CWB supporters are NUTS!

[Hopperbin]

Lesm has a good point here that has been bugging me since forever. People talk too much about shipping south when we don't have too, there are plenty of markets west and east.
And Jensen not sure if you grow canola or not but there is plenty of canola left in farmers hands and look where it is headed. Up another 14 dollars per ton in early overnight trading. Not to mention new crop canola at par and not a discount.

[SASKFARMER3]

Most old Farts from Southern Sask say oh watch the Big bad American Farmer he will close the Boarder to Us. Good we can go East or West the Crunch is Coming from China and India and Pakistan Etc. Not USA. Grain goes south now by Elevator companies in Canada because they can move it easily to their terminals their (thanks to the CWB) and then ship it out to other destinations. Why will the US ship more Durum this year than they produce. I said to one Guy Canola is Same in Both ND and Canada Why? He had no answer because when their bluff is called they do like any bully change coarse.

[TOM4CWB]

Burbert,

You said:

"I don't think that individual farmers are going to be able to market their grain, on a world wide basis, from their home PC, and get paid for it. I like and support the CWB....."

If you are afraid... and want to use the CWB , FINE.

What does that have to do with the CWB offering a;

1.) fair price;

2.) a transparent daily cash pricing system; and

3.) decent accountable pre-pricing tools?

You know as well as I do...if the CWB refuses to supply these services... IT IS FINISHED.

[tower]

depends on what you mean by a fair price, I don't need a transparent daily price, if I'm getting a fair price. To want more than that isn't necessary, and we really shouldn't be taking more than is fairly ours.

There will be times when one farmer or group would do better under an open market. There will be times when that same farmer will be happy to be a part of a co-operative effort.

The difference is that if the co-operative ability is no longer there then that opportunity is lost.

[Fransisco]

Price is determined by supply and demand not by what tower feels is 'fair' for him.

[tower]

Any of the grain companies getting caught with big stocks that aren't wintering very well? In this area stockpiling was taking place because the trade knew that prices were going to go up, and long before I did. These big centrally planned corporations aren't any brighter than you or I but they do use their market clout to take advantage of the market and us.

[Fransisco]

And no one is saying cooperatives should be illegal.

[Fransisco]

Big centrally planned corporation taking advantage of us. Sounds like the CWB to me.

[SASKFARMER3]

Tower "We shouldn't be taking more than is fairly ours" What kind of crap is that. I am sorry for two many years I have waited for another 1978 -81 and your telling me that we should be happy with peanuts when the rest of the world is getting Real hard cash.
And this bit the elevator companies bought cheap in fall and filled up and are selling now. A large portion of farmers realized in fall that the Canadian Crop wasn't their and the ones that searched found out the US crop wasn't as big then it Dried out in Australia and finally froze in Argentina. HM but its Big bad grain companies. Why is Canola same on both sides of the Border and the US price for HRS is still $16.70 yet our beloved CWB has us at $14.30 for their own DPC contract. Yea the CWB plays fair. Keep us all broke.

[Fransisco]

Hey, if wheat is worth $20 and tower only wants to take $4 he should be perfectly free to do so. No one should stop him.

Unless of course he wants to take all the rest of us with him. In that case Houston we have a problem.

[silverback]

Fair????

What are you going to do tower, withdraw our grain from the market because the price is too high?

Wait until it goes down because the buyers paid some other country more?

That would be more fair to everyone would it?

[Fransisco]

No, no, no silverback an important question like what is fair has to be decided by "committee". You know by 'experts' or better yet 'elected' directors.