Aust Single Desk Gone !!

[malleefarmer]

Rudd win means end to single desk
Report: Emily Doak

Labor's election victory will mean the export wheat market will be opened up to competition.

The Rudd government plans to establish a new government regulator to accredit exporters and monitor contracts.

The Wheat Export Marketing Alliance set up by farm organisations to develop a new grower controlled single desk company has shelved those plans and will instead focus on lobbying.

Alliance chairman Graham Blight says he hopes to help shape Labor's plans for wheat marketing.

"The single desk is gone as farmers know it. There'll be no national pool there'll be no national EPR, it's just basically an open market."

"What we've go to do now is go back to the Labor government and talk to them about what their plans are."

In this report: Chairman Wheat Export Marketing Alliance Graham Blight

[malleefarmer]

Guess it just means the premium you achieve will be larger with our single desk gone.

[TOM4CWB]

Mallee,

The AWB will still be there for wheat... with it's own pool just like the ABB with barley... Right?

[malleefarmer]

correct tom
the new chairman of awb is in fact in favour of change appaently probably because of its inevitabilty, but this year strangely enough AWB pool is the highest price even ahead of cash prices,will be paid out in full in probably 6 months and have one alot of friends,they really have sharpened there pencil.
With whatever changes occur awb will still the major exporter nothing like competition to make them work harder and achieve positive outcomes for growers

[charliep]

malleefarmer

Do you have ex AWB types looking for jobs? There are a couple of fairly senior level positions in Canada that need to filled.

[DogPatch]

No, it will mean that when the prices are good, the exporters will sell their stored product, and refill their elevators when the prices are low. Farmers, desperate to pay bills will end up with the Take it or Leave it price, just like it was before a wheat board. The Cargill's and Bunges, etc of the world have hugh storage facilities, barges etc that can hold millions of bushel. Most of it paid for by government monies, and profit taking off the farmers.

[TOM4CWB]

DogPatch,

You think the ADM's of the world have figured out the CWB system figured out...? Of course they do. They enjoy doing business in Canada BECAUSE the CWB forces all the risk on to growers.

Your Board Grain numbers don't match the capacity, efficiency, or profitability of Non-Board Grains...

Even with the drag of CWB pricing on non-board crops.

It is great to see logic and common sense has prevailed in Australia!

ALL the best Mallee... I hope it starts raining for you soon! (after harvest is finished.)

[winwin]

DOGSTYLE SAYS"desperate farmers will sell their grain..."what do the cndn farmers do now when they need cash?

SELL CANOLA or dump high quality grain for feed.Now Aussie farmers will have a new CASH CROP!Wheat