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    Saskatchewan farm meeting calls for orderly marketing of grain

    (Raymore, Sask., March 13, 2016) Over 40 farmers from the Raymore, Saskatchewan area met March 13th and passed a resolution calling for “the establishment of orderly marketing of grain in western Canada.”

    Kyle Korneychuk, spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance, an independent and non-partisan prairie-wide farm group noted: “This is the second farm meeting in as many months that has called for the orderly marketing of prairie wheat and barley.”

    Korneychuk went on to note that “this level of concern is another strong indication to Ottawa that farmers are now feeling the loss of orderly marketing in their pocketbooks and it shows that the study by Dr.
    Richard Gray of the University of Saskatchewan demonstrating farmers lost about 6.5 billion dollars in the past two years is accurate.”

    The meeting heard from economist Erin Weir who now sits as the MP for Regina-Lewvan. He reminded the audience that orderly marketing was an essential market tool for farmers. Ruth Ellen Brosseau, the NDP agriculture critic, identified a number of key issues for agriculture heading for Parliament this session and pledged her party would support orderly marketing.

    Bill Gehl, the farmer-elected chair of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission pointed out that no matter how well the Commission did at supporting the creation of valuable wheat varieties, without orderly marketing the traditional values of those varieties are not coming back to farmers.

    Wheat Board Alliance organizer and Brookdale, Manitoba grain farmer Andrew Dennis gave a report on the very successful recent visit to Ottawa he, Ken Larsen, Brendan Sigurdson, and Ken Sigurdson completed.
    “We met with 14 MPs and two Cabinet Ministers and received a warm welcome and a respectful hearing. Most important, nobody told us they thought our orderly marketing goal was impossible.”
    Dennis reminded the meeting that the annual audited statements of the single-desk CWB showed that with the orderly marketing system prairie farmers received over 90% of the port price and now without the single-desk prairie farmers are only receiving between 40-60% of the port price for their wheat. He warned that “if this is going to be the new normal, grain farming in western Canada is going to hit a debt wall sooner rather than later and that will kill off our younger leveraged farmers.”

    Stewart Wells, chairperson of the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board, gave an update on the current status of the class action regarding the disposition of some of the assets of the dissolved farmer-owned and directed Board. Stewart reported the next court date was set for October 24 of this year.

    Kyle Korneychuk observed the single-desk CWB was the economic lynch pin which made prairie grain production viable by ensuring the efficient movement and reliable delivery of high quality-assured grain to customers and guaranteeing that farmers received the premiums customers paid. “To keep those advantages we need to market western grain in an orderly and efficient way through a single-desk selling system” he concluded.

    The meeting concluded by unanimously passing the following resolution:

    WHEREAS, The loss of the farmer elected, single-desk Canadian Wheat Board has resulted in an increasingly dysfunctional rail system, no grain logistics oversight, a loss of transport efficiency on rail and at sea, reduced grain quality guarantees to other nations, and an overall loss of 6.5 billion dollars in income to farmers over the last two years, which has been devastating to the economy of Western Canada; and

    WHEREAS, The ending of the CWB marketing system has resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs across Canada including 460 direct good quality jobs in the heart of Winnipeg and a further 1,834 full-time equivalent jobs that were sustained by the CWB’s administrative expenditures;

    THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That this meeting supports the farmers of Western Canada by calling for the establishment of orderly marketing for the selling of grain in western Canada.

    #2
    I agree with the resolution...keep up with the good work you guys and gals.

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      #3
      I totally with agree with you guys-if you wish to start your own pooling of grains, you have my blessing. Don't you ever, ever include me in your plans. I am very happy the things the way things are working at the moment.

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        #4
        Good luck, each man to his own. Just remember, its a free country, which seems to be getting forgotten.

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          #5
          Pooling and orderly marketing of grain are not the same thing. Pricing and selling can be independent of movement.

          On the other hand, orderly marketing is critical to ensure every farmer has access to the grain handling system from elevator to rail to terminals.

          Even more important is that given the very limited percentage of commercial space Canada has compared to all competitors, that we have a marketing system that ensures the right grain is in location at the right time to meet sales. We simply cannot afford to have our handling system filled with commodities for which there is no immediate movement.

          The last 3 years have proven that the open market, while opening up US opportunities for individuals has failed with respect to dealing with railways, grain companies and ocean shipment. This has to be addressed in one way or another. Other than some type of orderly marketing, how do we solve the transportation problems we continue to face?

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            #6
            Agree - if you think it will work for you , giver.
            But don't think your Gona force everyone into that b/s again .

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              #7
              lol What is Ruth Ellen Brosseau from quebec doing at a meeting that would handcuff western Canadian farmers? lol

              Best wishes to the folks who want my grain to be sold with theirs thru a communist organization. Good luck getting my grain. Never again.

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                #8
                God love 'em, nobody else will.

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                  #9
                  do not even wish these guys good luck. rather better get organised and have at least fifty farmers in attendance to counter this movement. the motive is reestablishment of the single desk and the right government is in place to accomplish this. here we go.

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                    #10
                    These people are just plain stupid. I dare them to bring the same 40 people that are at every meeting, south of number 1 highway and hold a meeting. The 2 possible outcomes would be: they'd be the only 40 at the meeting (cause no one else gives a shit), or, there would be blood.

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                      #11
                      Hopefully Wall can say sorry - Sask opts out
                      Let Alberta and Man run that gauntlet

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                        #12
                        LOL. Do these clowns really think anyone believes this tripe?!? A bunch of NDP politicians fueling a completely political issue, and they try and make us believe its non-partisan? Stretches the imagination I guess.

                        And Richard Gray is non-partisan? Or an economist? Yeah right.

                        "...Kyle Korneychuk, spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance, an independent and non-partisan prairie-wide farm group..."

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                          #13
                          LOL. Do these clowns really think anyone believes this tripe?!? A bunch of NDP politicians fueling a completely political issue, and they try and make us believe its non-partisan? Stretches the imagination I guess.

                          And Richard Gray is non-partisan? Or an economist? Yeah right.

                          "...Kyle Korneychuk, spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance, an independent and non-partisan prairie-wide farm group..."

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                            #14
                            LOL. Do these clowns really think anyone believes this tripe?!? A bunch of NDP politicians fueling a completely political issue, and they try and make us believe its non-partisan? Stretches the imagination I guess.

                            And Richard Gray is non-partisan? Or an economist? Yeah right.

                            "...Kyle Korneychuk, spokesperson for the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance, an independent and non-partisan prairie-wide farm group..."

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                              #15
                              I think it would gain more support if it wasn't the same faces that were behind the last sinking ship.

                              If the old cwb had offered better payment plans and pushed harder on delivery and tge government gave the same asset ownership they have today.... they may have been relevant.

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