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[MBgrower]

vvalk: I think the board used to ship lots of Manitoba's high protein to Vancouver to blend up the usual low protein from SK. That's what one of their people told me a couple of years ago at meeting. Now in the open market, MB's wheat is going straight to Chicago and the eastern US markets. MB's wheat freight cost has gone down in the open market. Looks like SK will have the lowest valued wheat in the open market now, especially if cattle and hog numbers continue to decline.

[stonepicker]

Ah yes! The mb. co-operator. Now there's a paper with
a great reputation for being un-biased. they've towed
the CWB line since their inception and nothing else. Do
you believe everything you read? Do you look at both
sides to see if it has any merit? Are you a leftwing
thinker that doesn't think? Because that's what another
socialist told you to think? Gosh!

[grassfarmer]

Never mind running down the paper - do you think
De Pape and the other guy didn't make these
comments? Talk about bias.

[caseman]

cwb,good riddance!!!

wilagro, u farm what 80 acres????

or retired?? quit complaining, let the cwb go ,its history.

its 2012 not 1935 anymore.

[highwayman]

Grassy feel free to refute anything that Mr.
Depape has said since your such an expert on
grain farming in western Canada. I'd love to hear
it.

[grassfarmer]

I'm not refuting anything he said in that article -
maybe get him to explain why it contradicts the BS
they were both spouting to get rid of the CWB.

[Kodiak]

Last time I checked the CWB was still around. www.cwb.ca
The compulsory part and the lack of choice is gone. So are the intrusions into everything from transportation to my account with them. But the CWB is still there.

[highwayman]

Grassy please illuminate these contradictions you
so colourfully speak of. You seem to hear what
you want to hear. You foolishly believe that a
single desk monopsony and a strong farmer voice
are one in the same. As a western Canadian
farmer for 31 years with a real skin in this game, I
can assure you they are not. The newly opened
market for western Canadian wheat and barley is
not yet 5 months old and will need time to develop
the tools to reach its full potential. Grain farmers
from across the praries are briskly utilizing cash
contracts for both nearby and deferred delivery
while the pools in many locations haven't been
able to attract even 10 % of offered grain. Doesn't
sound to me like the sky is about to fall anytime
soon.

[ado089]

Mbgrower, low protein wheat? High
quality mb wheat? I think you are
confused. Better do your homework on
what environmental conditions favor
protein. It ain't rain buddy. As far as
quality goes how long have sk and ab
been diluting out that fusarium infested
death wheat that you guys grow in mb?

[freewheat]

It is ironic, ado, but MB does or at least
did in the past, grow average higher
protein than Sask.. Alberta is generally
second. Manitobans generally use higher
nitrogen rates than the rest of the
prairies, or at least were using high
rates on their wheat far ahead of the rest
of us.

[ado089]

I'm going to need to see the raw unbastardized numbers to believe that one. Even if the average is higher by how much and on how many total tones? The wonderful thing about statistics is once you understand them, you can manipulate them to tell almost any story you want.