Marketing Freedom

[agchat]

This sums it up.

There's an old sea story about a ship's Captain
who inspected his sailors, and afterward told
the first mate that his men smelled bad.
The Captain suggested perhaps it would
help if the sailors would change underwear
occasionally.
The first mate responded, "Aye, aye sir,
I'll see to it immediately!"
The first mate went straight to the sailors
berth deck and announced, "The Captain
thinks you guys smell bad and wants you
to change your underwear."
He continued,
"Pittman, you change with Jones,
McCarthy, you change with Witkowski,
and Brown, you change with Schultz."
THE MORAL OF THE STORY:
Someone may come along and promise
"Change",
but don't count on things smelling any better.

[chuckChuck]

Good story.

See the young guys didn't believe the stories from their grandparents about what happened in the grain trade prior to the wheat board. A few good years and the generational amnesia set in. Not to mention that they were aided by the many friends of the multinationals and railways who spouted rhetoric for a living. I guess the next generation has to repeat the lessons learned.

Speaking of rhetoric what ever happened to John DePape and Larry Weber? They seem awfully quiet on Agriville for self proclaimed know it alls! Surely they have got some more excuses as to why the prices for durum and spring wheat are often higher in the US than Canada?

[bucket]

Weber sends out info everyday.

The subscription is money well spent. You might be surprised by his insights these days.

[Braveheart]

I'll dispense with rhetoric. Cash bids in southern MB (my area) are currently higher than relevant locations in ND.

The northern tier of ND is experiencing slow rail service which is keeping the basis weak.

[wakopa]

u make me laugh chuck chuck puke,talked to my elevator agent today , we are working on my 3rd year since i had control of MY WHEAT that i spent over 200 dollars an acre in getting 8 dollars a bu for my wheat next year.what did your crooked cwb get when wheat was 20 dollars.how many ships waiting for wheat and farmers not allowed to sell all there durum in good years .

[wakopa]

the cwb had all there stupid deadlines,it was in march i signed my contract with the wicked grain company last year, i couldnt of done that with the cwb,i wouldve lost 40000 dollars because of the cwb on a 850 acre farm .8.42 ave chuck chuck puke. u have all the ans .what would the cwb got last year ?

[wakopa]

u see chuck chuck puke ,instead of complaining all the time i do something about it, and so are a lot of farmers i hang around with.

[wakopa]

my cup is half full, not half empty.

[wakopa]

the year of drought in russia i had to pay your welfare poeple 9000 dollars to get out of one of your stupid deadlines, i still made a dollar a bu more than your welfare poeple.

[wakopa]

do u get it chuck chuck puke.

[stonepicker]

well said wakopa, we've got freedom and some people just wanna stick their head in the sand and whine. J.Depape said it very well on another thread. If we would learn to market better we wouldn't be whining. And it sure is nice to get paid fully for my wht. when i haul it instead of waiting up to a year and a half.

[farmaholic]

Wakopa, now that was mature.

No one can argue with your claimed success and good for you for being proactive. You do it in the spot/cash market or deferred delivery or what?

Too funny agchat.

[mustardman]

Wakopa IS SO young he's Spitting Up lol.
Makes about as much sense as my 3 year old too lol Either that or One too many drinks lol

[ado089]

Holly shit. Blaming the **** and pillage now on the lack of the CWB is counter productive. If we had reliable and competitive rail service to end users price would sort it's self out. Baby steps I guess. Just like we had opposition to freedom from the CWB it appears we have opposition to freedom from the oppression of the Railroads.

[farmaholic]

Ado, who is opposing the oppression of the RRs. There aren't too many that praise them here. Some want to pay them more though....