Ungraded Grain... the other side of a dual market.

[TOM4CWB]

Charlie;

In the CGC review there were discussions about the requirement to grade grain under the CGC Act.

Many marketers want the right to sell a "brand" of grain... without CGC grading.

Multiple Court Cases have clearly identified ungraded grain... as not being in the "trade and commerce" consitutional authority... but in "Agriculture".

If we clearly identified that the CWB Act, and CGC Act don't apply to ungraded grain... instant dual market.

THe CWB has the CGC grades exclusive to itself on Wheat and Barley... and maintains it's monopoly over CGC graded grain. Since CWB supporters believe the CGC grades are so important... they can keep them exclusive to themselves.

THose who need a choice in marketing partner... will use "private brands"... and sell by specification only.

The beauty of this process... is that it can all be done by order in Council... without legislative changes to the CWB of CGC Acts!

What about it folks... what do you think of this idea?

[AdamSmith]

Tom, in the absence of nothing else more visionary, that could work but I think we now have an opportunity to achieve something much more dynamic than being limited to free market for un-graded grain, don't you think?

[TOM4CWB]

Adamsmith;

My thought is simply to return our grain industry to where we were before Ralph Goodale messed it up royally in 1993... by enforcing a CWB monopoly to take fusarium damaged wheat at less than Fair market value.

Ralph Goodale's Order in Council after we won the CWB 1996 court case was treason against "designated area" grain growers civil and property rights.

All to pad the pockets of the Co-operative Pools and private grain trade.