling
piggybanks was the CWB itself because they
assumed power over organic marketing, and also
hired a gaggle of lackluster staff to honk orders.
In my very humble opinion. Pars.

[Burbert]

Fairness has no place in the
angribusiness world now, greed,
corruption and all around slimeiness now
prevails. A gobermont run cwb has no
place it is a dooo dooo bird waiting ta
die!!!! Framers rights were removed
from the agency by Herr Harper and his
Gag ministry guru, Ritz.......... Nuf
said that was then, this is now, unless
the Courts see it differently at
sometime in the future and decide to
return Comedian framers their right of
association, garanteed under the
Comedian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms........

[wd9]

Wilagro, from your article;


The end result of price pooling is that
any costs increased as a result of a
reduction in system efficiency are
spread across all grades in the pool
account. For example, demurrage charges
on a vessel kept waiting because of a
delay in receiving 3CWRS at a terminal
elevator are not deducted from the final
payment of 3CWRS alone but are spread
across all grades in the wheat pool.


So its actually less than the average
price. Now that sounds like the CWB.

Perhaps Willie, you could explain why
this is an advantage to the farmer, not
to the eight floors of employees and
those ridiculous 'board' members.

[wilagro]

wd9: Please contact Charlie Pearson for your answers to the questions you ask...the article came from their site.
Besides Charlie has more experience in this sort of thing as he lives and breathes it...I trust he will be more than glad to explain.

[charliep]

The article was about the mechanics of pooling - not
whether good or bad. The ability of the single desk
to price differentiate is what supporters will highlight
as the benefit. The more realistic is the potential
gains from premiums in some markets was shared
among all pools participants as was the pain of
discounting in other markets/the impact of other
logistical decisions you mention wd9.

I don't want to waste time talking about the past.
Price pooling still exists although how it will be done
will change. Individual farmers will have to pay more
attention to how they sell their wheat including
having a marketing plan - having been doing for
years with other crops so wheat will not be a big
issue.

My objective remains to provide farmers with solid
information so they can adapt and make profitable
decisions in the new world. There will be new ideas
and challenges in the new world. We need to move
on. The old world was not perfect either.

I will leave to you guys to fight old wars.