CWB and the Export Manufactured Feed Agreement

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The pasta producers who applied for export licenses (without the buyback) were refused because, according to Ian McCreary on page 10 of last week's Western Producer, 'the concession would have lowered pool returns for other farmers'. He doen't seem to apply the same rules to the big feed mills though. The CWB and big feed mills have a sweet deal called the Export Manufactured Feed Agreement. The mills buy wheat and barley directly from producers , mix it up with 25% oats etc.or whatever, roll it or grind it or steam it etc. , and apply for an export license and bingo, they get one without doing a buyback. Even the strong Board supporters are wondering why the Board isn't marketing this wheat and barley and pooling. But they're not, and directors like McCreary have a vote on whether their Export Feed Agreements get renewed. The farmer can't get a license, The pasta-durum producer is denied. We all know what happened to the grandin wheat grower. Tom Halpenny, why are producers denied export licenses when the big feed companies are granted them?