perplexed

[charliep]

Farmers have used the former CWB producer payment
options for 10 years as well. The difference between
the new world and the old one is that farmers have
competitive bids from multiple grain companies
based on the market versus CWB PPO products where
everything was related to the pricing pools and things
like grade/protein spreads were determined by one
agency.

To the heading of perplexed. On the ground in
western Canada, the transition is going very
smoothly. Not hearing any complaints from farmers.
They are proceeding with the new world. The only
thing I am hearing is the same old political
arguements from the old adversaries on Agriville and
elsewhere.

[bucket]

mallee

No one here wants the CWB to fail here either because it adds competetion.

Burbert and others want it to fail to say " I told you so". But what they don't realize is that it is the same people making the same mistakes as they always have that will make it fail.

There is no new vision from the board to make themselves competetive in the new environment.

Had they been thinking, instead of buying boats in secret without farmers permission, they should have been making strategic deals on some sort of grain infrastucture that would have made them a real player.

And 70 million would have bought some good assets.