Bet on the CWB

[blackpowder]

More options than ever before in history. And I'm not forced to subsidize capt underpants or suffer his rules.

[jamesb]

k. k. is that you?
ha ha the laughs on me
capt oblivious has completely made me change my mind about the cwb.
to think I have been wrong all these years about wanting to put the decisions of pricing and movement of my own product into my own hands, when there were thousands of civil servants much smarter than me telling me what is best for me. /sarc just in case the slower ones on here have difficulty in reading comprehension.

every couple of years these guys come out of hibernation and stink up the place and after a few days slither away again....why? the cwb is dead....DEAD! it ain't coming back, ever!

To the people who want to pool their grain and sell collectively, good for you and good luck. Nothing is stopping you from doing so.
I want nothing to do with going back to the CWB. I will market my own grain thank you very much.

[seldomseen]

Best day of my farming career was when the fork was pushed into the beast and it was finally dead.

I will always be grateful to Stephen Harper and his government for getting it done.

I know your socialist mind can't understand that chucky so take the 750,000,000 and start your own board. You and your few socialist friends can get rich. Best of luck just leave me out!

[blackpowder]

Amen to that. Say what you want about Harper but todays asshat would never have done it. Sobering thought.

[AllisWD45]

k. k. is that you?
ha ha the laughs on me
capt oblivious has completely made me change my mind about the cwb.
to think I have been wrong all these years about wanting to put the decisions of pricing and movement of my own product into my own hands, when there were thousands of civil servants much smarter than me telling me what is best for me. /sarc just in case the slower ones on here have difficulty in reading comprehension.

every couple of years these guys come out of hibernation and stink up the place and after a few days slither away again....why? the cwb is dead....DEAD! it ain't coming back, ever!

Pretty sure it's him. All he wants is to get his CWB director job or some other pot licker job back

[vvalk]

101, I would look at loss of value during the 'sale,' loss of protein premium especially during '12-'13, lower port price relative to the U.S., and the really really big one: excess basis.

Excess basis? Really ctpnobvious? Again a cab supporter who doesn’t really farm. You don’t think the CWB only allowing you to sell 40% of the wheat or durum and forcing you to store 60% till the next year doesn’t effect basis levels. I don’t know why I even respond but how dumb do you have to be

[grassfarmer]

Farmers have more options than ever to take advantage of good prices and hedge themselves against bad prices.

If your struggling or just learning, talk to your local grain buyers. Most have info nights or marketing meetings where they or consultants go over the markets and various strategies.

Not touching the wider topic here but does anybody really believe this quote? That farmers can learn how to get better prices - taught by the people who are going to pay you the higher prices?? Really?? can you say "conflict of interest" or "when hell freezes over"?

[farmaholic]

Not touching the wider topic here but does anybody really believe this quote? That farmers can learn how to get better prices - taught by the people who are going to pay you the higher prices?? Really?? can you say "conflict of interest" or "when hell freezes over"?

.....like when, just deliver your grain and take a position in the market....your grain is gone and the pricing risk remains with you! With no need for the holder of the physical product to increase bids....but you're supposed to play around in the futures market. **** me!


I will stay out of the rest of the debate. There's been pros and cons. I've moved on.

[Hamloc]

I get so tired of socialist's and their belief government can do it better. So I dug out my ledger book from 2009. 2008 was the last year I had all number 1 wheat up until this year. I do not remember what the protein was and prices quoted are initial prices only. The wheat sold in the 2008-2009 year got an initial price of $5.22 a bushel. The wheat sold in the 2009-2010 year got an intitial price of $3.56. Unfortunately in my ledger books I didn't trace back the connection between final payments and initial payments. But waiting over a year for final payments never made me feel warm and fuzzy. I much prefer the present system as I recieve full payment on the day it is delivered. I also have some input on what I recieve for my grain. Not an economic analysis Capt. Oblivious but some real numbers, I don't see you providing anything but rhetoric!!!!

[BreadWinner]

Ive got one for you Cptnobvious. Did the farmers own the CWB, Ships, Buildings, rail cars, etc?
Why were these items purchased and deducted from my grain Cheques? Why were farmers fooled into thinking that this entity was owned by them?