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    #46
    I don't grow grain just cattle, but the gereral feeling is that we like the CWB because the grain is always cheap, we think.

    That aside, I think that there is a lot energy wasted on trying to split hairs on how to market a commodity(HRS Wheat) that we grow, that most of the world doesn't really need. There is simply an over supply of wheat.

    The other thing I don't understand is that our distance to port is probably farther than any other country in the world and yet we continue to try and freight raw materials 1000mi and remain competative. Along the way the farmer has to pay for every service that is supplied by the multinational companies from seed to selling and handling and in my mind is totally under the control of corporate America who usually shows a 10% ROI.

    The beef industry is a glaring example of what happens when 1 of 2 multinationals become your only marketing options. All through the BSE issues they continued to profit on the backs of the producers.

    I think that the biggest problem today is the huge disconnect between the producer and consumer.

    I'm not going to waste my time arguing CWB politics and details. All I know is that the rest of my ag career will be dedicated to marketing what I grow for a premium to people with money who are willing to pay.


    By doing this I know that I will create some jobs and some optimism in the local communities where I live.

    To all of you who are arguing the pros an cons of the CWB, just remember the big picture. Your farms are bigger, you grow more, but your communities are smaller and dying. As you export raw products you also export your community. As business people it is in your best interest to invest locally and some how market finished product. Only small enteprenuers are capable of dong this.

    Please put some of this energy into changing the way you do business not arguing over how something doesn't work.

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