Kernel and Parsley;
DO you folks remember VADER AKA Rod Flaman?
Here are a few of the words of wisdom that Rod shared with is in the fall of 2002... when he was the "Poster Boy" supreme for the CWB;
Vader posted Oct 25, 2002 9:49 in the TOPIC:
“How do you define Commodity Marketing?”
Normally we market about 20,000,000 tonnes of wheat out of Canada. This year it might be closer to 7,000,000. Mother Nature has effected "supply management" on Canada and has also limited the size of the crop in Australia and the US. Isn't it amazing how the market has responded. In the month after the CWB announced that it had withdrawn from the market wheat prices went up almost a dollar a bushel.
Perhaps if we "planned to have" something less than 20,000,000 tonnes of wheat each year we might be able to "sell at a high price" more often.
How do we do that?
We don't have a supply managed system. All we have is the PRO.
The PRO doesn't always reflect a profitable sale for many producers and yet they continue to produce large quantities of wheat.
What if there was you could divide up CWB sales into different price ranges and each producer could exercise individual control over which CWB sales they participated in?
Perhaps a sale to one country would make sense while a sale to another country would not.
Rather than offer all of their grain to the CWB, some producers might decide not to participate in lower value sales once they have covered their cash flow requirements.
This grain could be carried forward to sell to the high end markets the next year or offered to the domestic feed/ethanol industry.”
Vader posted Oct 25, 2002 6:43
“What is the best way to meet the millers and bakers exact protein requirements?
They purchase a range of products and blend to their exact specifications. Does Canada supply the higher end of Japan's protein requirements?
You bet we do. Do you think that puts Japan in a situation where they might want to pay a premium to satisfy both their policy and quality demands? You bet.”
Vader posted Oct 24, 2002 17:09:
“…How do we best market our grain in a fiercely competitive world market to maximize returns to producers in these parts of the world.
If you simply dump your grain in the elevator pit whether that be in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan or Wolf Point, Montana are you marketing your grain? When you select a pricing option and hedge your sale, are you marketing grain?
Where does the rubber hit the road?
Who will travel to Bahrain to convince the customer that this product will meet his quality specifications.
Who will convince him that this shipper will meet the delivery requirements of his mill?
Who will broker the deal?
Who is the marketer of that grain?”
A question to VADER and all CWB Directors (Jim C excluded, as he already apologised);
What good is the CWB monopoly, when it is used against "designated area" grain farmers, like in 2002, and now again today?
Why do I say today?
Check the Portland price in the latter half of Jan 04 ($6.41/buCDN), and the price today($6.84/buCDN).
THe export value increases .43/bu (15.80/t) and the PRO does not move one cent a tonne up at the end of February. Today's prices are lower than the 03-04... The CWB's own Feb 26th 04 @ May $214.16/t VS yesterday @ May $207.85/t.
SO we had a $20/t increase in selling price between Jan 04 and Feb 04 PRO's for the 03-04 crop year... and no increase in the POOL.
Where exactly does this show effective CWB Monopoly management of our grain sales?
Who is the real profit oriented Marketer in Canada, farmers or the CWB?
How can we have accountability at the CWB without competition?
DO you folks remember VADER AKA Rod Flaman?
Here are a few of the words of wisdom that Rod shared with is in the fall of 2002... when he was the "Poster Boy" supreme for the CWB;
Vader posted Oct 25, 2002 9:49 in the TOPIC:
“How do you define Commodity Marketing?”
Normally we market about 20,000,000 tonnes of wheat out of Canada. This year it might be closer to 7,000,000. Mother Nature has effected "supply management" on Canada and has also limited the size of the crop in Australia and the US. Isn't it amazing how the market has responded. In the month after the CWB announced that it had withdrawn from the market wheat prices went up almost a dollar a bushel.
Perhaps if we "planned to have" something less than 20,000,000 tonnes of wheat each year we might be able to "sell at a high price" more often.
How do we do that?
We don't have a supply managed system. All we have is the PRO.
The PRO doesn't always reflect a profitable sale for many producers and yet they continue to produce large quantities of wheat.
What if there was you could divide up CWB sales into different price ranges and each producer could exercise individual control over which CWB sales they participated in?
Perhaps a sale to one country would make sense while a sale to another country would not.
Rather than offer all of their grain to the CWB, some producers might decide not to participate in lower value sales once they have covered their cash flow requirements.
This grain could be carried forward to sell to the high end markets the next year or offered to the domestic feed/ethanol industry.”
Vader posted Oct 25, 2002 6:43
“What is the best way to meet the millers and bakers exact protein requirements?
They purchase a range of products and blend to their exact specifications. Does Canada supply the higher end of Japan's protein requirements?
You bet we do. Do you think that puts Japan in a situation where they might want to pay a premium to satisfy both their policy and quality demands? You bet.”
Vader posted Oct 24, 2002 17:09:
“…How do we best market our grain in a fiercely competitive world market to maximize returns to producers in these parts of the world.
If you simply dump your grain in the elevator pit whether that be in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan or Wolf Point, Montana are you marketing your grain? When you select a pricing option and hedge your sale, are you marketing grain?
Where does the rubber hit the road?
Who will travel to Bahrain to convince the customer that this product will meet his quality specifications.
Who will convince him that this shipper will meet the delivery requirements of his mill?
Who will broker the deal?
Who is the marketer of that grain?”
A question to VADER and all CWB Directors (Jim C excluded, as he already apologised);
What good is the CWB monopoly, when it is used against "designated area" grain farmers, like in 2002, and now again today?
Why do I say today?
Check the Portland price in the latter half of Jan 04 ($6.41/buCDN), and the price today($6.84/buCDN).
THe export value increases .43/bu (15.80/t) and the PRO does not move one cent a tonne up at the end of February. Today's prices are lower than the 03-04... The CWB's own Feb 26th 04 @ May $214.16/t VS yesterday @ May $207.85/t.
SO we had a $20/t increase in selling price between Jan 04 and Feb 04 PRO's for the 03-04 crop year... and no increase in the POOL.
Where exactly does this show effective CWB Monopoly management of our grain sales?
Who is the real profit oriented Marketer in Canada, farmers or the CWB?
How can we have accountability at the CWB without competition?
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