National Post- Wheat Board may have cost growers billions

[Fransisco]

And I'm getting more and more disappointed with Ian White all the time. I thought he had some class, but he's just as eager to throw cheap shots as the rest of them.

[wilagro]

Fransisco: Ian White has a very distinguished career record. Check it out. I thought at first that he might be just another government suck, but he is showing some muscle and grit.

[charliep]

Just to note the messaging on either side is not about
individuals. Tough job to be shoved into the board of
directors pushing you one way (deal with strategic
issues/performance targets), operations another way
(don't expect Ian White wrote the press release) and
finally trying to formulate your own long term
vision/management style in your new position.

[Fransisco]

From the release

White said. “The authors have made sweeping assumptions to create comparisons so simplistic that they are meaningless.”

That's White's name attached to those words, they are a slap in the face and a smear against the folks at Informa who put the study together. Those words do not show one ounce of courage, on the contrary they exude the stereotypical spinelessness of the board .

[bucket]

If the cwb is going to discredit the report - it would seem only logical that they put their numbers into the mix.

Exactly how did we end up with such dismal returns when the prices went sky high last year and one board of director (vader) said on this website that the cwb had made substantial sales at these higher levels?

Maybe they ought to start proving their worth. I am not taking their word for it any longer.

And where is vader - has the cwb still got him gagged somewhere? I would sure like to have him explain those substantial sales at higher prices.

[chaffmeister]

I've posted somewhere here already but it seems to me that a reminder would be helpful.

In 07-08:

#1CWRS 13.5 latest (last) PRO = $370

lowest CWB offering price = $298.80
highest CWB offering price = $889.95
midpoint = $591.15
average = $468.66

You got $370
average was $468

Could you have done better on your own?

[parsley]

A logical explanation bucket, would be "a pocket desperate for cash" and the most likely could be a contingency fund in deficit. What better than to stuff it with money from DA producers?

Demand to examine the contingency fund numbers.

Parsley