Who needs the CWB?

[wilagro]

parsley: Finally, you hit it. The survey is too wide open to the public at large with NO controls in place to ensure fairness and accuracy.

If another survey was done, I would like to see it restricted to ALL farmers capable of growing barley in western Canada, whether they have a current CWB permit book or not.

And Tom4CWB, save your morality lesson. I'm not a newbie and your morality is no better than mine.

[charliep]

wilagro

Encourage to read the survey yourself. Permit book holders only (page 2 powerpoint).

You should note that Alberta farmers in the survey preferred market choice for wheat (page 10 of the powerpoint). The margin is even bigger for barley (page 17 powerpoint). Last spring the two question vote was a toss up for barley.

Highlight again that farmers had farm tech had moved to the new open market world on barley. The questions and frustrations were focused producer pricing options on wheat.

The question is whether the CWB is up to the task of adapting.

[parsley]

Saint wilagro, you must attend the WBGA in Calgary, and join charliep and I, as we will be kayaking, with abandon, in the waterslides.

Parsley

[farm_boy]

Wilagro - good suggestion on the new survey idea. Sounds exaclty like the one from last year. It was called the barley plebiscite.

[TOM4CWB]

Wilagro,

Now there is a challenge!

So you promise to never force any "designated area' wheat or barley grower... ever... into selling to the CWB or the "single desk" against their will?

I will take back everything I just said... if this is truly your position... and you will publically state this Wilagro!

NOW...

What exactly is your position on the CWB "single desk" Wilagro?

[TOM4CWB]

Wilagro,

What exactly did you mean... when you called me a 'Newbie'?

I may be a little slow... but have been on Agri-ville since the beginning of time... it seems!

"Newbie is a slang term for a newcomer to online gaming or an Internet activity. It can also be used for any other activity in whose context a somewhat clueless newcomer could exist. It can have derogatory connotations, but is also often used for descriptive purposes only, without a value judgment. The word "Noob" is commonly confused with the word "newbie". A noob is a person (no matter how experienced) that acts like an idiot, while a Newbie is a new player."

[parsley]

That's funny farm-boy! LOL

Charliep, I sent you the latest German report, but you will probably be too busy audio-visualing to read it! I send it regularly to only one other writer in the DA, so it's rather fresh reading in the West.

Parsley

[wilagro]

Tom4CWB: If you will read the posting again, you will see that I DIDN'T call YOU a newbie, I said that I wasn't. this does not automatically infer that you are/were.