another lawsuit

[Burbert]

Bet that the good ole Albertie g is behind yet another attempt to trash the CWB, any which way it can.... Trow some cash at it, wreck it from the inside, the only way to go, since all else has failed. What is the Trust Fund good for anyway? AB Commission hiding in the background, we want to be the AB Wheat Board in future, cause we know what were doen.... If the attempt is as good as the G-n Registy trashing, it will be wimpy indeed! LOLs

[chaffmeister]

If Burbert says something and there's no one around to hear him, is he still illogical and sarcastic?

[wilagro]

chaff: Burbert gets to the meat of the situation and sees the truth which you don't like to hear. The AB gov't has used our (my) money for years to subvert the CWB, and you know it. Why else would they pay for a study on the CWB performance if not to throw some dirt?

[charliep]

wilagro

Are suggesting the CWB should not be held
accountable for its performance? Perhaps you can
highlight other independent studies that have
examined how well the CWB is doing relative to
competitors.

If you are going to go someplace with your
discussion, at least reference the CWB response. I
have read it. Have you?

[wilagro]

charliep: Yes, I have read the CWB response.

As far as measurement of CWB performance...why is it up to the AB gov't to commission a study? I would think that the CWB producers would ask the questions...but then the AB gov't was just helping them out in this regard...right? All for a good cause of course.

[charliep]

If you have read the CWB response to the Informa
Economics study, then also are likely to have read
the CWB producer survey conducted by David
Herle the last two years.

The answer to your question is the second last
sentence without the question mark.

As far as measurement of CWB performance...why
is it up to the AB gov't to commission a study?

ALBERTA GRAIN producers HAVE askED the
questions...The AB gov't IS helping them out in this
regard.

[just_wondering]

Has Informa responded to the CWB's rebutal. I've seen the Wheat growers response but it would be nice if the people who got paid would respond to the criticism.
This is one example of why the CWB or socialism in general fails it's often dueling economists.

[chaffmeister]

wilagro:

You wanna know why its up to the AB gov't to commission a study?

How about AB's share of the $1.2 BILLION below average CWB sales program last year?

When you see those kind of numbers slipping out of the economy, you damn well better be doing something about it.

[parsley]

I also want a Government who doesn't only notice when there is a shortfall in dollars.

I want a Government who will be clear and direct about property rights.

No one else but the producer must be allowed to take ownership by way of regulation, of what he grows.

Parsley

[chaffmeister]

Just for fun I took a look at 06-07 crop year to see how the CWB did - compared to its own average selling price.

wheat pool.....$51.16/tonne ($1.39/bu) below its average

durum pool.....$57.57/tonne ($1.57/bu) below its average

malt barley pool.....$62.99/tonne ($1.37/bu) below its average

Combined: $1.139 BILLION below average


I also looked at malt barley for 07-08 (to combine it with the wheat and durum numbers I did before) - so instead of $1.2 BILLION below average for 07-08, better make it $1.4 BILLION below average.

So that's $2.5 BILLION below average over the last two years.



Would love to hear CWB supporters' rationale for this.

[wilagro]

Grain prices go UP and DOWN. Will the open market ALWAYS pay you MORE than the year before?
Will the open market pay you the TOP price every year?
Do you expect the CWB to be exempt from these UPS and DOWNS of the market place?

These "imaginary" losses you ascribe to the CWB are just that "imaginary" and at best "estimates" or better yet "delusional guesses".

[Fransisco]

Whose talking about getting the top price? Oh, yeah the CWB because it claims to get "premiums" when it can't even capture the average price.

Wilagro, the loses are very real, chaff is using all of the CWB's own numbers here and they are easy to verify.

If you believe the numbers are made up, that they are 'imaginary' then you should be furious with the source of those numbers, the CWB itself. You should be asking the CWB why it is publishing what you believe to be false data.

But no you're not going to do that are you? You're an unquestioning true believer in the monopoly and you are bound and determined not to let anything get around your blinders or let any of your neighbors sell their own wheat and barley.