You hear it over and over. Canada produces the best premium wheat in the world. In Australia no doubt they are told they produce the best premium wheat in the world. After doing some research over the last while, I am coming to the conclusion that our current grain handling system puts that reputation in serious jeopardy. First our grain handling system is monitor based, not process based. What does that mean: basically that if there is a problem in the system by the time it is discovered it is to late to react. I received some indication that there are a lot of ships that in reality don't meet the specs they were suppose to meet. To add to the confusion is the fact that our grain grading system often has little in common with the end use customer specs. The reality is that while we as producers are asked to deliver high quality to our elevator by the time the grain handlers blend to match customer specs or we give away things such as protein to make sales, the producer is not being rewarded for that quality. I would suggest that consistency of the product is probably more important to end users than high specs. Our system does not address the coming isues of importance to our consumers that being food safety and tracability. It's time to climb off our pedestal. We are not really as good as we think we are.
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"What does that mean: basically that if there is a problem in the system by the time it is discovered it is to late to react."
Just like with an appointment to Federal Canadian Wheat Board Minister.
One thing I can say about Goodale, he never lied to us.
Not like Ritz and the Neo Liberals.
This man is worse than Goodale, TEN TIMES worse.
He has turned Judas. Talking about having good discussions with the cwb, suggesting a Continental Barley Market. It makes me gag.
He actually thinks appealing the barley ruling is a strategy!
That's just housekeeping Gerry, nothing more nothing less.
Earth to Gerry, you're F@&#ing up big time boy.
It's Open Market in 08 or Nothing.
Minister Gerry, My Dear confused Minister Of Do Nothing, we farmers know when we're being snowed and WE'RE BEING SNOWED right now.
Good luck, in the next election!
You running Liberal or Conservative?
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Ritz probably got his eyes opened to the teality of the situation instead of the "pie in the sky" scenario that you imagine should prevail.
Somwhat like when an anti-CWB director sees the advantages in CWB marketing and "joins" with the other directors in running the CWB for the farmer's benefit. THIS has happened a number of times and YOU know it.
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Adam Smith What is meant by if there is a problem in the system it's to late to react. When you have a monitor based system you sample through the system but not where you can rectify a problem. Simple example you sample going into a boat. By the time you realize you don't meet specs the boat is already half way across the ocean. You now have to deal with the end use customer. A process based system would test the grain before it was loaded on the boat so if you had a problem you could stop it before it became a problem.
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craig
Does your question apply to all grains or mainly wheat?
Spending some days speaking at Alberta canola commssion meetings and I always come home positive. Then I back to wheatville/wheat commodity marketing threads only to get frustrated again.
I will note that canola has been able to segregate the market and create higher value for consumer based traits in a commercial system. Realize there are more wheat classes, traits, proteins, grades but surely there are lessons to be learned.
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Charlie,
KVD is the perfect example... Canola just as you have said... is a prime example!
A system built on trust, integrety, honour, economic responsibility!
We have:
NEXERA,
HEAR,
Intermountain Specialty,
Canola Quality,
All on the same farm... at the same time...
SHUDDER... think of it... WITH NO KVD!
BLASHMAPHY!
Put them to death... the "Designated Area" slaves have proved we can do what every other grain grower on the planet does... with CANOLA... not mix up their grain!
Canadian "Designated Area" growers are too stupid to know the difference...
Therefore they must PAY and PAY and Pay for this stupidity!
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Charlie
While my comments were specific to wheat we could probably suggest that because we use a similar system for other grains we might speculate similar issues could arise( deer poop in barley shipments).The obvious difference between grains is who owns the grain and when is ownership transferred. I think as producers we have visions of nice clean loads of grain arriving in foreign countries. We forget that part of grain handling is maximizing tolerances and blending to meet mimimum specs.
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