Gerry Ritz Member of parliament resignation announcement.

[furrowtickler]

Would have to agree Oliver
Although not a great transition to open market it is far better than under cwb imo
Canola and pulse crops made most farms wealthy for the most part the past 30 years , certainly not board grains .
It's a different world now and guys need to open up to it.
I love the fact to be able to sell wheat at how much and at what price fits us.
For the first time in 70 years one can use hrsw as a cash crop
Just delivered and sold 1000 tn basically off combine on foreword contract wheat .
Got paid 100% for it and it's gone .
Elevator happy and we happy .
Imo better than the pulse , pea industry that can be a royal pain in the ass at times .

[bucket]

Yup if you are on the west or east sides of Saskatchewan you can move grain.....it's better for the grain cos to call closer to port facilities...

Locally two elevators have cars sitting for two weeks....one loaded with grain ....the other half empty waiting for head office to make up their minds....




I am not saying the cwb would solve the problem but mid point sask is in lala land where movement is a challenge. ...haul it everyone says....cheaper not likely time or equipment wise....

[Hopalong]

Give Ritz credit for following through with the initiative on ending CWB.
Board supporters at University of Sask were suggesting a year's delay.
That would have put it right in the middle of the of 2013-14 shipping problem.
Might still have had things the same as past 75 years.

[sofa.king]

Not complaining about cwb but he sure screwed us on upov 91 for seed rights.

[furrowtickler]

Agree sofa king , that is going to haunt us unless your a seed grower like tom4.

[parsley]

Would have to agree Oliver
Although not a great transition to open market it is far better than under cwb imo
Canola and pulse crops made most farms wealthy for the most part the past 30 years , certainly not board grains .
It's a different world now and guys need to open up to it.
I love the fact to be able to sell wheat at how much and at what price fits us.
For the first time in 70 years one can use hrsw as a cash crop
Just delivered and sold 1000 tn basically off combine on foreword contract wheat .
Got paid 100% for it and it's gone .
Elevator happy and we happy .
Imo better than the pulse , pea industry that can be a royal pain in the ass at times .

Very well-said furrow.

[bucket]

It would be nice to have a functional system where grain is moving with competition....


There isn't enough railcars for the trend yield this country produces....and there isn't enough commercial storage to support the diversity of crops we grow.....

All part and parcel of the open market....

Those costs have been once again downloaded to farmers. ...

The same guys that elected and supported Ritz that he said he represented.

He actually supported industry better and more than likely there is a board seat for his ass to fill....

My 2 cents.....

[MBgrower]

is he getting back into Ostrich farming?

[furrowtickler]

Lol 😂, maybe . Can't hide those eggs in his pockets though .

[the big wheel]

Probably selling ostrich eggs to the Chinese in exchange for some irrigation project hahahaha
He ll pretend he s still the agminister representing Canada. Hahaha.

But no film rolling.

[sofa.king]

Furrow mentioned tom4 I haven't heard a word from him in a long time. Guess Notley must be keeping him satisfied in Alberta. Could be he changed his name to tom4ndp hahaha.

[Lowrider27]

Re Gerry Ritz

He was a fat cat opportunist , that couldn't put the rubber to the road , even when he tried farming. Typical politician! Can't make it in the real world--- become involved in politics! I bet him and Harper have both got great bank accounts in Swiss banks that the multi nationals paid to have them derail the CWB! Yes, I know , the CWB sure as hell wasnt perfect. With all its frailities, it was a much fairer system than what we have now though. And please don't talk about marketing freedom now that the board is gone! Nobody but nobody is " marketing". You can kid yourself that your a master marketer cause you got a computer and an eleven year old that knows how to operate it, but really all that your doing is running between elevators and taking the 1970s price that they jam up your butt!