CWB Long Term Forecast Released

[TOM4CWB]

Boone you are a CWB employee. No one else of sound mind could be sold on the worst than average price that the CWB calls a premium. Have you long to retiremnet, I would guess not.

Henbent: You a were a school teacher before your farming career.
That could be the only reason for your socialistic attitude toward life. I'am sure the CWB was developed to protect idiots like yourself from inflicting financial ruin upon yourself.

But remember the CWB monoploy was bestowed upon us back in 1943 to keep the price of wheat down. I must admit that it has been very successfull in doing so with its government given mandate.

Just to be frank Henbent I don't think you could market a glass of water to and Iraqi right now.

[boone]

kernel; thanks for the flattery here.(wink,nod)it's been along time since I was an employee of anyones. As far as retirement I've got a few years left unless we receive certification for GM wheat, then I'm done. It may as well be sooner than later, and avoid the rush. No kernel I'm just a "SON OF THE SOIL" like you will be too, once you get your nose bloodied proper by some of your silly notions. Not wishing you any hard luck (sincerely) but opportunity is like that. She just lies in the weeds enjoying the day.

[TOM4CWB]

Kernel;

Frustration creates conflict... and the recent CWB PRO's are certainly frustration for everyone... who had produced grain this year anyway.

I cannot blame Boone or Henbent for my lack of communication ability (on convincing CWB issues)... I can only blame myself... for I can only change what I do, not what anyone else does!

From what I see, Henbent doesn't care about what the CWB did with our grain this year... cause he didn't have to have the CWB to sell for him.

Boone has been honest... shown his frustration with the CWB... but Kernel, most folks don't see things so radically "BLACK" or "WHITE" as what we do... this could come with age... the school of hard knocks... any number of situations.

We will survive Kernel... a hug for you, Boone, and Henbent!

[TOM4CWB]

Boone Boone Boone: With the bloody nose. Please state why, a know nothing like my self would market wheat through a marketing agency that pools my grain with other losers that makes a statement like this.

" It was found after and independent study (The oftened employed Dr. R. Grey) that 59 months out of 60 months the CWB sold durham at a premium to USA prices. CWRS Wheat however sold at average to above average 50% of the time."

Now would you select a grain buyer who supported a record such as this to market your HRS in an open market. If you sell half your crop at less then average price you need help wouldn't you say?

You and Henbent past by logical questions because you believe in an unbenchmarked marketing system that makes unfound statements continuely on their marketing expertise that is very questionable at best.

Any premium captured by the CWB is lost by a $1.00 worth by the time it would get to the farm gate. The CWB is good at promotion of a product but that ends their abilities of any expertise over anyother bald faced farm boy.

Thoughs who would claim to be experts should be suspected of lying. Theres alot being said about bigger isn't better and I'am suggesting that the CWB is continuing in a monoploy that should be released to individual managers for risk management and price transparency sake.

[boone]

kernel; do you mean turning it over to individuals like the Federal Gov did with our CPP (CDN Pension Plan)to stockbrokers to perform the miracle of individual insight. You had better check out the account balance on that brainwave. You know kernel I like you. You remind me of a young pup I had around here, everytime he ran out on the road I waited for him to come back to the barn and I would lock him up, till he had time to consider his individualism. Well I never changed his mind, but a truck did. If you don't want the board to market your wheat grow feed wheat. There I can't put it any plainer than that. OceanSpray doesn't care what you and I think about selling Cranberries, they are a very old group of farmers that have decided their destiny, when they decide to change they may or may not ask us I don't know. The wheat board is like OceanSpray if you want to grow that type of crop you will market it accordingly.Even if you live in Alberta.

[parsley]

Not so boone, and you well know it. The Wheat Board is running on backroom policy, and locking up farmers instead of following legislative direction.

Don't try and tell farmers to either grow something dfferent or comply with the CWB's concocted policy. You're out of line.

Parsley

[boone]

parsley; damn your tough and I was just too darn nice in another subject area. Oh well time will tell who is right and frankly if CWB does a poor job this year even the NFU will toss'em so it may be immaterial to what you or I think. But, you have other options why don't you use them. You've got feed lots and government supported fractioning plants, golf courses, but it's not enough is it. I guess you missed my analogy about HRS wheat marketing being the dentists and plastic surgeons being the open market crops. Do they teach Braille in schools in Alberta maybe you would do better under a sensorial application.

[TOM4CWB]

Boone;

Speaking of the Kernel and Dogs…

You asked for it!

I have a dog… and the CWB saved his life.

A few days before Christmas 2002, our daughter found an old abandoned sheltie dog… She called “LADDY”. She was riding horseback a half a mile from grandma’s, where she is living while going to College. LADDY was wandering aimlessly, halfway across our wheat field. The old guy looked endearing and homeless… so of course my daughter couldn’t resist, she picked him up, and carried him home on her horse.

Laddy is a male sheltie… very old and graying… all crippled up and stiff. Laddy is deaf, and half blind because of his cataracts, smells pungent, is not neutered, and has hair as thick as a briar patch… this must be why he was abandoned.

But LADDY sure likes you to pet him… little beady eyes peer up at you… bushy tail waggling… gives a very cute doggy smile… once in a while will even lift his stiff left front paw… 3 inches… for us to shake…he is very proud to be alive… enough to melt any farmer’s heart.

After spending a few weeks at Grandma’s this past Christmas, Laddy wore out his welcome (diddling on the floor… and with his aggravating incessant barking) … and was headed to the SPCA to be put out of his misery.

I thought our younger collie could use some company, so I brought Laddy home instead of having him put down…

Laddy wasn’t too bad the first week… only diddled a couple of times on the floor… but I couldn’t keep him off the carpet… no matter how many times I moved him.

Then My dear wife started questioning if we should allow him to stay… or send him back to the SPCA… to be put away.

That was the wrong thing to talk about…. or even to think about…
Laddy became much more unsanitary(diddling)… as to get back at us for even thinking such evil thoughts…

When we “encouraged” him to go out the door… he diddled within 1 foot of the door, didn’t want to go outside… generally just not a pleasant dog to deal with… diddling on the floor… he was far to old to stay out in the cold… we had to have him in the house.

When I talked about the CWB with my dear wife… she would tell me the CWB should be put down, put out of it’s misery… She is very practical… very efficient…

I keep telling her there are some redeeming CWB qualities… she shakes her head in frustration… obviously I am wasting my time and our money and lives in her mind.

So I was thinking of taking Laddy back to the SPCA in Edmonton, where he came from… but felt sorry for him. I would give him ONE MORE CHANCE to stop diddling in the house… he actually was good for a couple of days…

Then the day when I had an appointment in Edmonton, when I was thinking of taking Laddy back to the SPCA… I decided he had been good enough to stay… BIG MISTAKE!

I got home, stepped in the door to get ready to go… yuck… diddle all over… wet socks!

I was mad… and Laddy knew it!

I wiped his nose in the diddle… and unceremoniously dumped him out the door.

It was now too late to get to my appointment and take Laddy to be disposed of… so LADDY had escaped for another week, even though he did not deserve to live.

I cleaned up the mess, had a shower… was walking out the door to go…

LADDY had crapped right by the step… where I could not miss it… as if to maximize his expression of displeasure with me.

On the way to Edmonton that day, I was thinking about the CWB, (surprise… surprise…) at the same time fuming over this useless excuse for a dog… and the analogy was just too powerful to miss!

Here I would work to save the CWB… hours upon hours, days upon days, weeks upon weeks, months upon months, years upon years…

while I would simply consider disposing of this poor old Dog…; a living, breathing, loving, creature… created by God himself!

I was ashamed of myself. What Heart did I have!

Now LADDY has a second name… CWB!



Now Laddy has this bad habit of barking at everything moving… especially if it is moving and he notices it.

I chip away this ice around the door on the Quonset… Laddy is standing within 6 inches of the Ice I am chipping… barking, wagging his tail at full speed… doing his best to make sure I know he is there.

I was unloading pallets of Canola seed with the fork lift a couple of days ago… Laddy is within 2 feet of the fork lift tractor at all times… barking… beside the tires… behind the tires… infront of the tires… in my blind spots…

But I must be patient Boone… For If I must put up with what the CWB does to me… how much more do I have an obligation to look out for Laddy CWB… barking and getting in my way… wherever I turn!

Which one will die of old age first Boone… ...do you think,… Laddy or the CWB?

[boone]

Tom4cwb;speaking of diddling on the rug if I don't quit laughing here I'm next. And my wife's a farm girl so I could end up head first in a cut out can while she fixes me good. Any way 'Touche' have you considered growin cat nip and raising cats instead. lol Boone

[parsley]

boone, you're presuming I live in Alberta. Don't presume.

Parsley


PS

I ignored the analogy. I wanted to keep my eye on the WheatBoardball.

[boone]

Parsley; "People do not know what they do not know, because they do not know they do not know".- Mark Twain I hope I haven't offended any one in Alberta, especially all our kids.
I'd move there too, but as Groucho Marx once said I wouldn't belong to any club that would admit me as a member.

[TOM4CWB]

Boone;

I would say however;

"People do not want to know what they do not know, because they know they do not want to know... "what is truth"".

[TOM4CWB]

Boone Boone: How in the hell did the CPP and cranberries end up in this thread.

You treated your pup like the CWB treats DA farmers. Lock them into a poor marketing plan. If I was your pup you would of had a wet leg.

[TOM4CWB]

Boone: You didn't answer any of my questions. You act like all other know it all CWB supports, you don't give any answers. You make lit of a persons knowledge of marketing. You refer to silly notions. The notions were only silly in the eyes of a fool. I hate to tell you but Pensions, cranberries and dog sh-- have nothing to do with marketing., I like you Boone but I don't think you have fully recovered from the last time that you fell on to your PTO shaft.

[boone]

kernel; I was trying to use analogys to move your brain off static cling. But in the future I will use all ITALICS when I am makeing a point. Or I could punch it out in Braille and have you use it as a SUPPOSITORY. take a pill, I've seen your NOTIONS and MARKETING STYLE take FUTURES away from good farms. And I would hate for it to be yours next.