Musical ships

[bucket]

Railways and ocean vessels are the most environmentally friendly way of moving freight around the world.

If the current system in canada continues we will be paying truckers to haul grain to the west coast.

One guy has said with the right back hauls he could make a business case to truck mid point sask to vancouver.

And yet no one sees a problem with this?

[RTK]

So as producers what are we going to do about this problem? Sure it is the grain co problem but we pay for it until we come up with a solution. I have asked for solutions/ideas numerous times on this forum only to get a few ideas flowing; then the thread quits. What do you see as a solution and how do you implement it? Want government regulation imposed on grain cos maybe rail lines; joint running rights; new rail lines built; farmer owned facilities at port better add farmer run rail line; better add farmer run inland terminals and farmer run world marketing/selling group. In a free market sorry the rule is each person wants to make as much profit as possible and that's what we have now boys.

[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?