A question for Ag ministers MP's and Mla's

[fjlip]

An unreliable supplier label we earn after this third world transportation mess. Absolutely embarrassing. Brazil trucking soybeans, see link...

http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=374995&DisplayType=flat&setCookie=1

[bucket]

Its public money, the report should be public to all players in the industry including farmers.

[Daylate]

heres some charts for cn this year.

http://www.cn.ca/-/media/Files/Your%20Industry/Documents-Grain/western-canada-grain-order-book-report.pdf

looks like their over 6 weeks behind as of a couple weeks ago.
and I was told that future weeks of bookings aren't showing up because they don't add them until they accept them then shortfall them.so the bookings on future weeks doesn't mean anything. it would be interesting to see them numbers, I would bet they are all over 4000 cars per week and are adding to the back log of the over 28000 now.

[agstar77]

Maybe we need a fleet of grain truckc slowing down
the trans canadato the coast.

[grower99]

I think MP David Anderson and the
Western Canadian Wheat Growers were "one
trick ponies". Once the CWB was gone the
free market was to work wonders and
solve all problems. David ,removing the
Revenue Cap will increase freight rates
on Western grain with NO guarantees of
better service.What do you and Ritz not
understand about this! Quit looking only
at your talking notes. This is a farmer
issue so keep politics out of it and
develop some solutions.

[farmaholic]

If you're expecting a real answer from these mute
lemmings that isn't rehearsed and recited from the
sanctioned hymn book, you're going to die holding
your breath.

An almost powerless group of individuals, upon
whose back this whole ****ing Industry has been
built and depends on, has been throw to not one,
but several packs of wolves.

Come on guys, wield what ever individual power
you can muster and go toe to toe with the wolves.

[grower99]

The power is at the polling station. It
is the only power people have in this
environment. Sometimes you have to hold
your nose, close your eyes and change
where you normally put your "x".

[furrowtickler]

Agstar - the more i read your post the more it makes sense. It would comand attention very quickly from all levels. We need to force joint running rates or we are screwed for the forseable future. One or two truck loads of wheat from every farm in Western Canada would do it. I will give up a super B of wheat - just need to come up with a time and date - I am in.....
Better yet one line of trucks through Jasper, one through Banff and one down the #1 to Thunder Bay.

[farmaholic]

As a realistic option, probably not viable, as a
protest and sending a message to the PUBLIC AND
GOVERNMENT, count me in. I would send one and
gladly pay the freight to have the message sent.
An inconvenient convoy would work the best.

And we call ourselves a developed nation.

[furrowtickler]

Lol - not viable at all, but i agree it would send a message ASAP. Just be a peacefull demonstration - slow drive to the ports - all of us..
A summer date would be safe for driving but would be nice to get er done shortly?