Loving the Wheat Board has made farmers blind.
In organics, some Boardblind folks cry for more Wheat Board.
In the seed growers, some Boardblind folks cry for more Wheat Board
In conventional farming, some Boardblind folks cry for more Wheat Board.
Change versus more of the same.
We need tough love.
Many times, I have referred to national Wheat Board licensing which Parliament has seen fit to install on all Canadians.
This national licensing exercise has the same requirements in all provinces, with the costs to be paid for by the Federal Government.
Westerners jump hoops no one else does, and pays for the whole shabang.
Love blinded them from asking, "Why am I the only guy picking up the tab, again?"
Who are these farmers wanting more of the same? Identifying them means we can educate them.
It is difficult to count the green bucks if you are colorblind, and love of the Wheat Board makes you blind, so they say.
Why are they blind?
I had an email that underscored the idea that anyone in the West can get a damn license if they jump the CWB hoops.
What is so dangerous about this assumption, is that many farmers think that doing a buyback in the West, is the same as what Easterners do, except it costs a tad more cash.
What is not understood is this:
1. Easterners apply for a license and get it. End of story.
2.On the other hand, Western farmers:
a) Apply for a CWB license, and are denied the license.
b) Have little alternative than to sell their grain to the CWB for a low price, and also lose ownership of their grain.
c) Buy Wheat Board owned grain at a high price
d) Pay for all the buying and selling and licensing out of the pools.
What is not understood is this:
1. Feed mills apply for a license and get it. End of story.
2. Seed growers right across Canada apply for a license and get it IF it is sold as seed. End of story.
3.Not so with organcis. Organic growers go through the entire convoluted process with this exception: When they buy back their grain, the CWB closes their eyes and just charges them a little bit of money (this yearly quarter, but it will vary ...), the amount depending upon whether it is a Tuesday, the moon is blue, or Rohlehehaw has a toothache.
REMEMBER THIS.......
*****Westerner farmers should not have to buy Wheat Board grain....
******Westerners should not have to lose ownership of the grain they grow.
Hunt down the Boardblind. Sit them down. They need to learn there is a world out there.
Parsley
In organics, some Boardblind folks cry for more Wheat Board.
In the seed growers, some Boardblind folks cry for more Wheat Board
In conventional farming, some Boardblind folks cry for more Wheat Board.
Change versus more of the same.
We need tough love.
Many times, I have referred to national Wheat Board licensing which Parliament has seen fit to install on all Canadians.
This national licensing exercise has the same requirements in all provinces, with the costs to be paid for by the Federal Government.
Westerners jump hoops no one else does, and pays for the whole shabang.
Love blinded them from asking, "Why am I the only guy picking up the tab, again?"
Who are these farmers wanting more of the same? Identifying them means we can educate them.
It is difficult to count the green bucks if you are colorblind, and love of the Wheat Board makes you blind, so they say.
Why are they blind?
I had an email that underscored the idea that anyone in the West can get a damn license if they jump the CWB hoops.
What is so dangerous about this assumption, is that many farmers think that doing a buyback in the West, is the same as what Easterners do, except it costs a tad more cash.
What is not understood is this:
1. Easterners apply for a license and get it. End of story.
2.On the other hand, Western farmers:
a) Apply for a CWB license, and are denied the license.
b) Have little alternative than to sell their grain to the CWB for a low price, and also lose ownership of their grain.
c) Buy Wheat Board owned grain at a high price
d) Pay for all the buying and selling and licensing out of the pools.
What is not understood is this:
1. Feed mills apply for a license and get it. End of story.
2. Seed growers right across Canada apply for a license and get it IF it is sold as seed. End of story.
3.Not so with organcis. Organic growers go through the entire convoluted process with this exception: When they buy back their grain, the CWB closes their eyes and just charges them a little bit of money (this yearly quarter, but it will vary ...), the amount depending upon whether it is a Tuesday, the moon is blue, or Rohlehehaw has a toothache.
REMEMBER THIS.......
*****Westerner farmers should not have to buy Wheat Board grain....
******Westerners should not have to lose ownership of the grain they grow.
Hunt down the Boardblind. Sit them down. They need to learn there is a world out there.
Parsley
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