KVD B@#L S!%T

[just_wondering]

From wild oats newsletter
Duvanald never said who he quoted
and fails to mention that this commodity wheat receives a higher price than our KVD varieties a little balance please.

From the Floor
Opinion derived from traders on the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange

KVD brands Canadian wheat. Wheat from every other country in the world is commodity wheat.
KVD, kernel visual distinguishability, allows a user to identify wheat by variety just by looking at it. The user, therefore, knows the wheat’s precise physical attributes - critical at the higher end of processing.
Eliminating KVD would benefit ethanol production. KVD prevents the licensing of currently available wheats that are mostly starch, plus yield higher.
Ethanol is the quintessential commodity. Wheat ethanol competes against sugar cane ethanol, the beneficiary of 12 months of tropical sun. The most efficient wheat in the world isn’t remotely competitive.
Canada can get rid of KVD and thereby produce more commodity wheat. Plus, of course, have a compliance system that potentially leaves every farmer liable for the cost of an entire vessel of wheat. Plus force the trade to handle all non-commodity wheat as IP wheat.
Or Canada can continue to produce the best value in wheat in the world, with zero liability and minimal administration for the farmer.

[agstar77]

He is right on. Until there is a cheap effective replacement , KVD should stay. Throwing it out before then would create a nightmare.

[TOM4CWB]

Just_wondering

What a mantra... the US has NO KVD... ans is getting $2-$3/bu more than the "Designated Area" In fact Eastern Canada does not even use KVD.

We are different all right... we create logistics that cost big time and are done because of tradition... not technical or practical need.

Spec purchase of wheat... falling #, Px., Ash, water absorption... flour yield... simple standards with specific specs. It is like saying all farm equipment must be the same colour... and be made by the same manufacturer...

Not at all a fact... necessary... or even desirable!

Genetic diversity is recognised as a valuable tool to be stable and manage unforeseen risks!

[northfarmer]

kvd is bullsh*& alright, no premium with it, western canada is the only place in the world that it is used, and we get paid less for our KVD wheat than anywhere else in the world right now.......

but fear not, it will be gone by 2010...time to move on....oh and by the way...

screw the CWB!

[Hermes]

KvD has to go
Anybody who disagrees has been brainwashed by the CWB and CIGI
We have lost millions due to KVD

[freewheat]

crewth western canadian wheat board

[freewheat]

Somebody massacred my long post! That should say srew.

[freewheat]

S-C-R-E-W.

[melvill]

In the behind-the-scenes discussion on the KVD issue, Japan put a lot of pressure on the CGC to maintain KVD for HRS wheat. I'll have to dig around and see how much wheat Japan takes from us on a regular basis to see how important a customer Japan is. Too bad we can't "see" what they pay for Canuck wheat.

[winwin]

The whole kvd thing is part of the cwb/premium mythology.If they cant get a better price now than the comp.with a superior product,and by downloading all the costs of lower yields onto us farmers;IMAGINE how much their discount will be if they cant offer these freebees to the custmer at our expense.

All cwb price comparisons have purpsely ignored the compliance costs of our system:basis,storage,time value of money,and last but not least--LOWER YIELDS.

Having said that,forget fighting over KVD.GET RID OF THE MONOPOLY.The quality scam is just one more thing that is no longer an issue the minute you and I can deal directly with customers and THEY will decide what defines value.Not the bureaucratic middleman.

We can grow any kind of peas,mustard,feed grain we find profitable.Deregulate and the market(us) will create value.