Fransisco et al;
The CWB just put out a 'News Release' claiming themselves the 'Messiah of the grain industry'.
Too bad the CWB mangers refuse to admit... ONE HUGE ISSUE.
Respect for the decision... of the individual 'designated area' grower...
These same commercial growers who are responsible to (by far the vast majority to family farms) maximise and create every possible value...
Sales from the grain they themselves grew... with NO HELP whatsoever from the CWB.
Chairman Hill; the CWB performance measures introduced have been a...
resounding failure...
Because of clear refusal to accept accountability/responsibility for horrible risk management... and market structures that pillage growers craving market choices!
As the C.D. Howe study proves... and the CWB Contingency fund confirms... TOTAL FAILURE... being rewarded with a 'bonus' for the CWB manager's 'Crime of the Century'!
Background:
A decade of farmers working for farmers: the new CWB
December 31, 2008
Winnipeg – Western Canadian farmers are ringing in the new year with an extra reason to celebrate. Tomorrow marks 10 years of farmer control of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). A producer-controlled board of directors first assumed its duties on Jan. 1, 1999.
View the interactive timeline: Ten years of farmer control
“This has been a decade of tremendous change for the CWB,” said Larry Hill, a farmer from the Swift Current area who has been on the board of directors since its inception in 1999 and today serves as its chair. “As producers, we wanted more flexibility and choices. We wanted major improvements in CWB accountability to farmers. The results have been dramatic.”
Change began immediately. By 2000, for the first time in the history of the CWB, farmers were able to choose their own prices for wheat, outside of the pool. As another of its first acts, the board invited federal Auditor General Sheila Fraser to review the CWB’s finances, operations and governance, then began developing accountable performance measures.
Today, farmers can choose from a range of payment, pricing and delivery options, as well as pooling. A major change for malting barley provides farmers with an upfront cash price for the first time. Corporate performance benchmarks are in place, linked to employee remuneration. Value-added incentives provide more leeway for niche-market or farmer-owned processing.
“In many ways, this is a new CWB,” Hill said. “We’ve come such a long way since 1999, but the evolution needs to continue. We have be sure that our programs match farmers’ needs and our accountability measures assure them their financial interests are well served. We need to demonstrate the value this organization adds to their farm businesses. We must improve our interactions with producers, who are the owners and stakeholders of this corporation.
“For me, farmer control is about doing the right thing for all producers,” Hill said. “The CWB is our CWB. It’s important that we all think of it that way – and make sure it keeps working for us.”
An attached backgrounder highlights many of the changes that have occurred as a direct result of farmer control of the CWB since 1999. More information can be found at www.cwb.ca .
Controlled by western Canadian farmers, the CWB is the largest wheat and barley marketer in the world. One of Canada’s biggest exporters, the Winnipeg-based organization sells grain to over 70 countries and returns all sales revenue, less marketing costs, to Prairie farmers."
It is truly amazing... how the phrase 'less marketing costs' is just a license to steal...
Chairman Hill... I need OUT of your fallacy.
The CWB just put out a 'News Release' claiming themselves the 'Messiah of the grain industry'.
Too bad the CWB mangers refuse to admit... ONE HUGE ISSUE.
Respect for the decision... of the individual 'designated area' grower...
These same commercial growers who are responsible to (by far the vast majority to family farms) maximise and create every possible value...
Sales from the grain they themselves grew... with NO HELP whatsoever from the CWB.
Chairman Hill; the CWB performance measures introduced have been a...
resounding failure...
Because of clear refusal to accept accountability/responsibility for horrible risk management... and market structures that pillage growers craving market choices!
As the C.D. Howe study proves... and the CWB Contingency fund confirms... TOTAL FAILURE... being rewarded with a 'bonus' for the CWB manager's 'Crime of the Century'!
Background:
A decade of farmers working for farmers: the new CWB
December 31, 2008
Winnipeg – Western Canadian farmers are ringing in the new year with an extra reason to celebrate. Tomorrow marks 10 years of farmer control of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). A producer-controlled board of directors first assumed its duties on Jan. 1, 1999.
View the interactive timeline: Ten years of farmer control
“This has been a decade of tremendous change for the CWB,” said Larry Hill, a farmer from the Swift Current area who has been on the board of directors since its inception in 1999 and today serves as its chair. “As producers, we wanted more flexibility and choices. We wanted major improvements in CWB accountability to farmers. The results have been dramatic.”
Change began immediately. By 2000, for the first time in the history of the CWB, farmers were able to choose their own prices for wheat, outside of the pool. As another of its first acts, the board invited federal Auditor General Sheila Fraser to review the CWB’s finances, operations and governance, then began developing accountable performance measures.
Today, farmers can choose from a range of payment, pricing and delivery options, as well as pooling. A major change for malting barley provides farmers with an upfront cash price for the first time. Corporate performance benchmarks are in place, linked to employee remuneration. Value-added incentives provide more leeway for niche-market or farmer-owned processing.
“In many ways, this is a new CWB,” Hill said. “We’ve come such a long way since 1999, but the evolution needs to continue. We have be sure that our programs match farmers’ needs and our accountability measures assure them their financial interests are well served. We need to demonstrate the value this organization adds to their farm businesses. We must improve our interactions with producers, who are the owners and stakeholders of this corporation.
“For me, farmer control is about doing the right thing for all producers,” Hill said. “The CWB is our CWB. It’s important that we all think of it that way – and make sure it keeps working for us.”
An attached backgrounder highlights many of the changes that have occurred as a direct result of farmer control of the CWB since 1999. More information can be found at www.cwb.ca .
Controlled by western Canadian farmers, the CWB is the largest wheat and barley marketer in the world. One of Canada’s biggest exporters, the Winnipeg-based organization sells grain to over 70 countries and returns all sales revenue, less marketing costs, to Prairie farmers."
It is truly amazing... how the phrase 'less marketing costs' is just a license to steal...
Chairman Hill... I need OUT of your fallacy.
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