How do we increase returns 35%?

[TOM4CWB]

Burbert & Wilagro;

I am not the first, and will not be the last... to bring these issues forward. 10 years ago... these same marketing issues were front and centre.

If we know we must do better... we will improve.

I know innovation and careful fostering of personal relationships pays our farm and community dividends...

It is very easy to blame someone else for problems we ourselves can only be responsible to resolve.

Personal responsibility is the only solution to effectively create prosperity and wealth within our community.

[Incognito]

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wilagro posted Apr 16, 2001 21:49
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I am writing from my bunker as the flak flies above me. Now where is that white flag? The rather heated discussions over the CWB and the its impact have been great. However, I have a confession to make. I haven't produced any grain for years now...only enough for my cattle. Since they (Agricore) closed the local elevator, and world grain prices have hit the skids...what is the point? Most of my farm is seeded to forage crops.
I don't have the answers for solving the grain growers dilemna, but if you expect meaningful gov't assistance or even a consistent agricultural policy in Canada your dreaming in technicolour. The CWB policies at times do not make sense for certain sectors of the farming or business community but at least they have shown a desire to adapt and change (mostly as a result of producers demands).
Keep up the good fight and don't let the forces of the 'EVIL EMPIRE' (eastern Liberal b------s) get the best of you.
I will be collecting my OAP shortly...I will soon have more annual NET income than I received from farming. Having a TAXABLE income...will indeed be a pleasant surprise

[wilagro]

incognito: LOL...You must be getting desperate for something to throw at me.

What I wrote SIX years ago...my you must have worked hard to dig that up.

As a matter of fact, I still have a bin full of barley for sale when the price is right. I will be seeding some barley next year after I do some grassland ripping upper work. My drill and combine still works. I still work. I am still a grain farmer with a vested interest in marketing barley AND wheat when I produce it, through the CWB.

Sooooo...stick it in your ear.

[carebear300]

Great to see you back Tom. You have got the pot stirred once again. I will say once more it is about time that if the wheat board wants to remain somewhat relevant they will have to demonstrate their relevance to the bottom line of grain producers. Lately they haven't shown me very much too inspire my confidence or anybody else's.

[Incognito]

You are 70 years old, getting an old age pension trying to leave a legacy for the younger generation.

You are desparate sir.

[cottonpicken]

How do you access the archives?

[parsley]

Library of Parliament. Access to Information

[parsley]

wilagrow,

You've got six year old barley.

Now I've heard that Board supporters are afraid to market their own grain, but hanging on to a bin of barley for six years is like hanging on to your blankey.

You can do it.


Com'on guys, help Wilinot out here.

You can do it.
You can do it.....

[furrowtickler]

Good post Tom.
Ahhh.. the "age" old question, who supports the CWB? eh willie.
Sure would be nice if someone could give an honest direct answer to charlie's question.
Burbot, the CWB is too late to pull any malt barley from from anywhere. The CWB should have done something to the PRO's back in nov/dec.
winwin, keep it up your killing me,lol.

[charliep]

wilagro

Why are you still holding barley? A support for the CWB by an action would be to sign a "B" pool guaranteed delivery contract as soon as possible and deliver early to deposit the current high international feed barley prices in the pool.

Why do you assume your business needs are the same as all your neighbors? Maybe you can afford to accept $1.40/bu with a promise (not a guarantee) of an additional $1.60/bu eleven months from now. The numbers for malt would be higher but there is still a gap. There are likely those that participate in this marketing discussion that have operating loans still to be paid off from last year (maybe high interest rate trade debt). There are likely to be cash rents that need to be paid over the next few months. For sure everyone needs money to buy new crop inputs. A farmer should at least have the option of full payment at delivery.

Does the current system meet all farmers business needs? If it doesn't, then what modifications do you think need to be made to the CWB?

[JACKFLASH]

Tom glad to have you back. I see the Three Stooges [WinWin,wilagro,and Burbert] were just laying in wait for your first post. Which they transformed into a personal attack on you.
Of course after some pointed questions from charlie p.,Larry,Moe and Curly could not substantiate a concrete answer. You might as well gave us the CWB's 1-800 number while you were at it.
Keep up the good work Tom.

[wilagro]

charliep: I didn't say that the barley WAS 6 years old. Parsley presumed that it was. I didn't say that I didn't produce any for 6 years. Circumstances change. Some land that I had in forage for too long had to be ripped up and cropped. Crop rotation is an integral part of farming.

Incognito: My father believed in private enterprise and self sufficiency but he always believed in co-operatives (wheat pools AND the CWB), as they gave farmers collectively more control of marketing grain. He saw and experienced the robber barons control of the grain trade and their effects on farmers incomes and their viability. Don't disparage age, some day you might even get there yourself.