Okay-- Let's admit it !!

[wilagro]

Yep, lets get back to the days of "take or leave it" trading where its every dog for himself.

They'll pick pick your bones clean and look for the next sucker.

[checking]

Yes, burbert, it is hundreds of millions.

You are sharp enough to realize that for each 1 million tonnes of wheat sold, a dollar per bushel equates to $36.744 million. If you were making a profit on wheat at the present CWB fixed , or expected price, then that entire dollar above that of the CWB price is pure profit. The market price is this much higher.

Is the CWB worth more for you to keep than pure profit is worth in your pocket?

[vvalk]

Wilagro. With the CWB protecting you from these predators then wheat and barley acres must be exploding. All those scary open market grains like canola, pulses and specialty crops must be in decline.

[FarmRanger]

In canola we're the dog; in wheat, the fire hydrant.

[Burbert]

Sooooooooo, once the CWB is gone, its all profit for Comedian farmers? You don't think that some other entity, like a greedy grain company er incredibly greedy railroad, might think they are entitled to some more profit and raise their rates? Then with nobody to represent them, Comedian farmers might in fact become BIGGER LOSERS than they currently are? Or would the open market come to their rescue and stifle the greed to help all Comedians?

[Hopperbin]

We need the open market to come to our rescure now. Like dumb and dumber, these two are, riding on grandpa's money and possibly getting the girl by being the dork. One more generation should do away with them.

[vvalk]

what amazes me is how Burbert nor any oher CWB supporter can not answer or explain why most farmers do everything they can to avoid CWB grains and how specialty/pulses/oilseed acres are exploding,Again deflect deflect deflect on to big bas multi nationals.
CWB and NFU 101

[wilagro]

Walk, I have neighbours who have to sell canola right from the combine as they have bills to pay. So they get $10 bushel and then watch the prices rise to $13 or $14 a bushel later on and curse and wail and rend their garments and wish that there was some kind of pooling to even things out a bit.

But, it won't happen 'cause that's the way the open market works...you take what they offer when they offer it or else you keep it in the bins.

[gregpet]

Wilagro, this happens yearly since there is a lack of cash flow from the CWB grains and farmers are 'forced' to sell non board crops to subsidize the pooled grain and lack of movement when cash is needed.

Thanks for making the case of the cash flow needs of prairie farmers and the need to end the CWB monopoly over western Canadian farmers.

[bucket]

wilagro

Since the open market grains are so bad - just don't grow them. Isn't that the logic I hear from the pro-cwb camp when we are bitching about delivery and pricing from the cwb?

[BTOfarmall]

wilgagro - Knot my fault yer neighbours are as Dumb as You. Keep da grain in da bins if'n you's want a higher price. Need cashie??? Cut da Fat out da Operation, you's kin hold out fer higher prices. Follow Me, show you's how its done....

[hlg]

with or without CWB, there is always price pressure right off the combine. People need to have something contracted, with no CWB can be any grain, with CWB use cash advance.

[BTOfarmall]

I NEVER price a bushel of da Combine. Why grow it to give it away???