Farm groups quiet

[Quadtrack]

Is it wrong for check off farm groups to not comment on various general farm policies and reserve their comment for ones that directly affect their crop? For example, should sask wheat be spending our checkoof to try and resurrect the wheat board?(they are by the way) Or should pulse be spending money to research a position on drainage? (A divisive issue if ever was one)
Seems to make sense that groups stick to policy that directly impact what they are responsible for, collaborate on larger issues (like grain transport ) and leave political issues to member based where individual can decide if they want to belong or not.

It does take money to present well thought they researched policy positions.

Disagree?

[bucket]

Pulse money should be spent on a permanent solution to the fumigation issue....this 6 month extension for 10 years isn't checkoff money working for us.

Sask wheat ....I have no idea wtf they are doing.... but more classifications for wheat is plain idiotic....the system isn't set up for that.

[foragefarmer]

You would figure that those farm organizations would have more influence on MPs, MLAs as many of them were former members of those organizations. Maguire, Menzies, and Wishart, just a few names that come to mind! They may have had good intentions but are whipped in line with the rest of them

Putting out press releases after the fact is re-active not pro-active, governments are going to do what they want, farm organization can't prevent it from happening. Best save your membership dues! Just look at Agristablity and Agrinvest both gutted, press releases did squat!

[vvalk]

You would figure that those farm organizations would have more influence on MPs, MLAs as many of them were former members of those organizations. Maguire, Menzies, and Wishart, just a few names that come to mind! They may have had good intentions but are whipped in line with the rest of them

Putting out press releases after the fact is re-active not pro-active, governments are going to do what they want, farm organization can't prevent it from happening. Best save your membership dues! Just look at Agristablity and Agrinvest both gutted, press releases did squat!

Yup be proactive. Let's do press releases or lobby Govt on a millions issues that they might be thinking of. Should have know they were thinking of charging pst on cropnknsurance or that they would take cash based tax accounting away. If I knew the future trust me I wouldn't be farming

[vvalk]

You would figure that those farm organizations would have more influence on MPs, MLAs as many of them were former members of those organizations. Maguire, Menzies, and Wishart, just a few names that come to mind! They may have had good intentions but are whipped in line with the rest of them

Putting out press releases after the fact is re-active not pro-active, governments are going to do what they want, farm organization can't prevent it from happening. Best save your membership dues! Just look at Agristablity and Agrinvest both gutted, press releases did squat!

And. By the way the WG have been the only group fighting how we grade USA grain coming into this country. A huge issue for the Americans and since I guess we can predict the future I can see the border slamming shut if we don't fix it. They have every excuse to do it

[Quadtrack]

Pulse has been actively trying for permanent solution to the fumigation issue for years. The most recent package designed to enable that was delivered to India govt in Dec with near daily interaction since. Ever try pushing a rope?
And sask wheat was not even consulted or allowed input on the wheat class issue cause they refuse to join the national organization in fear of having to sit next to a grain company rep and defend farmers rights and views. Sask wheat should be shut down as they only follow the NFU playbook.
But that wasn't the question-should a levy authorized group comment on issues past their crop?

[Rareearth]

Tough questions, "where should producer dollars go? "

What's the higher priority:
- teach, lobby, promot Ag as a healthy, planet saving activity, to general public?
Or
- improve crop diversity, production economics, political policy domestic and abroad?

It seems the supply managed groups are way more actives in these areas, but they don't compete internationally where the game isn't and will never be fair- it's comparable to military weapons

[foragefarmer]

"And. By the way the WG have been the only group fighting how we grade USA grain coming into this country. A huge issue for the Americans and since I guess we can predict the future I can see the border slamming shut if we don't fix it. They have every excuse to do it "

Lack of details!

[Klause]

The highest class American wheat coming to Canada can have is feed.


Meanwhile Canadian producers are getting paid for DNS south of the border. ND and Mt grow the same quality we do and as such should be able to sell grade wheat for the grade the variety was developed at the quality level it is. A DNS should be able to be sold as a 1/2cw instead it has to be sold as feed here.

[bucket]

How about North American standards for grade and testing....to better use the transport system....we have paper walls in place that are hindering cross border trade and commerce.

[sumdumguy]

How about North American standards for grade and testing....to better use the transport system....we have paper walls in place that are hindering cross border trade and commerce.

All these levies we pay and pay and no one to straighten out the grading issues on wheat and now the fumigant issue with pulses. Useless as ...... finish the statement.

[grassfarmer]

Sask wheat should be shut down as they only follow the NFU playbook.

Excuse me?? Aren't the directors of this organization elected by the farmers growing wheat in Saskatchewan? Democracy much?

[cuban_assassin]

The wheat growers had one agenda and that was to get rid of the CWB. Now that that has happened all they do is go on free trips to "lobby" aka drink whiskey with their buddies in Ottawa and go tour everything from flour mills to machine manufacturing plants. If their members want to keep paying for a membership so that their board can go travel around then have at it. Most of the directors come from farms where daddy or brother stay home and do the work that allows them to parade around spending someone else's money.

[Quadtrack]

Grass - ask a sask wheat director how many spoiled ballots there were last election and after the no comment black stare period you will have your democracy answer.

And the checkoffs are not all useless as you assert Sum. Having been there once, so many issues are way more complex to solve than they first appear. The pulse fume issue is exactly that.

You can please some of the people some of the time..I guess that's the takeaway.

[Braveheart]

Cuban, I think you have your head up your ass assin.