I have come to the sad realization that facts will not automatically increase the reality when it comes to the CWB debate. Because the people who believe the myth do not believe the facts.
The facts prove that the reality is, that the CWB has served,and continues to serve:
The industry, the world and the employees better than the farmers.
Which is why the Algerian Director was quoted as saying
The CWB's selling price in Algeria are very low. This preferential price saves Algeria several tens of thousands of dollars per tonne purchased. NO other country gives us such benefits." Mohamed Kacem, Director General of OAIC Algerian State Trading Agency. This statement surprisingly when given to a CWB supporter actually holds no credence as evidence the CWB serves the world better than the farmer.
And why when we graph prices paid to farmers and find they are always on average lower than any other numbers we find in the world, a wheat board supporter will not believe these numbers. Believers say, "well this is a different world, or not the same wheat." (But I thought our wheat was better quality so compared to any wheat it should be worth more? I ask to no defence?)
The sad reality of this debate is not vested in facts. I have come to realize that the proponents of the myth will ignore facts and find the actual common denominator in less, nor more. The reality is we take comfort in the fact "the neighbour cannot get more that I do." At the end of the day when we peel back the truth, support lies in the fact that we like the theory (we all get the same Comrad) even when facts would suggest the lowest common denominator rules the day.
Which is why we ignore facts, and even today the Grays study gets headlines of how we get better value in barley sales even when feed barley can be sold for more money than malt barley through the board.
Myth and reality in this arena are not distinguishable to normally fluent minds.
The facts prove that the reality is, that the CWB has served,and continues to serve:
The industry, the world and the employees better than the farmers.
Which is why the Algerian Director was quoted as saying
The CWB's selling price in Algeria are very low. This preferential price saves Algeria several tens of thousands of dollars per tonne purchased. NO other country gives us such benefits." Mohamed Kacem, Director General of OAIC Algerian State Trading Agency. This statement surprisingly when given to a CWB supporter actually holds no credence as evidence the CWB serves the world better than the farmer.
And why when we graph prices paid to farmers and find they are always on average lower than any other numbers we find in the world, a wheat board supporter will not believe these numbers. Believers say, "well this is a different world, or not the same wheat." (But I thought our wheat was better quality so compared to any wheat it should be worth more? I ask to no defence?)
The sad reality of this debate is not vested in facts. I have come to realize that the proponents of the myth will ignore facts and find the actual common denominator in less, nor more. The reality is we take comfort in the fact "the neighbour cannot get more that I do." At the end of the day when we peel back the truth, support lies in the fact that we like the theory (we all get the same Comrad) even when facts would suggest the lowest common denominator rules the day.
Which is why we ignore facts, and even today the Grays study gets headlines of how we get better value in barley sales even when feed barley can be sold for more money than malt barley through the board.
Myth and reality in this arena are not distinguishable to normally fluent minds.
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