HRSW variety declasification

[checking]

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Cereal Research Center, Winnipeg, breeders of Redwater.

Our tax money hard at work having varieties registered and tossed.

[ajl]

To add insult to injury the local proven seed outlet had too varieties of HRSW available: Redwater and Muchmore at a price of just over $14 per bushel. Lucky for them they are sold out of Redwater. Both of these varieties have been grown in this area.
Your completely right to be pissed CASE, the whole deal stinks. I agree with Braveheart and it likely environmental conditions in a small area that has an effect on all varieties and if the catchment area was larger it would not vary as much every year.

[farmaholic]

Buy on Specs:

1, falling number
2, protein
3, moisture
4, test weight

But is there a pile of grading demerits in the buyers arsenal of degrading factors.

Depending on the overall quality of harvest, some are milked harder one year than the next.

More blending going on than you can shake a stick at. I wonder how much winter wheat gets blended into the low Px spring wheat sales. Probably a neat little margin made.

[Hopalong]

Earlier posts on this thread sent me back to history books on Canada grain trade.
It was Conservative government that established Canadian Wheat Board in 1930’s.
Lost election next year and farmer pressure caused Liberal government to keep board.
Next thirty years board was supported by govts, farmers and prairie pools.
Palliser Triangle Wheat Growers was formed over dissatisfaction about grain marketing policy.
Had front row seat at Palliser convention when liberal wheat board minister Otto Lang spoke.
He questioned Crow policy to maintain statutory freight rates in perpetuity.
Was the start of battle with pools and wheat board supporting status quo system.
Otto Lang lost election and was replaced as wheat board minister by Hazen Argue in 1979.
After that, wheat grower assn members became more supportive of Conservative governments.