Alberta Government or CWB website

[parsley]

The CWB and the Southwest Terminal have certainly consumated the marriage:

http://www.swt.sk.ca/news.html?step=3&id=30


Southwest Terminal shareholders will get their best cash returns from CWB grain. They NEED the Board. The Board needs them. Farmers don't need either.


Parsley

[Incognito]

That you may want to ask them.

From their website:

Why are website owners anonymous?

We are farmers. We don't want publicity. We don't want to compromise our neutral stance on this issue. We feel that if we say who we are we will be pressured by special interest groups trying to get us to be on one side or the other of this debate. We don't want that.
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Here is the Kevin Nealon Saturday Night Live sublimal version:

We are farmers (who own a terminal that relies 85% on CWB shipments). We don't want publicity (and didnt think anyone would dig far enough to find out). We don't want to compromise our neutral stance on this issue (how do we suck up to the CWB and still stay on the right side of the 50% who want a dual market). We feel that if we say who we are we will be pressured by special interest groups (David Anderson) trying to get us to be on one side or the other of this debate. We don't want that.(you got it)

[parsley]

Here goes your pooling money:

Quotes from SouthWest website:


1. "A number of South West Terminal Board Members along with Mark Schell (CEO), Trent Weber (Director of Transportation and Marketing) and Rick Spetz (Grain Operations Mgr) toured the Port of Vancouver from Dec 5th to Dec 9th.

The trip was organized by Robert Chapman (Farm Business Rep) from the Canadian Wheat Board and was also attended by other local area producers. The tour was quite comprehensive with unfettered access to nearly all areas of the port. All participants felt that the tour was very informative and provided a unique view into many of the challenges faced by individuals working in the Port of Vancouver."


Buzz Hargrove would approve.

Parsley

[charliep]

I would treat it as another vehicle to communicate about CWB issues. Farmers are smart enough to watch the posts and know the spin that may be put on them. Everyone knows the CWB needs to change with the questions are how and how quickly. An area of concern specific to South West Saskatchewan is durum.

[parsley]

You make it seem like this is just another deduction from the pooling accounts.

One more tree chopped down on Easter Island.

My point continues to be, there NOT ENOUGH money left for farmers in the pooling accounts so he can survive.

Parsley

[wmoebis]

My question has to be, how many other initatives have we invested in that is questionable as to whether it is in our best interest?

Why do we need weather stations paid for out of our pool accounts. Check the Sask. crop ins. web site they have weather stations all over Sask. paid for out of our pockets. The tax payers of Canada pay Environment Canada to track weather, we farmers are tax payers. Why can't the CWB just access that info off the web or phone the guys at SWT and ask what the weather is like.

[charliep]

Your assumption is this website is funded by the CWB. I have no idea whether is it is or isn't. With the exception of monitoring, this type of software is likely relatively cheap once you have it established on a server and can be done by just about anyone.

Communication is the most important thing. I have faith that farmers can read information and can come to a conclusion that best fits their business and personal interests.

[chaffmeister]

Incognito (or should I say Kevin Nealon):

That was the funniest thing I've ever read on Agri-ville! I'm a big fan (suck-up)!

[parsley]

QUOTE:

"South West Terminal and the CWB have worked together to launch a series of weather stations in the southwest of Saskatchewan."
UNQUOTE

Do you really think SouthWest is paying CWB staff to facilitate the launch,and keep it current, charlie?

What are you sipping?

Parsley

[parsley]

Another thing charliep,

You say, "Everyone knows the CWB needs to change with the questions are how and how quickly".

Farmers don't need more questions. Or answers. Both are inevitably incorporated into another dog and pony show. The CWB well might commit a few cool $Million for that dog and pony show, and I think you're just seeing the beginning of it.

Listen carefully. And take a good whiff.

Your pooling $money is starting to float noisily through the media, and you can smell the "experts" and consultants and backroom fingers on it.

Farmers need action.

Bureaucrats love dithering >into stalltime >into inaction. There are panels, and consulatation meetings, and coffee sessions that pay per diems with your pooling money.Mileage. Accomodation. meals.

Is there anyone out there who does not understand that most of the farmers I know and talk with are ready to throw in the towel?

Parsley