Musical ships

[farming101]

CGC says West Coast has had at least 50% stocks going back 10 weeks?
Only 1 week in the last 10 has it reported full to working capacity. 70%?
Being at working capacity consistently could make all the difference to
ship loading efficiency.

[bucket]

1. A costing review. 70 percent less pickup points/elevators. 110 car unit trains. Yet rail freight increases?

2. Then you need a government that will look at the file objectively and have some balls to do something about it.

3. The history is there and the logic as well. Just no one to do something about it. That's what people are elected to do.

[farmaholic]

RTK: in one word, ACCOUNTABILITY. If your link in the chain is holding up capacity they you pay... don't let the shit run down hill to the guy who has no way of recouping the costs burdened to him that he is not responsible for.

Maybe costs PLUS penalties.

We are expected to destroy yards in less that ideal conditions, haul light loads in road ban season, haul in cold conditions unfit for man, beast or machine to keep the ****ing grain flowing...

[Hopalong]

Ward Weisensel says his company, G3, may have to restrict wheat sales before end of crop year because stocks are not there.
Think this is more believable than idea that graincos have some sort of conspiracy to cheat farmers.

[Braveheart]

Ward can't shed the "command and control" thinking from his old days at the CWB.

[binthere]

the encrypted message says lock the bin doors.

[Hopalong]

Think Ward's message was that Canadian wheat carryover into new crop year will be very low.
Also remember him from wheat board days but willing to give him a try in new order.
Agree that if present weather trends last much longer, farmers will become reluctant sellers.

[sumdumguy]

Didn't we just hear this week from G3 that there was the biggest wheat crop in 2015 and huge ending stocks? Whatsup?

[nicolaas]

I am sure it is for wheat, and it is for grading issues. It takes a while to get enough no.1 13.5 at each companies terminal. Lots of lower protein out there.

[Braveheart]

Wheat exports from Canada have exceeded last years levels year to date. World supplies still burdensome.

We are reducing our wheat acres and what inventories we have will be labored for now.

[bucket]

The only transparency in this new system is that farmers are still paying the bills and it is a cluster****.

[RTK]

Farmaholic - I hear what you are saying on accountability. The Grain Co's and rail lines are accountable to their shareholders - to make money. We as farmers need to hold them accountable to us but how - is governmental control our only answer... I am destroying my yard hauling Jan contracts as I type... I am part of the problem. If I demanded they be accountable and to taking my Jan contract in Jan and just showed up and delivered it would solve my problem short term but long term I am looking for a new delivery point. To be honest I need them more than they need me as an individual as group things change. Is our only answer more government? I think as producers we need to find our own solution - we need to act as a group but good luck with that because we are all competing against each other.